With increasing concerns about the environmental impacts of human activities, novel nanotechnologies and nanomaterials are being explored as key solutions to tackle pollution pave way for a more sustainable future. One such technology that has gained attention is atomic layer deposition (ALD), which can be used prepare thin films with precise control over thickness composition. Spatial ALD (SALD), in particular, presents high rates performed at pressure emerged promising alternative...

Due to their bad image, factories have been pushed outside urban areas, making supply networks wider with increasingly high environmental impacts. Although factories' implementation inside areas might be challenging various constraints related legislation, neighborhood, and higher rental costs, it can also a great leveraging opportunity increase resilience alongside created value, reduce costs negative This is mainly due the concentration of circular economy actors in addition availability...

To provide factories with a sustainable model to manufacture inside urban areas, the concept of has been proposed as solution that utilizes proximity throughout value chain. leverage this proximity, and re-conceptualize highly available waste, circular strategies have deployed. This allowed contribute consumption production (SDG 12). develop circularity design methodology for factories, thinking approach used in 5 steps which (1) need formalized from systematic literature review, (2)...

The energy crisis and environmental problems have resulted in an increase of biofuels production. However, the production cost is biggest commercialization drawback for fuels such as biodiesel; highest its chain associated with raw material. Biodiesel usually produced from vegetable oils; nevertheless, water supplies, fertilizers large land areas are required An alternative to use animal fat most economic material biodiesel It does not compete food safety reduces impact caused by inadequate...

The concept of the circular economy has been a major driver in establishing new perspectives innovation, product design and technology management. Technological innovation context become factor competitiveness, success national European calls for projects, as well source attractiveness employees. A transition management is operating today worldwide organisations from intended to only provide additional economic incomes, innovations that are willing be sustainable by staying under planetary...

Immortal products are updated and upgraded to go from application and, in so doing, extend their life as long possible. Designing such is the key a sustainable society circular economy perspective. It new way of designing that must be supported by engineering tools deployed companies, small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) included. The implementation loops associated industrial systems very dependent on contexts scenarios products. Thus, depending re-circulated, processes controlled, actors...

Best Available Techniques encompass preventive and end-of-pipe solutions aimed to contribute the sustainability of European industry. They are determined by official Sevilla Process based on extensive data collection analysis, supporting formal negotiation steps. This article presents a statistical multicriteria method applied dairy sector help determine reference sites likely use BATs. 5-step methodology is two classifications: representative or performant sites. Performant selected Pareto...

Urban factories seem to be a promising approach satisfy the needs of population in urban areas and create close proximity with local stakeholders (customers, workforce, potential service suppliers, etc.). This paper presents state art on explore various definitions concept identify current gaps literature. Indeed, types have been characterized levels urbanity, motivations value chains. From this review, authors propose new typology different chain profiles. would initial step for...

One of the most prevailing foods in Mexican diet is tortilla. Annually, 56.7 and 79.5 kg tortillas are consumed urban rural areas. The objective this study to evaluate environmental impacts from white (WM) yellow maize (YM) Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA) northeastern Mexico, using a prospective life cycle assessment approach (LCA). Four different sources were chosen according their production importance. inventory included national foreign agricultural production, transportation,...

Smart manufacturing systems enable simultaneous addressing of productivity, sustainability, and social improvements. The implementation such in industries as the automotive industry represents a promising way to meet stakeholders’ requirements concerning decarbonization their productive activities. In fact, this task is truly challenging for considering complex organizational issues, generating knowledge sharing problems, diversity plants’ context characteristics. These facts make any...

Upscaling emerging processes is a very uncertain topic due to the lack of information about impacts their dissemination in industrial system and environment. However, anticipating potential environmental novel technologies appears be essential reach sustainability. In this context, framework was created order help give an insight these from early stage, using laboratory data. This article begins with literature review upscaling chemical engineering Life Cycle Assessment. A then proposed for...

This paper presents an overall design method to better consider the energy consumption of electrical and electronic equipment during use phase. aspect is often considered as most important environmental in active its life cycle. The proposed method, called ‘Synergico’, characterises product efficiency according modes, functions sub-assemblies. It also articulates three tools: one assessment tool, improvement tool check tool. These tools are integrated along a typical process. therefore helps...

European industrial production has been centralised in large installations located far from the places of consumption. This relocation can be explained by search for economies scale and avoidance nuisance associated with certain activities, at a time when clean technologies that exist today were not available. It also led to hyper-specialisation factories, need volumes same category products given location. Researches about identification possible urban plant locations their potential...