Region-Specific Consumption-Based Environmental Impact: Hotspot Identification Using Hybrid MFA-LCA
Doktorsavhandling, 2021
sustainable consumption
environmental impact
hotspot analysis
industrial ecology
Sustainable Development Goals
urban metabolism
Författare
Alexandra Lavers Westin
Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Vatten Miljö Teknik
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In this thesis, I describe a method to quantify the environmental impact of consumption and identify target products, what I call “hotspots”. By quantifying all of the products transported in and out of a region using a tool called material flow analysis, we can know how much we are consuming in a specific place. Then, consumed quantities of products are connected to another tool called life cycle assessment. Life cycle assessment estimates the environmental impact of a product based on the emissions and other environmental impacts through all stages of its existence – the resource extraction, production, transport, use, and end-of-life. This way, we can see which products that we consume have the greatest environmental impact. Then, I estimate how changing consumption of hotspots based on policies can help us reach environmental goals. We will need to change our consumption habits to achieve sustainability and by using data, we can see what changes make the biggest difference.
MEI metoden- en kombination av materialflödesanalys och livscykelanalys för att utv ändamålsenligheten och potentialen för för kommunala åtgärder i arbetet med att nå uppsatta miljömål
Formas (2014-1338), 2015-01-01 -- 2018-12-31.
Mistra Urban Futures, 2015-01-01 -- 2020-06-30.
Drivkrafter
Hållbar utveckling
Styrkeområden
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Ämneskategorier
Miljöanalys och bygginformationsteknik
ISBN
978-91-7905-455-7
Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie: 4922
Utgivare
Chalmers
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Opponent: Professor Gang Liu, Department of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark.