LCA of an industrial luminaire using product environmental footprint method

Wu, Y. ORCID: 0000-0002-3639-2515 and Su, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-9541-8869, 2021. LCA of an industrial luminaire using product environmental footprint method. Journal of Cleaner Production, 305: 127159. ISSN 0959-6526

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Abstract

This paper presents a life cycle assessment (LCA) for the industrial Light Emitting Diode (LED) luminaire by using Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology. The assessment is carried out for raw material, assembly, distribution, use and end of life (EoL) stages, and all upstream emissions are considered. The analysis results show that the electricity consumption in use stage is the significant contributor for the overall impacts. Environmental benefits are identified from the EoL scenario analysis due to the adopted WEEE treatments. Electricity mix for the UK and other European countries are modelled for the comparison study that shows the use of renewable resources for electricity generation has lower overall impacts from the PEF view, but the impact towards land use that is caused by using biomass energy source for electricity production is noticeable, which is barely mentioned in the existing LCA studies. This research has made the following original contributions: 1) it is the first study examining the LED luminaire environmental performance by using the PEF methodology; 2) the electricity mix modelling for the European countries in the comparison study reveals the possible trade-off between using renewable/non-renewable resources for the electricity generation, which would be beneficial for further policy development for lighting and energy sectors; 3) the availability demonstration of the current PEF database for luminaires, and the reported analysis results would assist future similar LCA studies.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Journal of Cleaner Production
Creators: Wu, Y. and Su, D.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10 July 2021
Volume: 305
ISSN: 0959-6526
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10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127159DOI
1435972Other
Rights: © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions: Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by: Laura Ward
Date Added: 04 May 2021 12:52
Last Modified: 31 May 2021 15:03
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URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42804

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