The project covered:
In collaboration with DAMVAD Analytics and Goritas.
The final report (in Danish) can be read here.
Rapporten er blevet til på baggrund af et opdrag fra Center for Byggeri (tidligere under Energistyrelsen, nu under Trafik- og Byggestyrelsen).
Opgaven er løst i samarbejde mellem DAMVAD Analytics, Goritas, Bygge- og Miljøteknik og 2.-0 LCA Consultants.
Selve opgaven har været at afdække potentialer og barrierer ved anvendelsen af træ i dansk byggeri, herunder:
The unique feature of the 2.-0 SDG framework is the use of sustainable wellbeing (utility) as a comprehensive summary indicator for all social, ecosystem and economic impacts. This indicator provides a single, quantitative endpoint for all causal impact pathways that have their starting point in the many different pressure (LCI) indicators, measurable at the level of specific production or consumption activities. Each pressure indicator is linked to the endpoint via the indicators for 169 targets of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The endpoint is expressed in units of Quality-Adjusted person-Life-Years.
The comprehensive impact pathway framework can be applied to differentiate major from minor impact pathways, to identify impact pathways that are not explicitly covered by any of the 169 sustainability targets, and to point out trade-offs and synergies between the 169 targets and their indicators. Due to the use of a single endpoint, the framework allows to quantify such trade-offs and synergies, to compare business decisions, performance and improvement options across industry sectors. Thereby, the 2.-0 SDG framework contrasts with the “cherry-picking” approach to the SDGs in current business applications. Instead, we support a rational choice of business development strategies through matching the sphere of influence of each specific business enterprise with the impact pathway framework.
The project provides estimated uncertainty ranges on each of the causal links of the impact pathways, using numerical data when possible and verbal scales when numerical data are insufficient. This also allows an identification of sustainability targets that are too vaguely formulated to allow a precise linking to the impact pathways.
The project builds on and extends impact assessment method developed by 2.-0 LCA consultants for social footprinting, which has been successfully tested for feasibility in global supply chain contexts, to support different business decisions, from single product purchases to larger policy changes, using a product life-cycle assessment approach to link specific company data to a global multi-regional input-output database with environmental and socio-economic extensions (see e.g. Schenker & Weidema 2017). The method has a low data requirement for screening purposes, and can be based exclusively on open data sources, with options for extending the level of detail when more data are available.
The project provides an actionable and rational method for businesses and governments to integrate the SDGs into decision making and monitoring, and will therefore contribute substantially to streamline and coordinate action and increase efficiency in implementing the 2030 Agenda.
Presentation for LCM 2021 on the project (14:23 min video on youtube) : https://youtu.be/zKW50rN3yzk
The project deliverables include:
Project members have early access to project deliverables. See below for deliverables that have already become open access.
Relative importance of sustainability impact pathways – A first rough assessment
Data collection guideline for pressure indicators for LCSA
Data files for Life Cycle SDG Assessment
The project themes are continued in the LCSA Club
Advanced Manufacturing has been highlighted by the EU as one of the key enablers to support and promotion of business research and innovation in key enabling technologies. Therefore, a number of objectives, aligned with pursuing the large scale targets, have been set for advanced manufacturing through four pillars: technology, economic, social and environment.
Thus, HINDCON aims to adapt manufacturing technologies to the construction sector, advancing towards industrialisation and overcoming the limitations of actual approach for introducing Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing in construction activities. The project has a duration of 36 months.
The main aim of HINDCON is to develop and demonstrate a hybrid machine regarding 3D printing technologies with concrete materials focused on the industrialization of the Construction Industry, delivering to this sector an innovative technology that reduces environmental impact at the same time it reduces dramatically economic costs. The collaborative structure of the project will help to:
1) Integrate different technologies that converge in a hybrid solution. The HINDCON "all-in-one" machine will integrate Additive Manufacturing concrete extruder and Subtractive Manufacturing tool kit with the use of cementitious materials including mass materials with alternatives in concrete and additives, and reinforced with composites.
2) Cover the different aspects concerned (technology, economic, social and environment) and demonstrate the hybrid machine from different perspectives. On the one hand, it includes testing basic capabilities of the integrated prototype in laboratory. On the other hand, it involves the demonstration of the manufacturing system in a relevant environment.
The video below introduced the overall project:
LCA result presented in a short video below - and has resulted in these articles Life cycle assessment of integrated additive–subtractive concrete 3D printing and Concrete hybrid manufacturing: A machine architecture
The general objective of the project is to develop and demonstrate a robust but flexible integrated solution for treating water flows with variable compositions allowing subsequent reuse. Due to the variability of water characteristics the O&G sector is an excellent training station to improve water technologies, even for other industrial or municipal applications.
This new solution will be comprised by innovative treatment technologies effectively operated and optimized through a novel Decision Support System (DSS) which can generate water of enough quality to be reused, increasing the overall sustainability of the O&G sector. The DSS will be accessible remotely through innovative mixed of ICT technology (e.g. long range, short range low-data rate wireless technologies and internet protocol) that enables fast information access, advanced visualization and data analysis, allowing the system to be operated with minimal process understanding and also ensuring the safety of the operational staff at the extraction and refining sites. In summary, the main objectives are:
Read more in our INTEGROIL - flyer or in the publication: Life cycle assessment of wastewater reclamation in a petroleum refinery in Turkey
See film about the solution INTEGROIL is offering
THERBIOR is applicable Europe-wide but is centered on the Mediterranean region. The THERBIOR project aims to provide a solution for the tourism sector, which is characterised by intense seasonal water demand and wastewater discharge.
This project will integrate physical infrastructure such as a highly efficient tubular heat exchanger coupled to a fully off-grid reversible water- source heat pump with a pioneering, novel Sequencing Batch Biofilter Granular Reactor (SBBGR) already installed in the Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA, Italy), which creates new value through reuse and repurposing.
The main goal is to reuse the heat from the existing novel SBBGR reactor at CNR-IRSA into a low-temperature air conditioning system capable of covering the cooling/heating (CH) and domestic hot water (DHW) demand of an experimental test laboratory; this will be constructed during the project at the CNR-IRSA site. The system will be backed up by short-term storage based on Phase Change Materials (PCM) to ensure year-round coverage of the experimental lab’s CH and DHW demand.
After obtaining satisfactory results from the developed prototype, we will analyse this innovative application’s viability for incorporation into Almeria’s (Spain) and Bari’s (Italy) tourist facility network. Our main goal will be to evaluate how much energy we can gain from a specific urban wastewater network to reduce energy consumption (currently originating mainly from fossil fuels) for cooling/heating purposes in tourist buildings located in the cities.
The project also intends to create new business opportunities, notably by supporting SME involvement in local water and solar-energy supply chains. THERBIOR comprises a consortium of 4 European organisations from Spain, Italy and Denmark, combining a wide range of technical, institutional and business expertise.
Some of the results from the project are published in the Prospective environmental and economic assessment article.
Systembolaget in Sweden, Alko in Finland, and Vinmonopolet in Norway have social responsibility policies that include the environmental impact related to their activities. As part of this, the monopolies seek to identify the most important of their environmental impacts and options for reducing them. This study pertains to the product turnover in year 2014 and has been published in a report: Environmental impacts of alcoholic beverages.
This report estimates the effect of the Nordic ecolabels on apartment buildings, canteens and laundry detergents in a Danish context. The report is proprietary and therefore not available on-line. The study was commissioned by Ecolabelling Denmark.
The project assessed the climate impacts of different biofuels including indirect land use changes (iLUC), time dependency of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and manipulation of the carbon in biomass and soil carbon. The project resulted in a project report that acted as a the scientific background for Concito's own report "Klimapåvirkningen fra biomasse og andre energikilder" (in Danish).
Denne analyse viser sammenhængen mellem en kommunes samlede indkøb fordelt på forbrugsområder, og den miljømæssige påvirkning dette forbrug medfører. Analysen viser en tydelig forskydning mellem den økonomiske og miljømæssige fordeling. I særdeleshed forbrug af transport, energi og fødevarer har en høj miljøbelastning set i forhold til deres økonomiske volumen og er derfor oplagte fokusområder i en kommunal klima- og miljøindsats. Det offentlige køber en lang række produkter og services for at kunne levere ydelser til borgerne. Alle disse produkter og services skal produceres, transporteres, anvendes og sidst bortskaffes. I hvert led i kæden påvirkes miljøet i højere eller mindre grad. Da det offentlige samlet set er den største indkøber i Danmark har offentligt indkøb i sagens natur også en stor indvirkning på miljøet. Offentligt grønt indkøb har længe været på dagsordenen i en lang række kommuner og statslige institutioner, men der har manglet et samlet overblik over hvilke typer af indkøb, der har den største indvirkning på miljøet. Denne analyses formål er at skabe dette overblik i en kommunal sammenhæng. Dette overblik kan bruges i Miljøstyrelsens videre arbejde med at udforme vejledninger i grønne indkøb og kan bruges i kommunernes arbejde med at prioritere miljøindsatser. Odense Kommune er anvendt som pilotkommune i projektet. Det samlede overblik over kommunes miljøpåvirkning opnås ved at lave et miljøregnskab med udgangspunkt i kommunens indkøb. I miljøregnskabet medtages produkternes fulde påvirkning fra produktion, brug og bortskaffelse, altså fra et livscyklusperspektiv. Derved fås et billede af kommunens såkaldte miljømæssige fodaftryk. Miljøregnskabet er udarbejdet med udgangspunkt i Odense Kommunes økonomiske regnskab for afrapporteringsåret 2010. Regnskabet dækker over de indkøb, der sker i kommunen som virksomhed, og altså ikke de aktiviteter, der sker i kommunen som geografisk område. Regnskabet er blevet sorteret og fordelt i henhold til 11 forbrugsområder. Den økonomiske fordeling på områderne er vist på Figur 1. Odense Kommune er anvendt som case, men kommunens indkøbsmønster kan angiveligt sidestilles med indkøbet i mange andre kommuner. Miljøregnskabet kan derved hjælpe med at udpege indsatsområder for alle kommuner med særlig fokus på indkøb samt anvendes til prioritering i den nationale indsats for at fremme offentlige grønne indkøb. Baggrundsdata findes i tilknyttet metoderapport.
