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Mrs. Noelia Llantoy
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Mechanical Engineer and Master in Environmental and Energy management. Currently, a PhD student in the GREiA group. I focus my research on life cycle assessment (LCA) of different energy storage systems for residential buildings.

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Journal article
Published: 10 May 2021 in Sustainability
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The buildings sector is one of the least sustainable activities in the world, accounting for around 40% of the total global energy demand. With the aim to reduce the environmental impact of this sector, the use of renewable energy sources coupled with energy storage systems in buildings has been investigated in recent years. Innovative solutions for cooling, heating, and domestic hot water in buildings can contribute to the buildings’ decarbonization by achieving a reduction of building electrical consumption needed to keep comfortable conditions. However, the environmental impact of a new system is not only related to its electrical consumption from the grid, but also to the environmental load produced in the manufacturing and disposal stages of system components. This study investigates the environmental impact of an innovative system proposed for residential buildings in Mediterranean climate through a life cycle assessment. The results show that, due to the complexity of the system, the manufacturing and disposal stages have a high environmental impact, which is not compensated by the reduction of the impact during the operational stage. A parametric study was also performed to investigate the effect of the design of the storage system on the overall system impact.

ACS Style

Gabriel Zsembinszki; Noelia Llantoy; Valeria Palomba; Andrea Frazzica; Mattia Dallapiccola; Federico Trentin; Luisa Cabeza. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of an Innovative Compact Hybrid Electrical-Thermal Storage System for Residential Buildings in Mediterranean Climate. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5322 .

AMA Style

Gabriel Zsembinszki, Noelia Llantoy, Valeria Palomba, Andrea Frazzica, Mattia Dallapiccola, Federico Trentin, Luisa Cabeza. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of an Innovative Compact Hybrid Electrical-Thermal Storage System for Residential Buildings in Mediterranean Climate. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5322.

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Gabriel Zsembinszki; Noelia Llantoy; Valeria Palomba; Andrea Frazzica; Mattia Dallapiccola; Federico Trentin; Luisa Cabeza. 2021. "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of an Innovative Compact Hybrid Electrical-Thermal Storage System for Residential Buildings in Mediterranean Climate." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5322.

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Published: 23 April 2021 in Applied Sciences
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With the aim of contributing to achieving the decarbonization of the energy sector, the environmental impact of an innovative system to produce heating and domestic hot water for heating demand-dominated climates is assessed is evaluated. The evaluation is conducted using the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and the ReCiPe and IPCC GWP indicators for the manufacturing and operation stages, and comparing the system to a reference one. Results show that the innovative system has a lower overall impact than the reference one. Moreover, a parametric study to evaluate the impact of the refrigerant is carried out, showing that the impact of the overall systems is not affected if the amount of refrigerant or the impact of refrigerant is increased.

ACS Style

Noelia Llantoy; Gabriel Zsembinszki; Valeria Palomba; Andrea Frazzica; Mattia Dallapiccola; Federico Trentin; Luisa Cabeza. Life Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Hybrid Energy Storage System for Residential Buildings in Continental Climates. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 3820 .

AMA Style

Noelia Llantoy, Gabriel Zsembinszki, Valeria Palomba, Andrea Frazzica, Mattia Dallapiccola, Federico Trentin, Luisa Cabeza. Life Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Hybrid Energy Storage System for Residential Buildings in Continental Climates. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (9):3820.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Noelia Llantoy; Gabriel Zsembinszki; Valeria Palomba; Andrea Frazzica; Mattia Dallapiccola; Federico Trentin; Luisa Cabeza. 2021. "Life Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Hybrid Energy Storage System for Residential Buildings in Continental Climates." Applied Sciences 11, no. 9: 3820.

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Published: 23 July 2020 in Energy and Buildings
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The construction industry is one of the less sustainable activities on the planet, constituting 40% of the total energy demand and approximately 44% of the total material use and the generation of 40–50% of the global output of greenhouse gases. The biggest environmental impact caused by buildings is generated during their operational phase due to the energy consumption for thermal conditioning. Hence, in order to reduce this energy consumption, insulation materials must be used and from a life-cycle perspective, the use of insulation materials reduces the building impact over time. This paper develops a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of different insulation materials (polyurethane, extruded polystyrene, and mineral wool) to analyse the environmental profile of each insulation material type in the Mediterranean continental climate. Significantly, all three insulation materials demonstrated a net positive benefit over a fifty-year life span due to the reduced heating requirements of the building. Results showed that the highest environmental impact was associated with the polystyrene insulation material and the best environmental performance was for the mineral wool. Moreover, regarding the consumption, polyurethane and mineral wool had similar thermal performance during the whole year. Furthermore, the environmental payback period shows that the cubicles with insulation material are environmentally efficient, if they are used for at least 7 years (for mineral wool), 10 years (polyurethane), and 12 years (extruded polystyrene). The results of this research give new insights into the effect on building insulation materials.

ACS Style

Noelia Llantoy; Marta Chàfer; Luisa F. Cabeza. A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of different insulation materials for buildings in the continental Mediterranean climate. Energy and Buildings 2020, 225, 110323 .

AMA Style

Noelia Llantoy, Marta Chàfer, Luisa F. Cabeza. A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of different insulation materials for buildings in the continental Mediterranean climate. Energy and Buildings. 2020; 225 ():110323.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Noelia Llantoy; Marta Chàfer; Luisa F. Cabeza. 2020. "A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of different insulation materials for buildings in the continental Mediterranean climate." Energy and Buildings 225, no. : 110323.