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Life Cycle Assessment Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 2684

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Dr. Agnieszka Żelazna

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Department of Renewable Energy Sources Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Interests: energy and environment; life cycle assessment; environmental impact indicators; economic indicators; carbon footprint; energy payback time; multi-criteria analysis; renewable energy sources; solar energy
Prof. Dr. Artur Pawłowski

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Department of Renewable Energy Sources Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Interests: environmental engineering; energy and environment; renewable energy sources; life cycle assessment; multidimensional nature of sustainable development
Prof. Dr. Agata Zdyb

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Department of Renewable Energy Sources Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Interests: dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC); organic dyes for applications in DSSC; renewable energy sources; nanotechnology; thin-film solar cells; photovoltaic systems
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Dear Colleagues,

The sustainable development of societies will demand a clean energy supply. An initiative to introduce clean energy technologies to the market requires undertaking research and analysis, allowing one to make well-founded decisions when selecting the type of renewable energy source to be used and the effective methods of their use. Trying to act in accordance with the principle of sustainable development, the purpose and scope of using energy from renewable sources should be assessed; this is in order to ensure that the energy obtained in this way, together with energy from non-renewable sources, allows us to fulfill the demand for energy and simultaneously meet the required efficiency conditions, while achieving a reduction in the adverse environmental effects related to energy generation and its use. For various types of energy systems, the Life Cycle Assessment method could be used as a tool for this type of analysis. Therefore, in this Special Issue, we would like to encourage authors to publish their original studies on the environmental, economic, and social aspects of a clean energy supply based on LCA studies. The research may cover a wide range of topics, such as the usage of renewable energy sources and other alternative methods of energy production, as well as energy storage systems.

Dr. Agnieszka Żelazna
Prof. Dr. Artur Pawłowski
Prof. Dr. Agata Zdyb
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Keywords

  • sustainable energy
  • life cycle assessment
  • carbon footprint
  • energy payback time
  • renewable energy sources
  • environmental impact
  • sustainability indicators

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The Effects of Using a Trombe Wall Modified with a Phase Change Material, from the Perspective of a Building’s Life Cycle
by Agnieszka Żelazna, Lech Lichołai, Joanna Krasoń, Przemysław Miąsik and Dominika Mikušová
Energies 2023, 16(23), 7689; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16237689 - 21 Nov 2023
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The increasing costs related to the use of primary energy carriers, and greater social awareness related to the need for energy saving, necessitate the use of renewable energy sources, including solar radiation. The Trombe wall (thermal storage wall—TSW) is an indirect passive solar [...] Read more.
The increasing costs related to the use of primary energy carriers, and greater social awareness related to the need for energy saving, necessitate the use of renewable energy sources, including solar radiation. The Trombe wall (thermal storage wall—TSW) is an indirect passive solar energy system solution, aimed at obtaining, storing, and transferring thermal energy into buildings. However, there is no comprehensive information on the impact of the use of such solutions on environmental performance in the life cycle of buildings, especially those located in temperate climates. The aim of this paper is therefore to determine the environmental impact of the construction of barriers using phase change materials (PCM) from the perspective of the life cycle of a model building conforming to the current Polish energy standard (EP < 70 kWh/(m2∙yr)). The subject of the research is the structure of a TSW using phase change materials and a reference wall with a maximum overall heat transfer coefficient of 0.2 W/m2K. A comprehensive computational model of a residential building located in Rzeszów, Poland, was created, taking into account the thermal parameters of the analyzed structure of the wall and its operation under real, specific climatic conditions, as well as the environmental characteristics. High-quality input data (based on real, long-term measurements) were used to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment of the analyzed variants. As a result, the energetic and environmental efficiency of the analyzed thermal storage wall, from the perspective of the whole building’s life cycle, were assessed. According to the analyzed data, a TSW modified with paraffin enables the reduction of the energy requirements for heating by 11.3%, and the payback period of the environmental load does not exceed 1 (GWP) and 5 (IMPACT2002+) years, which were lower than the monitored period of operation. Full article
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Primary Energy Resources and Environmental Impacts of Various Heating Systems Based on Life Cycle Assessment
by Viktoria Mannheim, Károly Nehéz, Salman Brbhan and Péter Bencs
Energies 2023, 16(19), 6995; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16196995 - 08 Oct 2023
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This paper utilizes a life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate three heating systems’ energy resources and environmental impacts. The first system uses an electric heat pump that exclusively relies on geothermal energy. The second system operates on a gas boiler system that utilizes [...] Read more.
This paper utilizes a life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate three heating systems’ energy resources and environmental impacts. The first system uses an electric heat pump that exclusively relies on geothermal energy. The second system operates on a gas boiler system that utilizes non-renewable electricity and natural gas. Lastly, the third system incorporates an absorption heat pump utilizing geothermal energy and natural gas. In the first step, cradle-to-gate assessments were prepared for the renewable, conventional, and mixed systems. The second step involved comparing the system scenarios based on their loads and energy resources. Primary energy, material resources, emissions, and impact categories were normalized and weighted using the CML, ReCiPe, and EF 3.0 methods. Finally, models for environmental reliability and complex decision support were developed. The novelty of this research lies in analyzing the ecological burden and energy usage of a mixed energy system that incorporates both renewable and non-renewable energy sources. The results show that the gas boiler system has a higher load, primarily due to the depletion of abiotic fossil fuels. However, the acidification is higher when an electric heat pump is used. The absorption heat pump system falls between the renewable and conventional systems in terms of both fossil depletion and acidification. Full article
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