RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Development and integration of environmental evaluation tools for the ecodesign of sustainable processes and products
A1 Herva Iglesias, Marta
AB Industry is recognized as one of the main sources of environmental pollution andresource depletion, both causing environmental degradation; nonetheless, itscontribution to development and wealth creation is also acknowledged.Therefore, the identification of sustainable options in this area is a key factor.Nowadays, the attitude towards pollution prevention and control and cleanerproduction is not just a response to emerging environmental laws and regulations(Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals -REACH-,Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control –IPPC- Law, Integrated Product Policy–IPP-), but also a matter of corporate responsibility. Further, it has proved to be away to increase profits. The sustainability definition has received certain criticismfor its vagueness, ambiguity and difficulty to translate this concept at differentlevels. To overcome the difficulties of its implementation, a wide variety ofindicators have been developed and applied over the years, providing metricsessential at the action level.This thesis poses a contribution to the development of environmental evaluationtools adapted to particular production sectors, aiming at providing metrics toguide decision making for the ecodesign of sustainable processes and products.Integrative frameworks that combine methodologies of different nature wereproposed as the most suitable way to achieve comprehensive evaluations. At thesame time, the simplicity of tools was pursued to make its application easier andmore attractive for enterprises, avoiding the need of in depth training.
SN 978-84-9887-756-4
YR 2012
FD 2012-02-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/3609
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/3609
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026