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Prof. Dr. Maurizio Cellura
Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models; University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed.9, 90128 - PALERMO, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 10 June 2021 in Energies
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The refurbishment of the building stock is a key strategy towards the achievement of the climate and energy goals of the European Union. This study aims at evaluating the energy and environmental impacts associated with retrofitting a residential apartment to improve its vertical envelope thermal insulation. Two insulation materials, stone wool and cellulose fibers, are compared. The life cycle assessment methodology is applied assuming 1 m2 of retrofitted vertical envelope as functional unit. Moreover, to estimate the net energy and environmental benefits achievable in the retrofitted scenario compared with the non-retrofitted one, a second analysis is performed in which the system boundaries are expanded to include the building operational phase, and 1 m2 of walkable floor per year is assumed as reference. The results show that the use of cellulose fibers involve lower impacts in most of the assessed categories compared to stone wool, except for abiotic resource depletion. In detail, the use of cellulose fibers allows to reduce the impact on climate change up to 20% and the consumption of primary energy up to 10%. The evaluation of the net energy and environmental benefits shows the effectiveness of the retrofit energy policies.

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Maria Cusenza; Teresa Gulotta; Marina Mistretta; Maurizio Cellura. Life Cycle Energy and Environmental Assessment of the Thermal Insulation Improvement in Residential Buildings. Energies 2021, 14, 3452 .

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Maria Cusenza, Teresa Gulotta, Marina Mistretta, Maurizio Cellura. Life Cycle Energy and Environmental Assessment of the Thermal Insulation Improvement in Residential Buildings. Energies. 2021; 14 (12):3452.

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Maria Cusenza; Teresa Gulotta; Marina Mistretta; Maurizio Cellura. 2021. "Life Cycle Energy and Environmental Assessment of the Thermal Insulation Improvement in Residential Buildings." Energies 14, no. 12: 3452.

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Published: 30 March 2021 in Energies
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The European Union is moving towards a sustainable, decarbonized, and circular economy. It has identified seven key value chains in which to intervene, with the battery and vehicle value chain being one of them. Thus, actions and strategies for the sustainability of batteries need to be developed. Since Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a strategic tool for evaluating environmental sustainability, this paper investigates its application to two configurations of a sodium–nickel chloride cell (planar and tubular), focusing on the active material and the anode, with the purpose of identifying the configuration characterized by the lowest environmental impacts. The results, based on a “from cradle to gate” approach, showed that the tubular cell performs better for all environmental impact categories measured except for particulate matter, acidification, and resource depletion. With nickel being the main contributor to these impact categories, future sustainable strategies need to be oriented towards the reduction/recovery of this material or the use of nickel coming from a more sustainable supply chain. The original contribution of the paper is twofold: (1) It enriches the number of case studies of LCAs applied to sodium/nickel chloride cells, adding to the few studies on these types of cells that can be found in the existing scientific literature. (2) The results identify the environmental hot spots (cell configuration and materials used) for improving the environmental footprint of batteries made from sodium/nickel chloride cells.

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Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Maria Cusenza; Francesco Guarino; Marina Mistretta; Domenico Panno; Claudia D’Urso; Salvatore Leonardi; Nicola Briguglio; Giovanni Tumminia; Vincenzo Antonucci; Marco Ferraro. Life Cycle Assessment for Supporting Eco-Design: The Case Study of Sodium–Nickel Chloride Cells. Energies 2021, 14, 1897 .

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Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura, Maria Cusenza, Francesco Guarino, Marina Mistretta, Domenico Panno, Claudia D’Urso, Salvatore Leonardi, Nicola Briguglio, Giovanni Tumminia, Vincenzo Antonucci, Marco Ferraro. Life Cycle Assessment for Supporting Eco-Design: The Case Study of Sodium–Nickel Chloride Cells. Energies. 2021; 14 (7):1897.

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Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Maria Cusenza; Francesco Guarino; Marina Mistretta; Domenico Panno; Claudia D’Urso; Salvatore Leonardi; Nicola Briguglio; Giovanni Tumminia; Vincenzo Antonucci; Marco Ferraro. 2021. "Life Cycle Assessment for Supporting Eco-Design: The Case Study of Sodium–Nickel Chloride Cells." Energies 14, no. 7: 1897.

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Published: 07 February 2021 in Energies
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Over the last 15 years, photovoltaics (PV) in Vietnam has experienced development. The increased installed capacity of PV requires more land for installation sites as well as for manufacturing the plants’ component and waste treatment during the plants’ decommissioning. As a developing country, in which more than 80% of the population’s livelihood depends on agriculture, there are concerns about the competition of land for agriculture and solar development. This paper estimates the life-cycle land-use requirement for PV development in Vietnam, to provide the scientific-based evidence for policy makers on the quantity of land required, so that the land budget can be suitably allocated. The direct land-use requirement for PV ranges from 3.7 to 6.7 m2 MWh−1 year, and the total fenced area is 7.18 to 8.16 m2 MWh−1 year. Regarding the life-cycle land use, the land occupation is 241.85 m2a and land transformation is 16.17 m2 per MWh. Most of the required land area is for the installation of the PV infrastructure, while the indirect land use of the background process is inconsiderable.

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Eleonora Sanseverino; Maurizio Cellura; Le Luu; Maria Cusenza; Ninh Nguyen Quang; Nam Nguyen. Life-Cycle Land-Use Requirement for PV in Vietnam. Energies 2021, 14, 861 .

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Eleonora Sanseverino, Maurizio Cellura, Le Luu, Maria Cusenza, Ninh Nguyen Quang, Nam Nguyen. Life-Cycle Land-Use Requirement for PV in Vietnam. Energies. 2021; 14 (4):861.

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Eleonora Sanseverino; Maurizio Cellura; Le Luu; Maria Cusenza; Ninh Nguyen Quang; Nam Nguyen. 2021. "Life-Cycle Land-Use Requirement for PV in Vietnam." Energies 14, no. 4: 861.

Journal article
Published: 23 December 2020 in Sustainability
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In this study the environmental performance of a first-of-its-kind integrated process based on supercritical water gasification and oxidation (SCW-GcO), was evaluated using life cycle assessment (LCA). The process was applied to the treatment of carbon black and used oil as model wastes. Mass and energy balances were performed using Aspen Plus, and the environmental assessment was carried out through SimaPro. A “from cradle to grave” approach was chosen for the analysis, considering impact categories such as climate change, ozone depletion, human toxicity, particulate matter, land use, resource depletion, and other relevant indicators. The environmental profile of the SCW-GcO process was compared to other technologies for the treatment of dangerous wastes, solvent mixtures, and exhaust mineral oils by using the Ecoinvent database. It is shown that SCW-GcO allows for reduced impacts in different categories and the obtention of a favorable positive life cycle energy balance, achieving good environmental performance.

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Pasquale Iannotta; Giuseppe Caputo; Francesca Scargiali; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Alberto Brucato. Combined Gasification-Oxidation System for Waste Treatment with Supercritical Water: LCA and Performance Analysis. Sustainability 2020, 13, 82 .

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Pasquale Iannotta, Giuseppe Caputo, Francesca Scargiali, Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura, Alberto Brucato. Combined Gasification-Oxidation System for Waste Treatment with Supercritical Water: LCA and Performance Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):82.

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Pasquale Iannotta; Giuseppe Caputo; Francesca Scargiali; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Alberto Brucato. 2020. "Combined Gasification-Oxidation System for Waste Treatment with Supercritical Water: LCA and Performance Analysis." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 82.

Journal article
Published: 09 December 2020 in Sustainability
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Road construction and maintenance have a great impact on the environment, owing to the huge volumes of resources involved. Consequently, current production procedures and technologies must be properly investigated, for identifying and quantifying the life cycle environmental impacts produced. In this paper, primary data, i.e., site-specific data directly collected or measured on a reference plant, are analyzed for calculating the impact of the production of a hot mix asphalt. The analysis is performed in a from “cradle to gate” approach to estimate the environmental burdens of the production process in an average plant, representative of the existing technology in Italy and Southern Europe. The research outcomes are useful to increase reliability in quantification of asphalt production impacts and the contribution of each component. The results represent a reference basis for producers, designers, and contractors in the decisional phases, identifying the most critical aspects in the current practice and the possible improvements for reducing impacts of road industries. In this regard, efficient energy technologies for reducing the production temperature (such as warm mix asphalt) and burned fuels are proven to assure relevant improvements in the environmental performance.

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Giuseppe Sollazzo; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Clara Celauro. Impact Analysis Using Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Production from Primary Data. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10171 .

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Giuseppe Sollazzo, Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura, Clara Celauro. Impact Analysis Using Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Production from Primary Data. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10171.

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Giuseppe Sollazzo; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Clara Celauro. 2020. "Impact Analysis Using Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Production from Primary Data." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10171.

Journal article
Published: 26 October 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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This paper assesses the potential energy and environmental impacts of an anaerobic digester coupled with a combined heat and power plant powered with bio-wastes from the agri-food sector. The analysis is carried out through the Life Cycle Assessment methodology following a “cradle-to-grave” approach and is based mostly on primary data. The anaerobic digester - combined heat and power plant is analysed considering a twofold perspective: one more energy – oriented where the main function of the system is to generate renewable electricity and a waste – oriented one in which the main function is treating bio-wastes. In addition, the environmental indirect effects related to potential competitive uses of bio-wastes are evaluated. Biomass transport and the electricity consumed during the operation phase make the largest contribution (higher than 60%) to almost all the impact categories examined. The comparison with the electricity eco-profile from the national grid and with a composting facility highlights that the anaerobic digester - combined heat and power system may reach better energy and environmental performances for both the electricity generation and bio-waste management.

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Maria Anna Cusenza; Sonia Longo; Francesco Guarino; Maurizio Cellura. Energy and environmental assessment of residual bio-wastes management strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 285, 124815 .

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Maria Anna Cusenza, Sonia Longo, Francesco Guarino, Maurizio Cellura. Energy and environmental assessment of residual bio-wastes management strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 285 ():124815.

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Maria Anna Cusenza; Sonia Longo; Francesco Guarino; Maurizio Cellura. 2020. "Energy and environmental assessment of residual bio-wastes management strategies." Journal of Cleaner Production 285, no. : 124815.

Journal article
Published: 22 September 2020 in Sustainability
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While the operational energy use of buildings is often regulated in current energy saving policies, their embodied greenhouse gas emissions still have a considerable mitigation potential. The study aims at developing a multi-objective optimization method for design and renovation of buildings incorporating the operational and embodied energy demands, global warming potential, and costs as objective functions. The optimization method was tested on the renovation of an apartment building in Denmark, mainly focusing envelope improvements as roof and exterior wall insulation and windows. Cellulose insulation has been the predominant result, together with fiber cement or aluminum-based cladding and 2-layered glazing. The annual energy demand has been reduced from 166.4 to a range between 76.5 and 83.7 kWh/(m2 y) in the optimal solutions. The fact that the legal requirements of 70 kWh/(m2 y) are nearly met without building service improvements indicates that energy requirements can be fulfilled without compromising greenhouse gas emissions and cost. Since the method relies on standard national performance reporting tools, the authors believe that this study is a preliminary step towards more cost-efficient and low-carbon building renovations by utilizing multi-optimization techniques.

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Francesco Montana; Kai Kanafani; Kim Bjarne Wittchen; Harpa Birgisdottir; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Eleonora Riva Sanseverino. Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Life Cycle Performance. A Housing Renovation Case Study in Northern Europe. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7807 .

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Francesco Montana, Kai Kanafani, Kim Bjarne Wittchen, Harpa Birgisdottir, Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino. Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Life Cycle Performance. A Housing Renovation Case Study in Northern Europe. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7807.

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Francesco Montana; Kai Kanafani; Kim Bjarne Wittchen; Harpa Birgisdottir; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Eleonora Riva Sanseverino. 2020. "Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Life Cycle Performance. A Housing Renovation Case Study in Northern Europe." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7807.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in New Metropolitan Perspectives
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In the transition to a low-energy economy, the building stock renovation should address the reduction of the environmental impacts, by means of suitable energy retrofits oriented to meet current energy efficiency regulations, construction guidelines, and standards on comfort and operation. With regard to the historic segment of the building stock, suitable refurbishment policies are needed to avoid the loss of their heritage values, even if this is a complex issue requiring interdisciplinary approaches, dedicated diagnostic procedures, and specific tools. In this paper a suitable method for energy and environmental assessment specifically devoted to historical building retrofit, following a life-cycle approach, is proposed. The method allows to assess the energy saving for building operation arisen from the retrofit actions, the increase of the embodied energy and the environmental impacts within the building life-cycle, and to understand whether the achieved energy benefits could be supported in a life-cycle perspective or were overcome by the environmental burdens of the actions. This method could be used to support public policies that would encourage the preservation of cultural value buildings, allowing for the assessment of the most effective actions addressed to save energy and to minimize environmental impacts along the whole building life-cycle.

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Marina Mistretta; Francesco Guarino; Maurizio Cellura. Energy and Environmental Assessment of Heritage Building Retrofit. New Metropolitan Perspectives 2020, 1392 -1401.

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Marina Mistretta, Francesco Guarino, Maurizio Cellura. Energy and Environmental Assessment of Heritage Building Retrofit. New Metropolitan Perspectives. 2020; ():1392-1401.

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Marina Mistretta; Francesco Guarino; Maurizio Cellura. 2020. "Energy and Environmental Assessment of Heritage Building Retrofit." New Metropolitan Perspectives , no. : 1392-1401.

Review
Published: 14 June 2020 in Energies
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Energy is engaged in the supply chain of many economic sectors; therefore, the environmental impacts of the energy sector are indirectly linked to those of other sectors. Consequential life cycle assessment (CLCA) is an appropriate methodology to examine the direct and indirect environmental impacts of a product due to technological, economic or social changes. To date, different methodological approaches are proposed, combining economic and environmental models. This paper reviews the basic concept of CLCA and the coupling of economic and environmental models for performing CLCA in the energy sector during the period 2006–2020, with the aim to provide a description of the different tools, highlighting their strengths and limitations. From the review, it emerges that economic modelling tools are frequently used in combination with environmental data for CLCA in the energy sector, including equilibrium, input-output, and dynamic models. Out of these, the equilibrium model is the most widely used, showing some strengths in availability of data and energy system modelling tools. The input-output model allows for describing both direct and indirect effects due to changes in the energy sector, by using publicly available data. The dynamic model is less frequently applied due to its limitation in availability of data and modelling tools, but has recently attracted more attention due to the ability in modelling quantitative and qualitative indicators of sustainability.

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Quyen Le Luu; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Eleonora Riva Sanseverino; Maria Anna Cusenza; Vincenzo Franzitta. A Conceptual Review on Using Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for the Energy Sector. Energies 2020, 13, 1 .

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Quyen Le Luu, Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Maria Anna Cusenza, Vincenzo Franzitta. A Conceptual Review on Using Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for the Energy Sector. Energies. 2020; 13 (12):1.

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Quyen Le Luu; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura; Eleonora Riva Sanseverino; Maria Anna Cusenza; Vincenzo Franzitta. 2020. "A Conceptual Review on Using Consequential Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for the Energy Sector." Energies 13, no. 12: 1.

Review
Published: 30 April 2020 in Applied Sciences
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Power systems in the future are expected to be characterized by an increasing penetration of renewable energy sources systems. To achieve the ambitious goals of the “clean energy transition”, energy storage is a key factor, needed in power system design and operation as well as power-to-heat, allowing more flexibility linking the power networks and the heating/cooling demands. Thermochemical systems coupled to power-to-heat are receiving an increasing attention due to their better performance in comparison with sensible and latent heat storage technologies, in particular, in terms of storage time dynamics and energy density. In this work, a comprehensive review of the state of art of theoretical, experimental and numerical studies available in literature on thermochemical thermal energy storage systems and their use in power-to-heat applications is presented with a focus on applications with renewable energy sources. The paper shows that a series of advantages such as additional flexibility, load management, power quality, continuous power supply and a better use of variable renewable energy sources could be crucial elements to increase the commercial profitability of these storage systems. Moreover, specific challenges, i.e., life span and stability of storage material and high cost of power-to-heat/thermochemical systems must be taken in consideration to increase the technology readiness level of this emerging concept of energy systems integration.

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Girolama Airò Farulla; Maurizio Cellura; Francesco Guarino; Marco Ferraro. A Review of Thermochemical Energy Storage Systems for Power Grid Support. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 3142 .

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Girolama Airò Farulla, Maurizio Cellura, Francesco Guarino, Marco Ferraro. A Review of Thermochemical Energy Storage Systems for Power Grid Support. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (9):3142.

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Girolama Airò Farulla; Maurizio Cellura; Francesco Guarino; Marco Ferraro. 2020. "A Review of Thermochemical Energy Storage Systems for Power Grid Support." Applied Sciences 10, no. 9: 3142.

Journal article
Published: 20 April 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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Sustainable agriculture is strongly promoted by Agenda 2030 and peri-urban agriculture is considered strategic for agri-food sustainability. Although, innovative farming practices are being implemented, the analysis of their impacts often does not reach the required depth. Within the EU project ‘UIA-OpenAgri - New Skills for new Jobs in Peri-urban Agriculture’, a regeneration process of a peri-urban area in Milan (Italy) was started, through the development of an innovative food hub. 28 innovative foodchains are assessed by a Life Cycle Assessment approach based on primary data collected from the involved start-ups. Non-Renewable Cumulative Energy Demand and the Global Warming Potential indicators are assessed and coupled with the productive land indicator. To effectively support involved operators in planning sustainable agriculture practices, the results are presented with GIS maps and insights for improving economic sustainability of involved start-ups are presented. The study shows that the impacts related to the practices implemented (i.e. organic agriculture, including intercropping, agroforestry, ancient grains, etc.) decrease by an average of 55% in energy consumption and 65% on Global Warming Potential if compared to conventional ones. Then, these practices can provide a positive contribution to the Agenda 2030 goal of ensuring sustainable farm production practices.

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Paola Caputo; Federica Zagarella; Maria Anna Cusenza; Marina Mistretta; Maurizio Cellura. Energy-environmental assessment of the UIA-OpenAgri case study as urban regeneration project through agriculture. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 729, 138819 .

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Paola Caputo, Federica Zagarella, Maria Anna Cusenza, Marina Mistretta, Maurizio Cellura. Energy-environmental assessment of the UIA-OpenAgri case study as urban regeneration project through agriculture. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 729 ():138819.

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Paola Caputo; Federica Zagarella; Maria Anna Cusenza; Marina Mistretta; Maurizio Cellura. 2020. "Energy-environmental assessment of the UIA-OpenAgri case study as urban regeneration project through agriculture." Science of The Total Environment 729, no. : 138819.

Journal article
Published: 20 April 2020 in Energies
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The development of the road construction sector determines the consequences on consumption of non-renewable resources, energy expenditure and environmental pollution. Recent sustainability issues have highlighted the importance of efficient design and quality-oriented techniques in this sector, due to the huge amount of materials involved in construction and maintenance activities. Thus, it is necessary to properly quantify the environmental impacts of asphalt mixtures used for pavement construction, considering the whole life cycle of the products. Life cycle assessment (LCA) represents the most appropriate methodological framework for assessing the environmental burdens of a product, from raw material acquisition to final disposal. A common problem for LCA is the lack of primary data useful to calculate the product eco-profile, for a specific production process. In this context, there is generally limited reliable and accurate data regarding the asphalt plant production phase, which represents the most critical phase. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to perform an environmental/energy audit of an asphalt plant and, further, to collect and analyze primary data useful for the definition of the eco-profile of 1 metric ton of hot mix asphalt (HMA), following a “gate to gate” approach, including transport. The asphalt production is examined in a Sicilian batch-mix plant, representing one of the most commonly used for asphalt production in the Italian context. The results are of interest for asphalt mixture producers, contractors, transportation agencies and researchers seeking to quantify asphalt pavement environmental impacts in Italy, based on context-related foreground data.

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Vincenzo Franzitta; Sonia Longo; Giuseppe Sollazzo; Maurizio Cellura; Clara Celauro. Primary Data Collection and Environmental/Energy Audit of Hot Mix Asphalt Production. Energies 2020, 13, 2045 .

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Vincenzo Franzitta, Sonia Longo, Giuseppe Sollazzo, Maurizio Cellura, Clara Celauro. Primary Data Collection and Environmental/Energy Audit of Hot Mix Asphalt Production. Energies. 2020; 13 (8):2045.

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Vincenzo Franzitta; Sonia Longo; Giuseppe Sollazzo; Maurizio Cellura; Clara Celauro. 2020. "Primary Data Collection and Environmental/Energy Audit of Hot Mix Asphalt Production." Energies 13, no. 8: 2045.

Review
Published: 03 January 2020 in Energies
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The photovoltaic (PV) sector has undergone both major expansion and evolution over the last decades, and currently, the technologies already marketed or still in the laboratory/research phase are numerous and very different. Likewise, in order to assess the energy and environmental impacts of these devices, life cycle assessment (LCA) studies related to these systems are always increasing. The objective of this paper is to summarize and update the current literature of LCA applied to different types of grid-connected PV, as well as to critically analyze the results related to energy and environmental impacts generated during the life cycle of PV technologies, from 1st generation (traditional silicon based) up to the third generation (innovative non-silicon based). Most of the results regarded energy indices like energy payback time, cumulative energy demand, and primary energy demand, while environmental indices were variable based on different scopes and impact assessment methods. Moreover, the review work allowed to highlight and compare key parameters (PV type and system, geographical location, efficiency), methodological insights (functional unit, system boundaries, etc.), and energy/environmental hotspots of 39 LCA studies relating to different PV systems, in order to underline the importance of these aspects, and to provide information and a basis of comparison for future analyses.

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Vincenzo Muteri; Maurizio Cellura; Domenico Curto; Vincenzo Franzitta; Sonia Longo; Marina Mistretta; Maria Laura Parisi. Review on Life Cycle Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Panels. Energies 2020, 13, 252 .

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Vincenzo Muteri, Maurizio Cellura, Domenico Curto, Vincenzo Franzitta, Sonia Longo, Marina Mistretta, Maria Laura Parisi. Review on Life Cycle Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Panels. Energies. 2020; 13 (1):252.

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Vincenzo Muteri; Maurizio Cellura; Domenico Curto; Vincenzo Franzitta; Sonia Longo; Marina Mistretta; Maria Laura Parisi. 2020. "Review on Life Cycle Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Panels." Energies 13, no. 1: 252.

Journal article
Published: 06 June 2019 in Renewable Energy
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Solar heating and cooling (SHC) systems can be relevant in the achievement of energy and climate European goals. The benefits of these technologies should be evaluated taking into account their life-cycle energy and environmental impacts, calculated by applying the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The development of a complete LCA can be difficult and time-consuming particularly for non-experts in LCA, discouraging them in developing the life-cycle assessments. To overcome this issue, the paper presents “ELISA - Environmental Lifecycle Impacts of Solar Air-conditioning systems”, a user-friendly simplified tool for estimating the life-cycle energy and environmental benefits/impacts of solar technologies for heating and cooling in different geographic contexts and comparing them to conventional systems. The tool was applied to analyse three systems (thermal SHC, conventional and PV assisted system) in Greece and to identify the one characterized by the best life-cycle performances. The results revealed that the impacts of PV assisted system are about 60% lower than those of the others, highlighting the advantage of using renewable electricity for building air-conditioning in locations with high solar radiation availability. ELISA can be used by researchers, designers and decision-makers to introduce the life-cycle thinking in the early design phase of heating and cooling systems.

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Sonia Longo; Marco Beccali; Maurizio Cellura; Francesco Guarino. Energy and environmental life-cycle impacts of solar-assisted systems: The application of the tool “ELISA”. Renewable Energy 2019, 145, 29 -40.

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Sonia Longo, Marco Beccali, Maurizio Cellura, Francesco Guarino. Energy and environmental life-cycle impacts of solar-assisted systems: The application of the tool “ELISA”. Renewable Energy. 2019; 145 ():29-40.

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Sonia Longo; Marco Beccali; Maurizio Cellura; Francesco Guarino. 2019. "Energy and environmental life-cycle impacts of solar-assisted systems: The application of the tool “ELISA”." Renewable Energy 145, no. : 29-40.

Book chapter
Published: 01 January 2019 in Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
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Patxi Hernandez; Xabat Oregi; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura. Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings. Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2019, 207 -261.

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Patxi Hernandez, Xabat Oregi, Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura. Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings. Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2019; ():207-261.

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Patxi Hernandez; Xabat Oregi; Sonia Longo; Maurizio Cellura. 2019. "Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings." Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings , no. : 207-261.

Book chapter
Published: 01 January 2019 in Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
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Daniel Aelenei; Laura Aelenei; Rafaela A. Agathokleous; Francesco Asdrubali; Constantinos A. Balaras; Giorgio Baldinelli; Ilaria Ballarini; Umberto Berardi; Paolo Bertoldi; Francesco Bianchi; Fabio Bisegna; Chiara Burattini; Luisa F. Cabeza; Beatrice Castellani; Carlo Cecere; Maurizio Cellura; Heejin Cho; Helena Coch; Paolo Conti; Vincenzo Corrado; Edoardo Currà; Francesco D’Alessandro; Elena G. Dascalaki; Livio De Santoli; Umberto Desideri; Chuanshuai Dong; Luca Evangelisti; Enrico Fabrizio; Prudence Ferreira; Faidra Filippidou; Chiara Foglietta; David Gattie; Paola Gori; Walter Grassi; Claudia Guattari; Franco Gugliermetti; Patxi Hernandez; Pei Huang; Gongsheng Huang; Soteris A. Kalogirou; Katrin Klingenberg; Thomas M. Lawrence; Eleanor S. Lee; Peike Li; Sonia Longo; Roel Loonen; Lin Lu; Pedro J. Mago; Dario Masucci; Benedetta Mattoni; Michele Morganti; Elena Morini; Mojtaba Navvab; Xabat Oregi; Cosimo Palazzo; Stefano Panzieri; Marco Perino; Anna L. Pisello; Andrea Presciutti; Bale V. Reddy; Marc A. Rosen; Federico Rossi; Federica Rosso; Antonella Rotili; Agnese Salvati; Mattheos Santamouris; Samuele Schiavoni; Eva Schito; Valentina Serra; Ashlynn S. Stillwell; Daniele Testi; RuZhu Wang; Graham S. Wright; Hongxing Yang; Xiaoqiang Zhai; Tiantian Zhang. Contributors. Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2019, 1 .

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Daniel Aelenei, Laura Aelenei, Rafaela A. Agathokleous, Francesco Asdrubali, Constantinos A. Balaras, Giorgio Baldinelli, Ilaria Ballarini, Umberto Berardi, Paolo Bertoldi, Francesco Bianchi, Fabio Bisegna, Chiara Burattini, Luisa F. Cabeza, Beatrice Castellani, Carlo Cecere, Maurizio Cellura, Heejin Cho, Helena Coch, Paolo Conti, Vincenzo Corrado, Edoardo Currà, Francesco D’Alessandro, Elena G. Dascalaki, Livio De Santoli, Umberto Desideri, Chuanshuai Dong, Luca Evangelisti, Enrico Fabrizio, Prudence Ferreira, Faidra Filippidou, Chiara Foglietta, David Gattie, Paola Gori, Walter Grassi, Claudia Guattari, Franco Gugliermetti, Patxi Hernandez, Pei Huang, Gongsheng Huang, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Katrin Klingenberg, Thomas M. Lawrence, Eleanor S. Lee, Peike Li, Sonia Longo, Roel Loonen, Lin Lu, Pedro J. Mago, Dario Masucci, Benedetta Mattoni, Michele Morganti, Elena Morini, Mojtaba Navvab, Xabat Oregi, Cosimo Palazzo, Stefano Panzieri, Marco Perino, Anna L. Pisello, Andrea Presciutti, Bale V. Reddy, Marc A. Rosen, Federico Rossi, Federica Rosso, Antonella Rotili, Agnese Salvati, Mattheos Santamouris, Samuele Schiavoni, Eva Schito, Valentina Serra, Ashlynn S. Stillwell, Daniele Testi, RuZhu Wang, Graham S. Wright, Hongxing Yang, Xiaoqiang Zhai, Tiantian Zhang. Contributors. Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2019; ():1.

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Daniel Aelenei; Laura Aelenei; Rafaela A. Agathokleous; Francesco Asdrubali; Constantinos A. Balaras; Giorgio Baldinelli; Ilaria Ballarini; Umberto Berardi; Paolo Bertoldi; Francesco Bianchi; Fabio Bisegna; Chiara Burattini; Luisa F. Cabeza; Beatrice Castellani; Carlo Cecere; Maurizio Cellura; Heejin Cho; Helena Coch; Paolo Conti; Vincenzo Corrado; Edoardo Currà; Francesco D’Alessandro; Elena G. Dascalaki; Livio De Santoli; Umberto Desideri; Chuanshuai Dong; Luca Evangelisti; Enrico Fabrizio; Prudence Ferreira; Faidra Filippidou; Chiara Foglietta; David Gattie; Paola Gori; Walter Grassi; Claudia Guattari; Franco Gugliermetti; Patxi Hernandez; Pei Huang; Gongsheng Huang; Soteris A. Kalogirou; Katrin Klingenberg; Thomas M. Lawrence; Eleanor S. Lee; Peike Li; Sonia Longo; Roel Loonen; Lin Lu; Pedro J. Mago; Dario Masucci; Benedetta Mattoni; Michele Morganti; Elena Morini; Mojtaba Navvab; Xabat Oregi; Cosimo Palazzo; Stefano Panzieri; Marco Perino; Anna L. Pisello; Andrea Presciutti; Bale V. Reddy; Marc A. Rosen; Federico Rossi; Federica Rosso; Antonella Rotili; Agnese Salvati; Mattheos Santamouris; Samuele Schiavoni; Eva Schito; Valentina Serra; Ashlynn S. Stillwell; Daniele Testi; RuZhu Wang; Graham S. Wright; Hongxing Yang; Xiaoqiang Zhai; Tiantian Zhang. 2019. "Contributors." Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 September 2018 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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Giovanni Tumminia; Francesco Guarino; Sonia Longo; Marco Ferraro; Maurizio Cellura; Vincenzo Antonucci. Life cycle energy performances and environmental impacts of a prefabricated building module. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2018, 92, 272 -283.

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Giovanni Tumminia, Francesco Guarino, Sonia Longo, Marco Ferraro, Maurizio Cellura, Vincenzo Antonucci. Life cycle energy performances and environmental impacts of a prefabricated building module. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018; 92 ():272-283.

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Giovanni Tumminia; Francesco Guarino; Sonia Longo; Marco Ferraro; Maurizio Cellura; Vincenzo Antonucci. 2018. "Life cycle energy performances and environmental impacts of a prefabricated building module." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 92, no. : 272-283.

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Published: 01 July 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Addressing climate change is one of the greatest environmental challenges. Due to the impact of cities to energy consumption, the involvement of the local authorities in environmental policies is rapidly increasing. The Covenant of Mayors (CoM), launched by the European Commission, is an urban initiative aimed at reducing CO emissions. The signatories have to compile the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) balance of their territory and, to do so, they can use the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) or the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Moreover, the signatories have to define strategies to reduce the GHG emissions. In this context, authors estimate the GHG balance of an Italian municipality using both methodologies in order to compare the results. In detail, the first application is the IPCC, the second one is the LCA approach for which two cases are analysed: i) LCA with fossil fuels and electricity GHG emission factors based on the European Reference Life Cycle Database, LCA (I); and ii) LCA with a site - specific GHG emissions for electricity generation, LCA (II). They propose energy strategies in order to quantify the achievable GHG emissions reduction by the exploitation of the renewable energy resources. The study shows that the GHG emissions results obtained with the LCA approach are higher by 20% than those calculated with the IPCC approach. This difference is relevant and it could be significant in identifying effective climate strategies. The LCA methodology ensures a systemic accounting of emissions, then, it can be more effective in order to achieve GHG emissions reduction at global level. The examined energy strategies allow for reducing the GHG emissions of about 7% of the total reduction required by the CoM. This confirms that a preliminary evaluation of the strategies is useful for the allocation of the financial resources to the environmental policies.

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Maurizio Cellura; Maria Anna Cusenza; Sonia Longo. Energy-related GHG emissions balances: IPCC versus LCA. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 628-629, 1328 -1339.

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Maurizio Cellura, Maria Anna Cusenza, Sonia Longo. Energy-related GHG emissions balances: IPCC versus LCA. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 628-629 ():1328-1339.

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Maurizio Cellura; Maria Anna Cusenza; Sonia Longo. 2018. "Energy-related GHG emissions balances: IPCC versus LCA." Science of The Total Environment 628-629, no. : 1328-1339.

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Published: 01 June 2018 in Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
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The aim of the paper is to explore how design optimization contributes to a technology's ecological evolution. The article develops this concept through an application of Constructal law, used to account for the “evolution” of technologies design (configuration, shape, structure, pattern, rhythm), and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), used for quantifying the environmental impacts of the design choices. The combination of both methods assesses how technology evolution affects the environment during its life, extending the concept of evolution of design. The study is applied to a case study of a real biomass boiler. The study analyses basic case and a series of alternative scenarios optimized with Constructal Law, guaranteeing the same thermal energy production. The results are analyzed graphically and analytically with an “Overall Performance Coefficient methodology”, that investigates trade-offs to identify the best configuration. In addition, the use of LCA allows evaluating energy and environmental performances of different design alternatives, with the best option able to reduce the global energy required of 0.33% and the normalized impacts of 4%. The methodology is proposed to support decision-making during the optimization process.

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Teresa Maria Gulotta; Francesco Guarino; Maurizio Cellura; Giulio Lorenzini. A Constructal Law optimization of a boiler inspired by Life Cycle thinking. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2018, 6, 380 -387.

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Teresa Maria Gulotta, Francesco Guarino, Maurizio Cellura, Giulio Lorenzini. A Constructal Law optimization of a boiler inspired by Life Cycle thinking. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 2018; 6 ():380-387.

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Teresa Maria Gulotta; Francesco Guarino; Maurizio Cellura; Giulio Lorenzini. 2018. "A Constructal Law optimization of a boiler inspired by Life Cycle thinking." Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 6, no. : 380-387.

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Published: 01 December 2017 in Solar Energy
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Solar heating and cooling systems for space heating and cooling are experiencing a growing trend and interest. However, the actual energy and environmental performance of small/medium size installations is not clearly foreseeable. In this paper, an analysis of such systems using adsorption chillers in different European climates is presented. Solar systems have been simulated in TRNSYS and compared to a conventional system employing a vapour compression unit. The results have been used for a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study, determining the potential impact during the whole life of the system, from raw materials supply to its end-of-life. The LCA has been carried out by using the LCA tool developed in the framework of the International Energy Agency SHC Task 48. Results showed that the useful life of the system is a key parameter: for a useful life of 10 years, the conventional system performs better than the renewable-based one for almost all the locations. However, if a longer life is achieved (15 or 20 years), solar systems show environmental advantage under almost all the climatic conditions: the environmental benefits of using a solar system during the operation step counterbalance the additional impact generated during the other life-cycle steps.

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Sonia Longo; Valeria Palomba; Marco Beccali; Maurizio Cellura; Salvatore Vasta. Energy balance and life cycle assessment of small size residential solar heating and cooling systems equipped with adsorption chillers. Solar Energy 2017, 158, 543 -558.

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Sonia Longo, Valeria Palomba, Marco Beccali, Maurizio Cellura, Salvatore Vasta. Energy balance and life cycle assessment of small size residential solar heating and cooling systems equipped with adsorption chillers. Solar Energy. 2017; 158 ():543-558.

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Sonia Longo; Valeria Palomba; Marco Beccali; Maurizio Cellura; Salvatore Vasta. 2017. "Energy balance and life cycle assessment of small size residential solar heating and cooling systems equipped with adsorption chillers." Solar Energy 158, no. : 543-558.