259. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is Maturing—Are Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Professionals Being Served

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Gloria
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

scholarly journals POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO LCA METHODOLOGY FOR NANOMATERIALS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Perić ◽  
Igor Hut ◽  
Svetlana Pelemiš ◽  
Lidija Matija
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Lca Methodology ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Reliable Methods

Nano-engineered materials are playing an ever growing role in the rapidly developing field of sustainable energy production. Besides providing numerous opportuni-ties for innovations in this domain, utilisation of nanostructured materials raises numerous doubts regarding their impact on the environment and possible adverse effects on human health. Providing reliable methods for analysis, evaluation and dealing with the environ-mental and health effects of nanotechnology is therefore crucial. In this article we will try to give an outline of possible approaches to deployment of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools to nanomaterials used in certain applications for sustainable energy production. Use of such methods should also provide the possibility of comparing these new, emerging, technologies with that of already existing conventional ones in terms of their environmental, health and safety impacts.

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