Overview
- Shows how LCA can be used for optimal bio-energy production
- Surveys exhaustively the energy system in Italy
- Provides critical reviews and case studies
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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About this book
The contributors describe in detail the applications of LCA to various energy system topics, including:
• electricity production, smart energy grids and energy storage systems;
• renewable energy production from biomass;
• production of biodiesel from microalgae;
• environmental impacts of biomass power plants; and
• geothermal energy production.
These topics are supported by critical reviews and case studies, with discussions of Italian examples, demonstrating LCA’s application to various energy systems. A particular focus is placed on bio-energies and bio-energy systems, demonstrating how LCA can be used for optimal bio-energy production.
This book offers an opportunity for researchers and advanced practitioners in the field of LCA to learn more about the application of LCA methodology to energy systems and technologies. It will also be of interest to students, as it enables them to understand the environmental impacts of energy systems and sustainable energy technologies, through the analysis of their life cycles.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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LCA Applied to the Energy Sector: State of the Art and Case Studies
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LCA Applied to Bio-energy: State of the Art and Case Studies
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Senior Full Professor of Physical Chemistry & Lecturer of Sustainable & Efficient Energy at Dept. of Excellence Biotechnology, Chemistry & Pharmacy, Univ. of Siena, Italy; ViceRector for Energy, Director of PhD Course in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Since 2013 Italian Representative in Energy Committee of HORIZON 2020. MIUR Delegate for the SET Plan and in the Mission Innovation Inter-Ministry Task Force. Scientific Advisor of Italian Presidency of Minister Council (2007-08). Advisor for Energy of MIUR Ministry at G7 Berlin (October 2015) , Kyoto, (April 2016) and Torino, (Sept.2017). Member of Technical Table of Presidency of Minister Council on "De-carbonization of Italian Economy". Appointed by MISE as National Expert for IEA/EGRD. Since October 2017 Member of ENEA National CTS.
In the 80s Visiting Prof of Molecular Biophysics at the Nat. Biom. ESR CenterMilwaukee,WIS, USA. National coordinator of PRIN Projects and EU Projects. Author of more than 300 papers in international journals of physical chemistry, biophysics and energy. In the last 15 years active in research on LCA of Energy Processes & Renewable Sources and Complex Systems.
Member of Editorial Board of QUALE ENERGIA (SINCE 2000), MASTERHEAD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY (SINCE 2009)- EDITORIAL BOARD BIOCATALYSIS (SINCE 2014)-EDITORIAL BOARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH (JSER) SINCE 2016-GUEST EDITOR FOR EES ( ENERGY POLICY , ENERGY)
Fellow of RSC (UK) and of International EPR Soc, of ACS and AAAS. Recipient of 2014 SCI Gold Medal for excellent achievements in the field of energy and environment. Co-recipient of the World Energy Globe Award 2014. Chairman of the VIII SET Plan Conference in the frame of Italian EU Presidency, Dec 2014.
PROF. MAURIZIO CELLURA
Full professor of Building physics and energy systems since 2011 at the University of Palermo, his scientific activity is mainly oriented towards energy and environmental topics, with focus on energy efficiency in buildings, technologies powered by renewable energy and decarbonization strategies of systems and processes. His experience on international level on building science and LCA is clarified by the coordination of several national and International research projects on energy-environmental topics, his teaching experiences in international courses and seminars and by the participation to many International Energy Agency work groups:task 27 (Performance of Solar Facade Components), 38 (Solar air-conditioning and refrigeration), 48 (Quality Assurance & Support Measures for Solar Cooling Systems) and 40 (Towards Solar net zero energy buildings), Annex 57 (Evaluation of embodied energy and CO2eqfor building construction) and 62 (Ventilative cooling). He is also author of more than 260 in the fields of LCA, multicriteria decision making, industrial ecology, energy efficiency in buildings and building simulation.
He has worked in the field of LCA applied to buildings in the last three decades and has recently become President of the Italian Life Cycle Assessment network.
SONIA LONGO
Sonia Longo is graduated summa cum laude in Environmental Engineering at University of Palermo. She has completed her PhD in Applied Physics in 2010. Actually, she is researcher at the University of Palermo. She was third place at the Young Researchers Award LCA 2011 with a research titled “The input-output model applied to sustainable production and consumption strategies of: an Italian case study”. Teacher of the course “LCA of energy systems” at the University of Palermo. Her main research interests are the following: eco-design and life cycle assessment, energy and environmentally extended input-output models; renewable energy technologies; energy planning; sustainable building and Net Zero Energy Buildings. She participated to several national and international research projects. She is author of more than 109 papers for conferences, national and international journals. She is coordinator of the working group Energy and sustainable technologies - Association Italian LCA Network, member of the editorial board of AIMS Energy journal and of the Buildings journal, co-subtask leader of the dell’Annex 72 IEA EBC “Assessing life cycle related environmental impacts caused by buildings” and referee of several international journals.Maria Laura Parisi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy Technologies
Book Subtitle: The Italian Experience
Editors: Riccardo Basosi, Maurizio Cellura, Sonia Longo, Maria Laura Parisi
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93740-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93739-7Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93740-3Published: 15 December 2018
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 184
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Systems, Sustainable Development, Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management, Environmental Economics