Life cycle assessment of beer production in Greece
Life cycle assessment of beer production in Greece
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希腊啤酒生产的生命周期评估
DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.09.010
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
N. Moussiopoulos
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作者：
Christopher J. Koroneos;G. Roumbas;Z. Gabari;E. Papagiannidou;N. Moussiopoulos
对希腊的啤酒生产进行了案例研究。生命周期分析(LCA)已被用来识别和量化啤酒生产和分销的环境绩效。生命周期评价方法为评估系统在整个生命周期中的环境性能的潜在改进提供了量化基础。被调查的系统包括原材料获取、工业精炼、包装、运输、消费和废物管理。对能源使用和排放进行了量化，并评估了一些潜在的环境影响。受啤酒生产影响最大的类别是土壤毒性或重金属，以及烟雾形成类别。瓶子生产，其次是包装和啤酒生产，被发现是造成大部分排放的子系统。因此，将啤酒生产造成的不利环境影响降至最低的努力应侧重于最大限度地减少在这些子系统中产生的排放。
A case study of beer production in Greece has been performed. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) has been used to identify and quantify the environmental performance of the production and distribution of beer. LCA methodology provides a quantitative basis for assessing potential improvements in environmental performance of a system throughout the life cycle. The system investigated includes raw material acquisition, industrial refining, packaging, transportation, consumption and waste management. Energy use and emissions are quantified and some of the potential environmental effects are assessed. The impact categories most affected by the beer production, are the earth toxicity, or heavy metals, and the category of smog formation. Bottle production, followed by packaging and beer production are found to be the subsystems that account for most of the emissions. Thus, the attempt to minimize the adverse environmental impacts caused by the beer production should focus on the minimization of the emissions produced during these subsystems.