Life cycle assessment of the MDP wood-based panel in Brazil

Grant number:	11/03816-6
Support type:	Scholarships in Brazil - Master
Effective date (Start):	August 01, 2011
Effective date (End):	July 31, 2012
Field of knowledge:	Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

Principal Investigator:	Francisco Antonio Rocco Lahr
Grantee:	Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva

Home Institution:

Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos, SP, Brazil

Abstract

Society is increasingly conscious about its role in environmental protection, and picky about the care of businesses to conserve natural resources. In this situation, companies should seek the knowledge about the aspects and impacts from their products in the environment, aiming to direct efforts to improve their environmental performance. To do this, deserves a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for being a complete and effective technical in identifying opportunities for improving the environmental aspects of products at various points in its life cycle. Normalized in Brazil by NBR ISO 14040 and 14044, LCA quantifies the environmental impacts of a product from its origin to final disposal. The phases of an LCA are: Definition of Purpose and Scope, Inventory Analysis, Impact Assessment and Interpretation. This project will carry out an LCA study for the MDP wood-based panel product. MDP (medium density particleboard) is made from reconstituted wood and synthetic adhesive. It is widely used in the furniture industry for the production of residential and office furniture, being the wood panel most produced and consumed in the world. However, the environmental aspects and impacts related to the life cycle of this product are not fully known, and thus, are expected to develop this knowledge before the completion of the proposed project. The main results expected are the suggestion of improvements that could contribute to reducing environmental impacts throughout all phases of life cycle product, the selection and/or modification of environmental indicators and the subsidy of important information for researches and scientific publications. (AU)

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (4)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

IRITANI, D. R.; SILVA, D. A. L.; SAAVEDRA, Y. M. B.; GRAEL, P. F. F.; OMETTO, A. R. Sustainable strategies analysis through Life Cycle Assessment: a case study in a furniture industry. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 96, n. SI, p. 308-318, JUN 1 2015. Web of Science Citations: 4.

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; ROCCO LAHR, FRANCISCO ANTONIO; VARANDA, LUCIANO DONIZETI; CHRISTOFORO, ANDRE LUIS; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Environmental performance assessment of the melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF) resin manufacture: a case study in Brazil. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 96, n. SI, p. 299-307, JUN 1 2015. Web of Science Citations: 3.

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; RAYMUNDO PAVAN, ANA LAURA; DE OLIVEIRA, JOSE AUGUSTO; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Life cycle assessment of offset paper production in Brazil: hotspots and cleaner production alternatives. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 93, p. 222-233, APR 15 2015. Web of Science Citations: 0.

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; ROCCO LAHR, FRANCISCO ANTONIO; RAYMUNDO PAVAN, ANA LAURA; SAAVEDRA, YOVANA M. B.; MENDES, NATALIA CRESPO; SOUSA, SABRINA RODRIGUES; SANCHES, ROBERTA; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Do wood-based panels made with agro-industrial residues provide environmentally benign alternatives? An LCA case study of sugarcane bagasse addition to particle board manufacturing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT, v. 19, n. 10, p. 1767-1778, OCT 2014. Web of Science Citations: 2.

Please report errors in scientific publications list by writing to: cdi@fapesp.br.

CDi/FAPESP - Documentation and Information Center, São Paulo Research Foundation

For further details log on website :
http://www.bv.fapesp.br/en/bolsas/126606/life-cycle-assessment-of-the-mdp-wood-based-panel-in-brazil/