David G. Rickerby
(European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability)
09/03/2015, 11:30
Parallel session 1C: Life Cycle Thinking & LCA
An overview is presented of some of the opportunities for nanotechnology in real-world industrial applications. A wide range of industries and manufacturing processes are already being or are likely to be impacted by current advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials. Significant improvements in energy and resource efficiency could potentially be achieved by the implementation of...
Rachel Horta Arduin
(IPT, Brazil)
09/03/2015, 11:50
Parallel session 1C: Life Cycle Thinking & LCA
Nanoscale materials are used in diverse areas, and the huge potential of these technologies resulted in a considerable growth in investment in research and development worldwide. Since the 2000â•˙s the Brazilian government has set a national program to develop and disseminate nanotechnology. Brazil was the 25th country in the world ranking of publications in this field in 2006. The purpose of...
Beatrice Salieri
(EMPA)
09/03/2015, 12:10
Parallel session 1C: Life Cycle Thinking & LCA
A new modeling framework in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is proposed for the calculation of Characterisation Factor (CF) for nanomaterials (such as nano-TiO2 or CNT) for toxicity impact categories. In the recently developed consensus model for ecotoxicity and human toxicity, the USEtoxTM model, the CF is calculated as the product of three factors: Fate Factor, Effect Factor, and...
Socorro Vazquez-Campos
(LEITAT Technological Center, Spain)
09/03/2015, 12:30
Parallel session 1C: Life Cycle Thinking & LCA
Additional Authors: Elisabet Fernández-Rosas, LEITAT Technological Center, [email protected]
Gemma Vilar, LEITAT Technological Center, [email protected]
Marta Escamilla, LEITAT Technological Center, [email protected]
Socorro Vázquez-Campos, LEITAT Technological Center, [email protected], Presenting Author
Abstract: The increasing use of nano-enabled products has brought...
Peter Vikesland
(Virginia Tech)
09/03/2015, 12:50
Parallel session 1C: Life Cycle Thinking & LCA
The increasing use of nanomaterials poses new challenges for their disposal and waste management. Moreover, several nanotechnologies employ resource-limited materials, such as precious metals and rare earth elements. It is therefore essential to develop strategies to recover and recycle these materials from nanowaste, and thus make nanotechnology more sustainable. However, at present, neither...
Fabio Piccinno
(EMPA)
09/03/2015, 13:10
Parallel session 1C: Life Cycle Thinking & LCA
" Additional Authors: Stefan Seeger, University of Zurich
Today, several LCAs of new materials are performed based on laboratory experiments. While this is helpful in understanding the production process, it gives no indication on how the environmental impact looks like for an industrial production. This also limits the comparability with existing material that is already produced in...