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Environmental performance evaluation of agro-industrial innovations – part 1: Ambitec-Life Cycle, a methodological approach for considering life cycle thinking

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 18; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.04.012

1879-1786

Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo, Géraldo Stachetti Rodrigues, Armando Caldeira-Pires, Morsyleide de Freitas Rosa, Fernando Antônio Souza de Aragão, Vicente de Paulo Pereira Barbosa Vieira, Francisco Suetônio Bastos Mota,

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

As sustainability considerations increasingly dominate the technology development debate worldwide, practical approaches to assess environmental performance of innovations have been warranted. The present study (Part 1) introduces Ambitec-Life Cycle, a method derived from Ambitec-Agro for considering life cycle thinking in the environmental performance evaluation (EPE) of agro-industrial innovations. An agro-industrial innovation case study related to residue recycling is presented, revealing steps in the product life cycle where opportunities are best for technological improvements. In Part 2 (this issue) of this study, a methodological approach for considering the environmental vulnerability of watersheds and to integrate this analysis in EPE methods is presented. This approach is applied to Ambitec-Life Cycle and to the same residue case study, allowing the identification of performance indicators with greater potential to cause impacts at the studied watersheds.