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Comparing various indicators for the LCA of residential photovoltaic systems Universiteit Gent
This chapter presents a broad environmental evaluation of residential Photovoltaic (PV) systems. It focuses mainly on how variations in irradiation levels, assessment methodology, and the lifetime of the solar panel influence the perception regarding its sustainability. Data from the Ecoinvent Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) database and the literature were used and various Life-Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods were considered for six ...
Upward and downward solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence yield indices of four tree species as indicators of traffic pollution in Valencia Universiteit Hasselt Universiteit Antwerpen
Passive steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence (Fs) provides a direct diagnosis of the functional status of vegetation photosynthesis. With the prospect of mapping Fs using remote sensing techniques, field measurements are mandatory to understand to which extent Fs allows detecting plant stress in different environments. Trees of four common species in Valencia were classified in either a low or a high local traffic exposure class based on their ...
Kinetic models for apple quality indicators throughout a sustainable postharvest chain KU Leuven
Once harvested, apples, like every other fresh fruit and vegetable, undergo continuous changes in quality as part of the normal ripening and senescence. Ripening may be desirable in that it makes the fruit palatable, but it limits the storage life of the fruit. To ensure year-round supply of apples, considerable effort is made to slow down ripening. The most common practice is to store apples at low temperatures, under an atmosphere with reduced ...
Introducing the aWISH project: animal welfare indicators at the slaughterhouse Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
The objective of aWISH (animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse) is to develop and offer a cost-efficient solution to evaluate and improve the welfare of meat-producing animals at a large scale, across Europe. This approach will be developed and evaluated in close collaboration with all actors involved, from primary producers up to policy makers and citizens. At the heart of the aWISH solution is the automated assessment at the ...
Introducing the aWISH project: Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
The objective of aWISH is to develop and offer a cost-effi cient solution to evaluate and improve the welfare of meat-producing animals at a large scale, across Europe. This approach will be developed and evaluated in close collaboration with all actors involved, from primary producers up to policy makers and citizens. At the heart of the aWISH solution is the automated assessment at the slaughterhouse of complementary animal-based indicators ...
The HaloTag as a general scaffold for far-red tunable chemigenetic indicators KU Leuven
Functional imaging using fluorescent indicators has revolutionized biology, but additional sensor scaffolds are needed to access properties such as bright, far-red emission. Here, we introduce a new platform for 'chemigenetic' fluorescent indicators, utilizing the self-labeling HaloTag protein conjugated to environmentally sensitive synthetic fluorophores. We solve a crystal structure of HaloTag bound to a rhodamine dye ligand to guide ...
Spatial congruence among indicators of recovery completeness in a Mediterranean forest landscape: Implications for planning large-scale restoration KU Leuven
© 2019 Natural regeneration has been proposed as a cost-effective forest restoration approach for both small and large-scale initiatives. However, attributes for assessing the success of forest restoration through natural regeneration may vary among them in spatial patterns depending on the scale of analysis and on environmental gradients. Here we analysed the spatial patterns of recovery completeness (i.e. how similar attributes in restored ...
Adaptive capacity indicators to assess sustainability of urban water systems Universiteit Antwerpen
Sustainability is commonly assessed along environmental, societal, economic and technological dimensions. A crucial aspect of sustainability is that inter-generational equality must be ensured. This requires that sustainability is attained in the here and now as well as into the future. Therefore, what is perceived as 'sustainable' changes as a function of societal opinion and technological and scientific progress. A concept that describes the ...
Inclusion of social indicators in decision support tools for the selection of sustainable site remediation options KU Leuven
Sustainable remediation requires a balanced decision-making process in which environmental, economic and social aspects of different remediation options are all considered together and the optimum remediation solution is selected. More attention has been paid to the evaluation of environmental and economic aspects, in particular to reduce the human and environmental risks and the remediation costs, to the exclusion of social aspects of ...