An independent project
Knowing how to act consciously for the conservation of the environment: this is the aim of the EmCoin project (EMbodied energy as a COIN), developed over the last few years by Associazione Resconda – REStituzione Consapevole del Debito Ambientale in cooperation with Poltechnic of Turin – DISEG, the Association Sustainability, Equity and Solidarity – SEQUS, the […]
How is the share of renewable energy incorporated into a product determined?
To date, Suasì considers some average percentage valuesindicated in the literature as specific to the product category to which the product belongs, as the share of embodied energy from renewable sources. In general, the percentages of RES based energy attributed by the system are around 12% for agricultural products and 25% for industrial products. These […]
How is the embodied energy of objects calculated?
Suasì adopts the Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) system for products. It is a metric used to quantify the total amount of energy required throughout the entire life cycle of a product or service. This includes all forms of energy consumed during the production, use, and disposal phases. CED can be broken down into various types […]
Why use energy and not CO2?
CO2 is the parameter mostly used in environmental impact assessments, both in literature and in public policies. However, it remains something difficult for people to understand, primarily because it is not normally associated with any everyday experience. Even the concept of the weight of a gas is not obvious to many people. So much so […]
Why is embodied energy a reliable indicator of environmental impact?
Environmental sustainability can only arise from a reduction in the consumption of limited physical resources (soil, air, water, energy,…). Every traded product/service has an environmental cost, as resources are used for its production/transportation/delivery. Among these, e resource is always present in every commercial exchange: the energy. Energy production is the main source of GHG emissions, […]
Who grants the product impact values are correct?
Most of the Cumulated Energy Demand (CED) values reported by Suasì are currently derived from Agribalyse, a database developed in France by ADEME (The French Agency for Ecological Transition), INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment), and CIQUAL. This is a collaborative project between French public and private research institutions that has over […]