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Introduction of SosteniPrA Research Group
 

The objectives of the research group SosteniPra are to lead projects in an emerging field: tools for the sostainability and environmental prevention. The group works in the areas of life cycle analysis, ecodesign, ecoefficiency, industrial ecology, material and energy flow analysis applied to industrial, urban and agricultural systems, and also at different levels: process, local, regional, and national. These tools are applied to prioritized sectors such as biomass, agriculture, the chemical industry, waste re-use, urban systems, and industrial productes.

These lines of research are integrated in four lines of work:

1. Research. Coordinator, Dr. Xavier Gabarrell

  • LCA, ecodesign, ecoefficiency, and green purchasing: coordinator Dr. Joan Rieradevall.

 

2. Innovation and knowledge transfer

  • AGROSOST

  • MECOSIND

  • Other projects with knowledge transfer

3. Education

4. Dissemination

  • Articles

  • Conferences

  • Seminars

The group works at the l’Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambiental (ICTA) and the Chemical Engineering Dpt. of the UAB, and at thel’Institut de Recerca en Tecnologia Agroalimentària de Cabrils (IRTA) resources..


The group is formed by the following researchers:


SENIORS RESEARCHERS

PARTNERS

TRAINEE RESEARCHERS


LCA, ecodesign, ecoefficiency, and green purchasing.


This group is involved in projects for the implementation of Ecodesign in the government, such as the creation of guides and databases. Other projects focus on the application of LCA to waste treatment processes and their application in Green Chemistry. The group experience in the field of LCA and ecodesign is the base for the ongoing work in the implementation and definition of green purchasing by public administrations.


During the next few years, this research line will focus on:

  • Development of databases for ecoproducts and criteria for green purchasing, creating indicators for sustainability in the purchasing of products.

  • Development for the first time of a Catalonian Ecodesign program: Ecodesign of packaging and urban elements.

  • Analysis of indicators of sustainability

  • Sustainable development in urban areas

  • Application of LCA to agricultural processes, waste management, and industrial products (packaging, urban elements, automobile industry..)

Sustainability in agricultural systems:


In the upcoming years, research and innovation in this research line will focus on:

  • Adapting indicators for the application to life cycle analysis to agriculture.

  • Application of the methodology of LCA to the evaluation and quantification of agricultural activity.

  • Evaluation of the sustainability of energy crops applied to Populus sp and Brassica carinata

  • Determine new indicators: Water indicator, erosion indicator, and toxicity indicator.




Industrial Ecology, material and energy analysis.


This research line is carried out at different levels: process, local, and regional, and focuses on the following aspects:

  • Material and energy flows

  • Emission calculations of chemical processes, with a special emphasis on extraction, use, and loss.

  • Exergy of processes, industries, and industrial parks.

  • Strategies for ecoparks

  • Classification, characterization, and management of wastes.

  • Education in industrial Ecology
 
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