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Hayoung Jang, Yoonwon Jang, Byongug Jeong and Nak-Kyun Cho
This study aimed to reduce the holistic environmental impacts of insulation materials proposed for the accommodation of a marine cargo ship, and suggest the optimal option for cleaner ship production, using life cycle assessment. With a commercial bulk c...
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Peiru Kong, Xian Cheng, Ranhao Sun and Liding Chen
Aquatic environmental deterioration is becoming a serious problem due to rapid urbanization and economic development, particularly in developing countries. As two important components of the aquatic environment, water quality and sediment pollution are w...
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Tsu-Chuan Lee and Clark C. K. Liu
Algal bloom in a freshwater lake is a rapid increase of aquatic plants, which disrupts the ecological balance and its potential for beneficial uses. This problem has been managed by relating the trophic levels of a lake with nutrient loading. This tradit...
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Tsu-Chuan Lee and Clark C. K. Liu
Algal bloom in a freshwater lake is a rapid increase of aquatic plants, which disrupts the ecological balance and its potential for beneficial uses. This problem has been managed by relating the trophic levels of a lake with nutrient loading. This tradit...
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Hyojin Lim, Sungho Tae and Seungjun Roh
This study aimed to analyze the major building materials in terms of environmental impact evaluation of school buildings in South Korea. Three existing school buildings were selected as the analysis targets, and building materials were analyzed in terms ...
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Lamprini Malea, Konstantinia Nakou, Apostolos Papadimitriou, Athanasios Exadactylos and Sotiris Orfanidis
Stuckenia pectinata, a submerged macrophyte of eutrophic to hyper-eutrophic fresh to brackish waters, faces management and climatic-forced increment of salinity and irradiance in Vistonis Lake (Greece) that may endanger its existence and the ecosystem fu...
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Vasileios Takavakoglou, Apostolos Georgiadis, Eleanna Pana, Pantazis E. Georgiou, Dimitrios K. Karpouzos and Konstantinos V. Plakas
The growing environmental awareness of society, the advancement of nature-based solutions (NbSs), and the need for reliable and cost-effective solutions create a favorable environment of opportunities for floating wetlands as alternative solutions for ma...
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Pedro Henrique Presumido, Fernando Sousa, Artur Gonçalves, Tatiane Cristina Dal Bosco and Manuel Feliciano
The beef supply chain has multiple negative impacts on the environment. A method widely used to measure impacts from both the use of resources and the emissions generated by this sector is the life cycle assessment (LCA) (ISO 14040). This study aimed to ...
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Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Agnieszka Bus and Anna Baryla
Green roofs are an effective stormwater measure due to high water retention capacity and the ability of delaying stormwater runoff. However, low importance is still given to the pollutant leaching potential of substrates used in green roof construction. ...
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Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Agnieszka Bus and Anna Baryla
Green roofs are an effective stormwater measure due to high water retention capacity and the ability of delaying stormwater runoff. However, low importance is still given to the pollutant leaching potential of substrates used in green roof construction. ...
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Xiaobo Xue, Troy R. Hawkins, Mary E. Schoen, Jay Garland and Nicholas J. Ashbolt
Managing the water-energy-nutrient nexus for the built environment requires, in part, a full system analysis of energy consumption, global warming and eutrophication potentials of municipal water services. As an example, we evaluated the life cycle energ...
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Xiaobo Xue, Troy R. Hawkins, Mary E. Schoen, Jay Garland, Nicholas J. Ashbolt
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Managing the water-energy-nutrient nexus for the built environment requires, in part, a full system analysis of energy consumption, global warming and eutrophication potentials of municipal water services. As an example, we evaluated the life cycle energ...
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Georgia Stamou, Matina Katsiapi, Maria Moustaka-Gouni and Evangelia Michaloudi
Grazing potential (GP, in % day-1) was estimated for the plankton communities of 13 Greek lakes covering the trophic spectrum, in order to examine its sensitiveness in discriminating different classes of ecological water quality. Lakes with high GP value...
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Jiro Kogi, Mariko Miyamoto, Jay Bolthouse and Makoto Yokohari
Similar to other Asian nations, suburban areas in Japan are characterized by dense intermixtures of residential areas and farmlands. These hybrid rural/urban areas are evaluated negatively in modern planning frameworks. However, mixed rural/urban landsca...
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Gang Nam Lee, Jong Mu Kim, Kwang Hyo Jung, Hyun Park, Hag Soo Jang, Chung Seong Lee and Ji Won Lee
With increasing concerns about environmental pollution, the shipping industry has been considering various fuels as alternative power sources. This paper presents a study of the holistic environmental impacts of eco-friendly alternative ship fuels of mar...
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Andrea Bragaglio, Aristide Maggiolino, Elio Romano and Pasquale De Palo
This paper aims to compare the cradle-to-farm gate sustainability of two dairy buffalo systems, according to life cycle assessment guidelines (LCA). Primary data were obtained by five intensive farms with feeding plans based on non-corn silage (NCS) and ...
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Byongug Jeong, Hyeonmin Jeon, Seongwan Kim, Jongsu Kim and Peilin Zhou
The paper aims to investigate the holistic environmental benefits of using a battery system on a roll on/roll off (ro-ro) passenger ship which was originally fitted with a diesel engine engaged in Korean coastal service. The process of this research has ...
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Sang Soo Hwang, Sung Jin Gil, Gang Nam Lee, Ji Won Lee, Hyun Park, Kwang Hyo Jung and Sung Bu Suh
In this study, the environmental impacts of various alternative ship fuels for a coastal ferry were assessed by the life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis. The comparative study was performed with marine gas oil (MGO), natural gas, and hydrogen with variou...
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Malek Mohammad, Eyad Masad and Sami G. Al-Ghamdi
Three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) has become recognized as a possible alternative to conventional concrete construction, mainly due to its potential to increase productivity and reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry. Despi...
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Won-Jun Park, Taehyoung Kim, Seungjun Roh and Rakhyun Kim
This study assessed the influence of matter discharged during the production (dry/wet) of recycled aggregate on global warming potential (GWP) and acidification potential (AP), eutrophication potential (EP), ozone depletion potential (ODP), biotic resour...
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