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Cassiano Moro Piekarski
Post-Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering (PPGEP), Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná (UTFPR)

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Published: 30 July 2021 in Textile Science and Clothing Technology
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Sustainability in the fashion industry is a contemporary megatrend that needs new studies addressing the myriad of possibilities that exist to reduce environmental impacts. Nonetheless, it is essential to take into account the opinions/wishes of the segments targeted by the business, a practice that has been neglected by textile and fashion companies. Value offers with greater circularity in textile and fashion businesses have suffered from a lack of consideration of the consumer’s perspective in their value propositions. Therefore, the objective of this research is to suggest circular strategies for the incorporation of the consumer’s perspective into value creation in the fashion industry. The methods used in this chapter encompass four steps: (i) building a theoretical background related to sustainable and circular fashion, and circular business models linked to the textile and fashion industry, which aided; (ii) building a survey to investigate issues on product design, value creation, and consumer participation in fashion companies in Brazil; (iii) identifying the main deficiencies on product design, value creation, and consumer participation in fashion businesses in Brazil; and (iv) proposing circular strategies to seek overcome the deficiencies identified. Twenty companies from three states in Brazil were surveyed. The results of the survey allowed identifying gaps in the knowledge of fashion companies in relation to consumers and also with regard to issues that involve the product’s life cycle from the conception, use, and disposal of post-use products by the consumer. Recommendations were proposed to incorporate the consumer’s perspective into creating value in the fashion industry, seeking to pave the way to more circularity-oriented business models in the textile/fashion industry.

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Eliane Pinheiro; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Anthony Halog. Incorporating Consumer Perspective into the Value Creation Process in the Fashion Industry: A Path to Circularity. Textile Science and Clothing Technology 2021, 239 -255.

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Eliane Pinheiro, Rodrigo Salvador, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Anthony Halog. Incorporating Consumer Perspective into the Value Creation Process in the Fashion Industry: A Path to Circularity. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. 2021; ():239-255.

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Eliane Pinheiro; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Anthony Halog. 2021. "Incorporating Consumer Perspective into the Value Creation Process in the Fashion Industry: A Path to Circularity." Textile Science and Clothing Technology , no. : 239-255.

Review article
Published: 06 July 2021 in Energy Reports
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Bioenergy is a renewable energy obtained from biomass, and its main benefits are the reduction of greenhouse gases and waste disposal. One way to generate bioenergy is through anaerobic digesters. However, a common problem found in feasibility analyses is the appropriate location for these biodigesters, since the biomass is geographically and spatially dispersed. When the location is poorly chosen, it can interfere with the viability of the project. Therefore, the objective of this research is to determine the existence of areas that could still be explored by investigating studies that seek to identify suitable locations for deploying the biodigesters from the perspective of aspects (economic, environmental and social), localization problems (location/allocation and supply chain) and techniques. To this end, a systematic review of the literature was conducted from the Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science databases. It was observed that the literature could be more explored to (a) consider the social aspect in biodigesters location models, (b) propose studies that specify and consolidate each aspects’ characteristics found in the literature applied in biodigesters location models, (c) integrate the economic–environmental–social aspects into supply chain project problems, and (d) explore the creation of clusters for energy production through strategic partnerships between small farms.

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Rômulo Henrique Gomes de Jesus; Jovani Taveira de Souza; Fabio Neves Puglieri; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Biodigester location problems, its economic–environmental–social​ aspects and techniques: Areas yet to be explored. Energy Reports 2021, 7, 3998 -4008.

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Rômulo Henrique Gomes de Jesus, Jovani Taveira de Souza, Fabio Neves Puglieri, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Biodigester location problems, its economic–environmental–social​ aspects and techniques: Areas yet to be explored. Energy Reports. 2021; 7 ():3998-4008.

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Rômulo Henrique Gomes de Jesus; Jovani Taveira de Souza; Fabio Neves Puglieri; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. 2021. "Biodigester location problems, its economic–environmental–social​ aspects and techniques: Areas yet to be explored." Energy Reports 7, no. : 3998-4008.

Journal article
Published: 09 May 2021 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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The aim of this paper is twofold: (i) to build a model by combining an agglomerative hierarchical algorithm with multicriteria analysis and geographic information systems (GIS) in order to identify whether there are opportunities to create strategic partnerships based on geographic coordinates of raw material suppliers and the volume of raw material supply; and (ii) to apply the model in a case study in order to identify suitable locations for building a biodigester, thus establishing strategic partnerships and circular economy-based practices. The model involves four stages: (1) defining the study site, (2) building the set of cluster solutions, (3) defining the suitable locations for building a biodigester, and (4) conducting analyses of feasibility of strategic partnership and sensitivity. The model was applied in a small region and it was analyzed the possibility of creating two or three clusters. The use of the model allowed, from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, to preliminarily identify the possibility of creating a strategic partnership, and also determine the location of a biodigester. The case study applied in southern Brazil took place in a region with high potential for generating biogas from agro-waste. A geographic map with roads, rivers, and constraints was built. Strategic partnerships, sensitivity analysis, and circular economy-based practices were discussed. The results of this work could provide useful information when using the model for other regions, and the model could easily incorporate further criteria and conditions, making it flexible and tailored to users' needs.

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Rômulo Henrique Gomes de Jesus; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Jovani Taveira de Souza; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Forming clusters based on strategic partnerships and circular economy for biogas production: A GIS analysis for optimal location. Biomass and Bioenergy 2021, 150, 106097 .

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Rômulo Henrique Gomes de Jesus, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador, Jovani Taveira de Souza, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Forming clusters based on strategic partnerships and circular economy for biogas production: A GIS analysis for optimal location. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2021; 150 ():106097.

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Rômulo Henrique Gomes de Jesus; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Jovani Taveira de Souza; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. 2021. "Forming clusters based on strategic partnerships and circular economy for biogas production: A GIS analysis for optimal location." Biomass and Bioenergy 150, no. : 106097.

Journal article
Published: 02 April 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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The aim of this article is to identify both the circular economy strategies with the most influence for managing each business model building block in circular businesses; and the business model building blocks that are most affected by circular economy strategies. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify potential circular economy strategies, resulting in sixteen such strategies. Thereafter, a survey was conducted with experts to indicate how important the strategies were for managing each building block (business model Canvas) using a Fuzzy Logic approach. The survey, using fuzzy linguistic variables, was sent to specialists in circular business models worldwide. The circular economy strategies that influence business modelling to a greater extent are developing strategic partnerships for circularity and engaging stakeholders along the value chain, and digital technologies (e.g. Industry 4.0) to enable circularity. The building blocks most influenced by circular economy strategies are customer segments, customer relationships, and key partnerships. The analysis made in this research indicates where companies should focus their efforts towards managing their businesses when implementing/managing different CE strategies.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo V. Barros; Fausto Freire; Anthony Halog; Cassiano M. Piekarski; Antonio C. De Francisco. Circular economy strategies on business modelling: Identifying the greatest influences. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 299, 126918 .

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Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo V. Barros, Fausto Freire, Anthony Halog, Cassiano M. Piekarski, Antonio C. De Francisco. Circular economy strategies on business modelling: Identifying the greatest influences. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 299 ():126918.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo V. Barros; Fausto Freire; Anthony Halog; Cassiano M. Piekarski; Antonio C. De Francisco. 2021. "Circular economy strategies on business modelling: Identifying the greatest influences." Journal of Cleaner Production 299, no. : 126918.

Journal article
Published: 18 March 2021 in Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects
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This article aims to investigate the technologies and applications of biomethane in the generation of electricity and as vehicular fuel. To this end, a bibliographic search was conducted using the Methodi Ordinatio. Mendeley and JabRef were used for reference management. The market potential for the production of biomethane will depend on both the energy conditions and the capacity to create infrastructure and encourage industries via supporting initiatives. This article analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the technologies and applications of biomethane, addressing several factors, and their representativeness for the generation of electricity and use as vehicular fuel.

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Antonio Carlos Franco; Luciane Silva Franco; Daniel Poletto Tesser; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Claudia Tania Picinin; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Advances and challenges on the technologies and applications of biomethane. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 2021, 1 -11.

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Antonio Carlos Franco, Luciane Silva Franco, Daniel Poletto Tesser, Rodrigo Salvador, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Claudia Tania Picinin, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Advances and challenges on the technologies and applications of biomethane. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. 2021; ():1-11.

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Antonio Carlos Franco; Luciane Silva Franco; Daniel Poletto Tesser; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Claudia Tania Picinin; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2021. "Advances and challenges on the technologies and applications of biomethane." Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects , no. : 1-11.

Review
Published: 15 January 2021 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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The purpose of this document is to carry out a critical review of the existing literature by specifically addressing the following: (i) the integration of life cycle assessment and life cycle cost assessment from the perspective of research topics, category and scope of study, authors, institutions, countries, and journals working on or publishing related studies, and (ii) the main aids, challenges, opportunities, methodological difficulties, and current research efforts on the integrated approach of both tools. A systematic review was conducted to identify studies with an integrated use of life cycle assessment and life cycle cost in several areas. An analysis of the main aspects of the studies identified, such as bibliographic reference, year of publication, institution where the research was conducted, country, area of application, category of study, journal of publication, impact factor, and number of citations was conducted. After a search in the Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science databases, 349 documents were identified. After a series of filters (excluding gray literature, reading titles and keywords, reading abstracts, and reading full-texts), which helped ruling out articles that did not contribute to investigating the integration of life cycle assessment and life cycle cost assessment, 90 documents were selected for a detailed analysis. The leading role of the USA and European countries in this issue should be highlighted. The integration of life cycle assessment and life cycle cost seems to be most advanced in the areas of building design and civil construction. Different strategies for the integration of the methodologies are also found, being mathematical modelling and programming for optimization, and multi-criteria decision-making the most recurrent methods. Moreover, there seems to be more challenges than opportunities in said integration. The challenges include the monetization of environmental impacts, higher volatility of economic data compared to environmental data, and differences in environmental and economic background data. These challenges can be turned into opportunities in the development of more comprehensive methodological approaches. Challenges (e.g., time-, resource- and knowledge-intensive, different scopes) and opportunities (e.g., common system boundaries, benefitting from LCA structure to conduct LCC) for the integration of life cycle assessment and life cycle cost were identified. This combined approach allows projects, products, and services to reduce environmental and economic impacts, which can be quantified and compared through improved assessment of potential trade-offs.

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Wagner Teixeira França; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Maria Teresa Moreira; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Integrating life cycle assessment and life cycle cost: a review of environmental-economic studies. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2021, 26, 244 -274.

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Wagner Teixeira França, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Maria Teresa Moreira, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Integrating life cycle assessment and life cycle cost: a review of environmental-economic studies. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2021; 26 (2):244-274.

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Wagner Teixeira França; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Maria Teresa Moreira; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2021. "Integrating life cycle assessment and life cycle cost: a review of environmental-economic studies." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26, no. 2: 244-274.

Review article
Published: 28 December 2020 in Cleaner Environmental Systems
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Circular economy can play an important role towards sustainable business management and it can be seen all throughout an organization. Although the current literature regards the circular economy as a guide for more sustainable business models, it is not clear the main implications to key business areas. Therefore this study aimed to present the key impacts of circular economy practices within different business areas that help guide a sustainable management of businesses. To that end, it was identified, by means of a systematic review of the existing literature, the business areas impacted by circular economy practices within an organization. The business areas identified were strategic planning, cost management, supply chain management, quality management, environmental management, process management, logistics and reverse logistics, service management, and research and development, allowing a discussion on the main contributions of the circular economy to each area. A key-impact map was provided summarizing the most influential changes in each area that assist in the management of businesses towards greater sustainability. It is important that organizations understand and accurately internalize circularity principles within their strategic plan. On that note, adopting a circular thinking might enable an organization to obtain more sustainable (economic) results while reducing impacts.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Guilherme Francisco Do Prado; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Circular economy as a driver to sustainable businesses. Cleaner Environmental Systems 2020, 2, 100006 .

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Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador, Guilherme Francisco Do Prado, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Circular economy as a driver to sustainable businesses. Cleaner Environmental Systems. 2020; 2 ():100006.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Guilherme Francisco Do Prado; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2020. "Circular economy as a driver to sustainable businesses." Cleaner Environmental Systems 2, no. : 100006.

Journal article
Published: 15 December 2020 in Environmental Impact Assessment Review
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Integrating environmental commitment to manufacturing concerns seems unavoidable towards a more sustainable conduct. In the contemporary scenario, Value Stream Mapping (VSM) has been bringing new perspectives into companies' economics, improving production performance, whereas Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been the most complete tool for environmental assessment. Therefore, the present study aims to propose a model based on the integration of LCA and VSM to improve environmental and manufacturing aspects of organizations, the LCA-VSM model. Possible spots for integration, overlaps between LCA and VSM and potential gains were identified. The LCA-VSM model provides a simple tool for prioritizing action measures to improve the environmental-economic performance, and unlike many existing methods, it encourages continuous improvement instead of a one-off approach. The company where a case study was conducted to test the LCA-VSM model is a manufacturer of tools and painting materials for the civil construction sector. The use of the proposed model guided actions that decreased from 5% to 15% of environmental impacts (across nine impact categories), and reduced both non-value adding (lead time went from 103.26 to 24.01 days) and value adding (cycle time went from 35.7 s to 33.75 s) time. The main contribution of this paper is providing a structured approach to a practical integration of LCA and VSM towards decision making, prioritizing action measures based on the following criteria: environmental preference, economic feasibility, and ease of implementation, aiding more eco-efficient practices.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Giovani Elias Tagliaferro dos Santos; Karen Godoi van Mierlo; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Towards a green and fast production system: Integrating life cycle assessment and value stream mapping for decision making. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2020, 87, 106519 .

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Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Giovani Elias Tagliaferro dos Santos, Karen Godoi van Mierlo, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Towards a green and fast production system: Integrating life cycle assessment and value stream mapping for decision making. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2020; 87 ():106519.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Giovani Elias Tagliaferro dos Santos; Karen Godoi van Mierlo; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. 2020. "Towards a green and fast production system: Integrating life cycle assessment and value stream mapping for decision making." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 87, no. : 106519.

Review article
Published: 24 September 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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The circular bioeconomy represents an opportunity of nearly USD $8 trillion until 2030. However, innovative business models are needed for a circular bioeconomy to succeed. What mostly lacks in the body of research on business models for the circular bioeconomy, and what marks the originality of the present article, is summarizing the key aspects that need to be considered when designing, implementing and managing businesses in a circular bioeconomy. Therefore, this study’s aim is twofold (i) to reveal key aspects for implementing and managing business models for a circular bioeconomy; and (ii) to point out the issues that lack further research on the theme, based on the existing literature. A systematic literature review was conducted on the Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Key aspects for implementing and managing business models were identified according to the business model Canvas framework. Key aspects are related to the role of innovation and new markets, taking the customer perspective into account in the value creation process and being close to customers, adequate management of logistics and feedstock collection systems, being aware of different routes for valuing biomass, seeking technological development, building resilient value chains, and focusing on value creation to cover costs. Issues that need addressing in the existing literature include product-service-systems, take back-systems, seasonal availability of resources, social impacts, rebound effects, and aquatic activities.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Fabio N. Puglieri; Anthony Halog; Fernanda Gomes de Andrade; Cassiano M. Piekarski; Antonio C. De Francisco. Key aspects for designing business models for a circular bioeconomy. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 278, 124341 .

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Rodrigo Salvador, Fabio N. Puglieri, Anthony Halog, Fernanda Gomes de Andrade, Cassiano M. Piekarski, Antonio C. De Francisco. Key aspects for designing business models for a circular bioeconomy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 278 ():124341.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Fabio N. Puglieri; Anthony Halog; Fernanda Gomes de Andrade; Cassiano M. Piekarski; Antonio C. De Francisco. 2020. "Key aspects for designing business models for a circular bioeconomy." Journal of Cleaner Production 278, no. : 124341.

Research article
Published: 21 September 2020 in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
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This article aimed to propose and test a model to assess the potential of sustainability reporting (SR) standards as facilitators for knowledge and technology transfer (KTT), the Sustainable Reporting Knowledge and Technology Transfer (SURKaTT) Model. The proposed model can be used mainly by researchers and public organizations that intend to or are currently conducting SR initiatives. It can be used to assess and compare SR standards, being a facilitator to KTT processes. GRI, a worldwide well‐known SR standard was assessed using the SURKaTT Model, and results show that GRI performed at only 58.8% of its potential to facilitate KTT processes. This pioneering approach can encourage researchers onto developing further criteria to assess the possibilities of KTT in SR, and it is a kick‐off start for SR to be considered a both purposeful and serendipitous source of KTT initiatives.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Guilherme Francisco Do Prado; Regina Negri Pagani; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos De Francisco. Knowledge and technology transfer in sustainability reports: Fomenting stakeholder engagement for sustainable development. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2020, 28, 251 -264.

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Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Guilherme Francisco Do Prado, Regina Negri Pagani, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos De Francisco. Knowledge and technology transfer in sustainability reports: Fomenting stakeholder engagement for sustainable development. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2020; 28 (1):251-264.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Guilherme Francisco Do Prado; Regina Negri Pagani; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos De Francisco. 2020. "Knowledge and technology transfer in sustainability reports: Fomenting stakeholder engagement for sustainable development." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 28, no. 1: 251-264.

Review article
Published: 20 June 2020 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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Agriculture is one of the sectors that strongly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions on the planet. In this sense, circular economy practices can be advantageous when using bioenergy in the agro-industrial sector. Although only about 9% of the world's economy is circular, global initiatives have acted to change that scenario. Unlike the linear economy (take-make-use-dispose), the circular economy (grow-make-use-restore) aims to influence material and energy flows to increase environmental gains and avoid costs. Based on that, this study aims to map bioenergy boosters through circular economy practices in agriculture. To that end, a systematic literature review was conducted to present what is being developed in this field. To identify the most relevant, high impact, studies in the area, the systematic literature review was performed in three databases, covering all available literature up to date. The main research themes, applications, research topics, area of activity, countries, journals, publisher, and history of publication were identified. Therewith, some trends and perspectives could be drawn. To date, no solidly established authors have been identified in the area. The theme is recent and the vast majority of documents have been published over the last four years. European countries have been pioneering and are the most prominent in terms of publications. The electricity generation and biofuel produced from biogas have shown representativeness and are sustainable opportunities to advance the theme. Therefore, this study can contribute to encouraging the agricultural sector in implementing or increasing the use of circular economy practices.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Mapping of research lines on circular economy practices in agriculture: From waste to energy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2020, 131, 109958 .

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Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Mapping of research lines on circular economy practices in agriculture: From waste to energy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2020; 131 ():109958.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2020. "Mapping of research lines on circular economy practices in agriculture: From waste to energy." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 131, no. : 109958.

Journal article
Published: 24 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Ecodesign consists of integrating environmental considerations into the product development process by means of practices that involve the use of methods, techniques, tools, and guidelines. However, many published practices do not incorporate important environmental issues, often resulting in a product development process that is ineffective from an ecodesign standpoint. This paper’s aim is threefold: (i) Identifying environmental and operational criteria and determining weights to these criteria; (ii) assessing and selecting quality function deployment (QFD)-based ecodesign methods using environmental and operational criteria, and (iii) analyzing the practitioners’ perception of the most suitable QFD-based method identified by the second aim. To that end, a comprehensive literature review of ecodesign practices based on QFD and its requirements was carried out, and a survey was conducted with environmental science and product development experts, whose answers enabled the prioritization of the characteristics those practices must meet from environmental and operational standpoints. Thereafter, a workshop was carried out with design engineers from an automotive company in Brazil. This study’s findings indicate that many QFD-based ecodesign methods fail to consider the life cycle perspective, do not assess environmental impacts, and have not been tested before being published. Another finding from industry designers suggests that ecodesign methods should be easy to use and not time-consuming.

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Fabio Neves Puglieri; Aldo Roberto Ometto; Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Izabella Morré Rodrigues; Octavio Diegoli Netto. An Environmental and Operational Analysis of Quality Function Deployment-Based Methods. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3486 .

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Fabio Neves Puglieri, Aldo Roberto Ometto, Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Izabella Morré Rodrigues, Octavio Diegoli Netto. An Environmental and Operational Analysis of Quality Function Deployment-Based Methods. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3486.

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Fabio Neves Puglieri; Aldo Roberto Ometto; Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Izabella Morré Rodrigues; Octavio Diegoli Netto. 2020. "An Environmental and Operational Analysis of Quality Function Deployment-Based Methods." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3486.

Article
Published: 19 March 2020 in The Journal of Technology Transfer
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The underlying challenges of knowledge management and technology transfer and their respective contributions to the development of society are well-known and widely discussed issues in business management. This paper aims to (1) build on the state-of-the art literature on knowledge management and technology transfer, (2) to identify the most relevant, recent studies, and main researchers working on the field worldwide, and (3) to unveil topics of recent development in the field, as well as overlap the themes. To this end, Web of Science, ScienceDirect and Scopus databases were screened for studies that explored the relevance of knowledge management and technology transfer. This research focused on the most recent studies comprising the periods of 2013–2018, while employing Metodi Ordinatio as a quality ranking method, producing thus 50 studies submitted for further analysis and appraisal. The study sought to analyze the co-occurrence of keywords on the theme, the number of citations, number of publications per country, year and journal, and the overlap between areas. This paper also enabled an analysis of the steps required for knowledge management and their relationship to technology transfer. The results showed that most studies focused on the private sector and on technology transfer for attaining innovation, customer orientation and acquiring technological abilities. The university–industry relationship was also observed, in which the focus is on universities creating and transferring knowledge in order to foment the economic and technological power of industries. The findings can assist public and private companies, non-governmental organizations, university and industry applications in terms of knowledge management and technology transfer.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira; Guilherme Francisco Do Prado; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Claudia Tania Picinin. The interaction between knowledge management and technology transfer: a current literature review between 2013 and 2018. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2020, 45, 1585 -1606.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros, Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira, Guilherme Francisco Do Prado, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Claudia Tania Picinin. The interaction between knowledge management and technology transfer: a current literature review between 2013 and 2018. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2020; 45 (5):1585-1606.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira; Guilherme Francisco Do Prado; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Claudia Tania Picinin. 2020. "The interaction between knowledge management and technology transfer: a current literature review between 2013 and 2018." The Journal of Technology Transfer 45, no. 5: 1585-1606.

Journal article
Published: 29 February 2020 in Sustainability
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The objective of this work is to perform a temporal comparative analysis in a network of companies in the furniture sector, in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, presenting drivers through circular economy modeling. The study was performed applying the model proposed by Saraceni et al. (2017) in a network of Furniture companies in Concórdia, Brazil. The model diagnoses the presence of industrial symbiosis practices in five domains variables involving Technical, Economic, Political, Information and Organizational Factors, influencing three spheres: by-product exchange, service sharing, and managerial cooperation. The study addressed the positive relationship aspects of the circular economy as guidelines for improving the industrial symbiosis of the network. The results of data collection in 2019 were compared with the results of the application made in 2014. The comparison revealed a significant advance from 2014 to 2019 towards Industrial Symbiosis, highlighting that corrective actions and circular economy strategies may lead this business network to be the first Industrial Symbiosis case in Brazil in the next few years, meanwhile fostering the ecological network’s process to the country.

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Fabiane Florencio De Souza; Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira; Adriana Valélia Saraceni; Leozenir Mendes Betim; Tafael Lucas Pereira; Rodolfo Reinaldo Hermes Petter; Regina Negri Pagani; Luis Mauricio Martins De Resende; Joseane Pontes; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Temporal Comparative Analysis of Industrial Symbiosis in a Business Network: Opportunities of Circular Economy. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1832 .

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Fabiane Florencio De Souza, Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira, Adriana Valélia Saraceni, Leozenir Mendes Betim, Tafael Lucas Pereira, Rodolfo Reinaldo Hermes Petter, Regina Negri Pagani, Luis Mauricio Martins De Resende, Joseane Pontes, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Temporal Comparative Analysis of Industrial Symbiosis in a Business Network: Opportunities of Circular Economy. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):1832.

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Fabiane Florencio De Souza; Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira; Adriana Valélia Saraceni; Leozenir Mendes Betim; Tafael Lucas Pereira; Rodolfo Reinaldo Hermes Petter; Regina Negri Pagani; Luis Mauricio Martins De Resende; Joseane Pontes; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2020. "Temporal Comparative Analysis of Industrial Symbiosis in a Business Network: Opportunities of Circular Economy." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1832.

Journal article
Published: 02 January 2020 in Sustainable Production and Consumption
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The transport sector is seen as the main responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for approximately 33% of global emissions. Faced with this environmental concern, the automotive sector has sought to incorporate sustainability into the life cycle of vehicles, via for instance, eco-efficiency approaches. The aim of this paper was to demonstrate the environmental and economic effects of the change in the differential ratio in a heavy-duty vehicle. Thus, a detailed case study was carried out. From an environmental perspective, a Life Cycle Assessment was conducted to quantify the potential impacts considering the impact categories of (i) resource consumption, human health with (ii) carcinogenic and (iii) effects, and (iv) global warming potential. Life Cycle Assessment results indicated an average of 6.50% impact reduction for each category analyzed, due to the change in the differential ratio. Moreover, from an economic perspective, it was observed a reduction of 5,000 liters/year of diesel consumption for the studied truck, which was equivalent to BRL 15,000.

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Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira; Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Jovani Taveira De Souza; Tulio Gustavo Lima Rabelo; Antonio Carlos De Francisco; Ricardo Coelho; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Eco-efficiency of the differential ratio change in a heavy-duty vehicle and implications for the automotive industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption 2020, 21, 145 -155.

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Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira, Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Jovani Taveira De Souza, Tulio Gustavo Lima Rabelo, Antonio Carlos De Francisco, Ricardo Coelho, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Eco-efficiency of the differential ratio change in a heavy-duty vehicle and implications for the automotive industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2020; 21 ():145-155.

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Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira; Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Jovani Taveira De Souza; Tulio Gustavo Lima Rabelo; Antonio Carlos De Francisco; Ricardo Coelho; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2020. "Eco-efficiency of the differential ratio change in a heavy-duty vehicle and implications for the automotive industry." Sustainable Production and Consumption 21, no. : 145-155.

Journal article
Published: 31 December 2019 in LALCA: Revista Latino-Americana em Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida
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A importância de avaliar os impactos ambientais causados por produtos e atividades tem-se tornado mais expressivo a cada ano. A partir disso, uma importante ferramenta que mensura os potenciais impactos ambientais é a Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida (ACV). Aliar essa ferramenta ao planejamento estratégico pode dar maior suporte a sistemas baseados em sustentabilidade. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo é revisar a literatura de avaliações feitas a partir da ACV baseada em ações de planejamento estratégico. Para isso, foi elaborada uma revisão do estado da arte da literatura a fim de identificar as principais áreas correlatas, autores, lacunas de pesquisa e potenciais estudos. Utilizou-se o Methodi Ordinatio para ordenar os estudos encontrados na literatura. Os resultados apresentam uma revisão de literatura onde foram discutidos os principais avanços, fornecendo perspectivas do tema. Além disso, as principais tópicos que relacionam-se com a presente abordagem de ACV e planejamento estratégico foram biomassa, resíduos sólidos, sistemas hídricos e desenvolvimento de produto. Logo, este estudo contribui com a literatura, fornecendo informações ao setor produtivo e à academia.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos De Francisco. Uma revisão de planejamento estratégico baseado na perspectiva do ciclo de vida. LALCA: Revista Latino-Americana em Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida 2019, 3, e34364 .

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Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos De Francisco. Uma revisão de planejamento estratégico baseado na perspectiva do ciclo de vida. LALCA: Revista Latino-Americana em Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida. 2019; 3 ():e34364.

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Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos De Francisco. 2019. "Uma revisão de planejamento estratégico baseado na perspectiva do ciclo de vida." LALCA: Revista Latino-Americana em Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida 3, no. : e34364.

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Published: 17 December 2019 in Bioresource Technology
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The sustainability of a biofuel is severely affected by the technological route of its production. Chemical pretreatment can be considered the traditional method of decomposition of the lignocellulose into its mono and oligomeric units, which can be further bioconverted to ethanol. The evaluation of the recent advances in chemical pretreatments of sugarcane bagasse, especially diluted acids, alkaline, organosolv and ionic liquids, identified the critical points for sustainability. In this context, chemicals recovery and reutilization or their substitution by green solvents, heat and electricity generation through bioenergy, reutilization of water from evaporators, vinasse concentration and the upgrading of lignin were discussed as strategic routes for developing sustainable chemical-based lignocellulose pretreatment. The advances in the technologies that allow greater fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass should be focused on the minimization of the use of natural resources, effluent generation and energy expenditure.

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Sabrina Vieira; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Alessandra Cristine Novak Sydney; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Luciana Porto De Souza Vandenberghe; Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney. Sustainability of sugarcane lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment for the production of bioethanol. Bioresource Technology 2019, 299, 122635 .

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Sabrina Vieira, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Alessandra Cristine Novak Sydney, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Luciana Porto De Souza Vandenberghe, Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney. Sustainability of sugarcane lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment for the production of bioethanol. Bioresource Technology. 2019; 299 ():122635.

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Sabrina Vieira; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Alessandra Cristine Novak Sydney; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Luciana Porto De Souza Vandenberghe; Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney. 2019. "Sustainability of sugarcane lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment for the production of bioethanol." Bioresource Technology 299, no. : 122635.

Review article
Published: 05 December 2019 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Natural resources are limited and society has long been unwisely consuming them, while Earth has been longing for care. Most existing businesses are based on linear models and a transition to Circular Business Models is necessary. Circular Business Models are business models that enable systems that are regenerative by nature; they seek maintaining resource value at its maximum for as long as feasible, and eliminating or reducing resource leakage, by closing, slowing, or narrowing resource flows. For a transition to circular business models to happen, researchers and practitioners need to know how to implement and manage them. Therefore, this paper’s aim is threefold: (i) identify researchers, topics of highlight and journals housing research on Circular Business Models worldwide, (ii) identify the main aspects that influence Circular Business Model implementation, and (iii) point the unaddressed subjects in the existing literature on Circular Business Models. To that end, a systematic literature review was conducted. The EndNote, Microsoft Power BI, and the VOSviewer software tools were used to manage references and build visual maps, respectively. Resource flow management, considerations on surpluses, system orientation, challenges to circular business models, system design aspects, influence of company size, possible rebound effects, customer consideration, company’s culture and behavior, and capacity building for CE have been the main aspects of current concern on circular business model investigation. The importance of increasing circularity through circular business models is mainly addressed through the importance of top management support and its action from the company’s core to the outside. Further investigations and partnerships from theoreticians and practitioners are expected to assist the evolution of the theme.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Leila Mendes da Luz; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Circular business models: Current aspects that influence implementation and unaddressed subjects. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 250, 119555 .

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Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Leila Mendes da Luz, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Antonio Carlos de Francisco. Circular business models: Current aspects that influence implementation and unaddressed subjects. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 250 ():119555.

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Rodrigo Salvador; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Leila Mendes da Luz; Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Antonio Carlos de Francisco. 2019. "Circular business models: Current aspects that influence implementation and unaddressed subjects." Journal of Cleaner Production 250, no. : 119555.

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Published: 12 November 2019 in Environmental Impact Assessment Review
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a solid tool to assess the potential environmental impacts in construction industry, an important material in this industry is the brick, along time several traditional and alternative bricks were developed and assessed environmentally by LCA. The purpose of this article is to review the literature related to LCA of bricks, responding important topics to characterize and guide future studies. Out of Traditional Bricks (TB), there are Alternative Bricks with Organic (ABO) and Inorganic (ABI) additives, that use wastes from several industries and differ of TB in the omission of firing for a stabilization process, however, to omit firing is hard and stabilization still needs further improvements. The principal system boundaries and tools for LCA were also reviewed. Regarding the most present impact categories, they were: Climate change (CC), Human Toxicity (HT) and Freshwater Ecotoxicity (FE), in every category, production is the stage of highest impact, and in the productive process, drying and burning processes have the highest potential impacts. Future searches could continue to study on new materials (wastes) for development of new ABO and ABI, to quantify the benefits of reusing wastes, and to study, either the replacement of firing with stabilizing processes, or the use of biomass as fuel source in firing, and to develop studies in different countries to create national datasets that will make future studies more representative.

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Diego Ramos Huarachi; Giovanna Gonçalves; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Maria Helene Giovanetti Canteri; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Life cycle assessment of traditional and alternative bricks: A review. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2019, 80, 106335 .

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Diego Ramos Huarachi, Giovanna Gonçalves, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Maria Helene Giovanetti Canteri, Cassiano Moro Piekarski. Life cycle assessment of traditional and alternative bricks: A review. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2019; 80 ():106335.

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Diego Ramos Huarachi; Giovanna Gonçalves; Antonio Carlos de Francisco; Maria Helene Giovanetti Canteri; Cassiano Moro Piekarski. 2019. "Life cycle assessment of traditional and alternative bricks: A review." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 80, no. : 106335.

Journal article
Published: 04 October 2019 in International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on a life cycle assessment (LCA)-based ecodesign teaching practice via university-industry collaboration in an industrial engineering undergraduate course. Design/methodology/approach A new course was designed and taught in the Industrial Engineering undergraduate course of a Federal University in Brazil. The course comprised explanatory lectures and a practical project developed in a partnership between the university and an industry partner where students had to develop Ecodesign proposals based on LCA to improve the environmental profile of both solid and reticulated paint brushes. To that end, students used the LCA software tool Umberto NXT v.7.1.13 (educational version), where they modeled the life cycle of four plastic brushes and assessed it using the impact categories of climate change and resource consumption, and the Ecoinvent v.3.3 database. After course completion, students, professors and industry collaborators were asked to provide feedback on the project performance and expectations. Findings The course design used was welcomed by both students and the industry partner. Students found the novel approach intriguing and useful to their future careers. The results also exceeded the industry partner’s expectations, as students formulated valuable insights. Professors observed that learning was made easier, as content was put into practice and internalized more easily and solidly. The approach was found to be a win-win-win. Practical implications Students acquired a fair share of knowledge on sustainability issues and potential existing trade-offs, which is valuable to industrial practices. The industry noticed the valuable contributions that academia can provide. The university profited from providing students with a real case challenging traditional teaching methods. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first case studies to show how LCA and ecodesign teaching practice can support sustainability learning in an industrial engineering undergraduate course.

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Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Fábio Neves Puglieri; Cristiane Karyn De Carvalho Araújo; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador. LCA and ecodesign teaching via university-industry cooperation. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 2019, 20, 1061 -1079.

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Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Fábio Neves Puglieri, Cristiane Karyn De Carvalho Araújo, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador. LCA and ecodesign teaching via university-industry cooperation. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 2019; 20 (6):1061-1079.

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Cassiano Moro Piekarski; Fábio Neves Puglieri; Cristiane Karyn De Carvalho Araújo; Murillo Vetroni Barros; Rodrigo Salvador. 2019. "LCA and ecodesign teaching via university-industry cooperation." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 20, no. 6: 1061-1079.