| Title |
Environmental impact assessment model for substitution of hazardous substances by using life cycle approach / |
| Translation of Title |
Pavojingų cheminių medžiagų pakeitimo mažiau pavojingomis medžiagomis poveikio aplinkai vertinimo modelis taikant būvio ciklą. |
| Authors |
Oguzdjan, Semih |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
184 |
| Keywords [eng] |
alternatives assessment ; chemical substitution, hazardous chemicals ; life cycle assessment |
| Abstract [eng] |
The main scientific novelty of this research is the developed environmental impact assessment model that for the first time enables companies with limited resources to perform simplified life cycle impact assessments concerning environment and occupational safety, and incorporates life cycle accidental and fugitive emission impacts in these assessments. Also, for the first time in environmental impact assessment literature, an error reduction and data gap management method based on the ‘wisdom of the crowds effect’ has been proposed. The developed model applied to real case studies concerning the substitution of hazardous substances. In addition, for the first time an intercompany expert-system has been proposed with a novel ‘combined total functional demand’ to increase the applicability of the model by inexpert assessors. The developed model can potentially be used by any industrial company to help to reduce the environmental impacts and occupational safety risks of production chains. The proposed model also renders SMEs more competent in evaluating their life cycle environmental impacts. The proposed error reduction method can be used to reduce errors in environmental impact results, as well as to fill in the data gaps in certain areas such as life cycle inventories. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Kauno technologijos universitetas. |
| Type |
Doctoral thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2020 |
