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Aiming for circular solar energy : the development and evaluation of a method for neutralising the environmental impact of a company’s value chain
Moort, M.R. van (2022) Aiming for circular solar energy : the development and evaluation of a method for neutralising the environmental impact of a company’s value chain.
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| Abstract: | Circular business models should be adopted to drastically reduce the resource depletion and climate change that go paired with the production and disposal of goods. It is however difficult for companies to transition to such a model. This study attempts to find out how life cycle assessment can be used to develop a value chain assessment method that helps companies to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and waste from their value chain. The method was developed and then applied and evaluated in a case study regarding photovoltaics. The main implication of the developed method is that its results are highly dependent on the quality of the gathered data and the competency of the researcher to analyse it. Though the method already presents a simplified and structured way of estimating and reducing a value chain’s emissions and waste, the method could improve through more detailed evaluation and application in more case studies. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | Sunrock Investments B.V. |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 30 exact sciences in general, 43 environmental science, 50 technical science in general |
| Programme: | Industrial Design Engineering MSc (66955) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/90691 |
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