Environmental impacts related to the commissioning and usage phase of an intelligent energy management system
This paper presents for the first time the results of a life cycle assessment study for an intelligent energy management system. We considered material acquisition, manufacturing, transportation, assembly, operation and maintenance stages. The results show that the assembly phase had an environmenta...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26415 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26415 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.070 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Electric power--Environmental aspects Subway stations Product life cycle--Environmental aspects Energy management system Environmental impacts Life cycle assessment Underground station Metro network Metro -- Estacions Energia elèctrica -- Aspectes ambientals Cicle de vida del producte -- Aspectes ambientals Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports::Transport urbà Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Gestió de l’energia |
| Sumario: | This paper presents for the first time the results of a life cycle assessment study for an intelligent energy management system. We considered material acquisition, manufacturing, transportation, assembly, operation and maintenance stages. The results show that the assembly phase had an environmental impact of 897 Eco-indicator 99 points that was mainly due to the monitoring subsystem (87.80%). When the analysis was extended to cover the use phase, the environmental impact ranged from 1963 (useful life of 5 years) to 3029 Eco-indicator 99 points (useful life of 10 years). The environmental impact of the use stage was found to represent 54–70% of the total, whereas the assembly stage represented 46–30%. The maintenance phase contributed to a very small extent to the total environmental impact (less than 0.5%). In any case, the impact on resources was the largest (about 51%), whereas the human health damage category amounted to approximately 35% and the ecosystem quality damage category represented about 14% of the total impact. |
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