Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry

Autores
Sambataro, Luciano; Bre, Facundo; Ukrainczyk, Neven; Koenders, Eduardus A. B.
Año de publicación
2024
Idioma
inglés
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versión publicada
Descripción
The urgent need to address climate change has pushed Europe to the forefront of environmental legislation initiatives, such as the Environment Action Program (EAP) within the European Green Deal and the disclosure of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in the construction sector. The cement industry plays a vital role in this transition because it is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. EPDs have managed to articulate the environmental information flow across different stakeholders, allowing them to incorporate sustainability design practices at the manufacturing, construction, and design levels. However, current EPDs are deterministically disclosed and lack benchmarks, hindering effective comparison and impeding sustainable material development. To address this challenge, the present research introduces a novel Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)-based probabilistic analysis to develop clinker and cement benchmarks. The proposed method incorporates data from industry reports, environmental databases, and EPDs, to generate the stochastic benchmarks. Moreover, a wide range of environmental performance indicators at a national level in Europe are covered, offering a holistic perspective beyond climate change. The results highlight the benefits of using country-specific environmental benchmarks, reducing the standard deviation of results by 2 to 7 times compared to background datasets. The reduction of clinker content proved to reduce 7 to 9 kg CO2eq/t for every 1% reduction in all countries. However, it also increased other indicators depending on the mineral component used as a replacement, underscoring the need for holistic analysis. The research also exposes discrepancies between EPDs and industry-related data, accentuating the need for stochastic information disclosure to enhance reliability and facilitate decision-making by stakeholders. Another significant contribution of this research is the development of an extensive open-access database, providing a reference for future developments regarding sustainable cement and concrete.
Fil: Sambataro, Luciano. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Fil: Bre, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones en Métodos Computacionales. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Centro de Investigaciones en Métodos Computacionales; Argentina
Fil: Ukrainczyk, Neven. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Fil: Koenders, Eduardus A. B.. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Materia
Cement
Clinker
European EPDs
Stochastic LCA
Environmental benchmarks
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
title Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
spellingShingle Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
Sambataro, Luciano
Cement
Clinker
European EPDs
Stochastic LCA
Environmental benchmarks
title_short Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
title_full Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
title_fullStr Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
title_full_unstemmed Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
title_sort Environmental benchmarks for the European cement industry
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sambataro, Luciano
Bre, Facundo
Ukrainczyk, Neven
Koenders, Eduardus A. B.
author Sambataro, Luciano
author_facet Sambataro, Luciano
Bre, Facundo
Ukrainczyk, Neven
Koenders, Eduardus A. B.
author_role author
author2 Bre, Facundo
Ukrainczyk, Neven
Koenders, Eduardus A. B.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cement
Clinker
European EPDs
Stochastic LCA
Environmental benchmarks
topic Cement
Clinker
European EPDs
Stochastic LCA
Environmental benchmarks
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The urgent need to address climate change has pushed Europe to the forefront of environmental legislation initiatives, such as the Environment Action Program (EAP) within the European Green Deal and the disclosure of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in the construction sector. The cement industry plays a vital role in this transition because it is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. EPDs have managed to articulate the environmental information flow across different stakeholders, allowing them to incorporate sustainability design practices at the manufacturing, construction, and design levels. However, current EPDs are deterministically disclosed and lack benchmarks, hindering effective comparison and impeding sustainable material development. To address this challenge, the present research introduces a novel Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)-based probabilistic analysis to develop clinker and cement benchmarks. The proposed method incorporates data from industry reports, environmental databases, and EPDs, to generate the stochastic benchmarks. Moreover, a wide range of environmental performance indicators at a national level in Europe are covered, offering a holistic perspective beyond climate change. The results highlight the benefits of using country-specific environmental benchmarks, reducing the standard deviation of results by 2 to 7 times compared to background datasets. The reduction of clinker content proved to reduce 7 to 9 kg CO2eq/t for every 1% reduction in all countries. However, it also increased other indicators depending on the mineral component used as a replacement, underscoring the need for holistic analysis. The research also exposes discrepancies between EPDs and industry-related data, accentuating the need for stochastic information disclosure to enhance reliability and facilitate decision-making by stakeholders. Another significant contribution of this research is the development of an extensive open-access database, providing a reference for future developments regarding sustainable cement and concrete.
Fil: Sambataro, Luciano. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Fil: Bre, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones en Métodos Computacionales. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Centro de Investigaciones en Métodos Computacionales; Argentina
Fil: Ukrainczyk, Neven. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
Fil: Koenders, Eduardus A. B.. Universitat Technische Darmstadt; Alemania
description The urgent need to address climate change has pushed Europe to the forefront of environmental legislation initiatives, such as the Environment Action Program (EAP) within the European Green Deal and the disclosure of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in the construction sector. The cement industry plays a vital role in this transition because it is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. EPDs have managed to articulate the environmental information flow across different stakeholders, allowing them to incorporate sustainability design practices at the manufacturing, construction, and design levels. However, current EPDs are deterministically disclosed and lack benchmarks, hindering effective comparison and impeding sustainable material development. To address this challenge, the present research introduces a novel Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)-based probabilistic analysis to develop clinker and cement benchmarks. The proposed method incorporates data from industry reports, environmental databases, and EPDs, to generate the stochastic benchmarks. Moreover, a wide range of environmental performance indicators at a national level in Europe are covered, offering a holistic perspective beyond climate change. The results highlight the benefits of using country-specific environmental benchmarks, reducing the standard deviation of results by 2 to 7 times compared to background datasets. The reduction of clinker content proved to reduce 7 to 9 kg CO2eq/t for every 1% reduction in all countries. However, it also increased other indicators depending on the mineral component used as a replacement, underscoring the need for holistic analysis. The research also exposes discrepancies between EPDs and industry-related data, accentuating the need for stochastic information disclosure to enhance reliability and facilitate decision-making by stakeholders. Another significant contribution of this research is the development of an extensive open-access database, providing a reference for future developments regarding sustainable cement and concrete.
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