Life cycle assessment of a micro aquaponic system for educational purposes built using recovered material

Maucieri, Carmelo; Forchino, Andrea A.; Nicoletto, Carlo; Junge, Ranka; Pastres, Roberto; Sambo, Paolo; Borin, Maurizio

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Life cycle assessment of a micro aquaponic system for educational purposes built using recovered material
Authors:	Maucieri, Carmelo Forchino, Andrea A. Nicoletto, Carlo Junge, Ranka Pastres, Roberto Sambo, Paolo Borin, Maurizio
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097
Published in:	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume(Issue):	172
Page(s):	3119
Pages to:	3127
Issue Date:	20-Jan-2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0959-6526
Language:	English
Subjects:	Aquaponics; Life Cycle Assessment; Classification of aquaponics
Subject (DDC):	639.8: Aquaculture
Abstract:	Aquaponics is not only a forward-looking technology but it has also been proposed as a tool for teaching natural sciences at all school levels, from primary school to university. Life cycle assessment (LCA) has become a widely accepted method of evaluating the environmental impact of products and services. In this context, the aims of this paper were:1) to create a low-price AP system for possible use as didactic tool using recovered material; 2) to evaluate the environmental impact of a micro AP model (1.5 m2) through LCA analysis; 3) to verify whether this micro AP model is representative of full-scale AP systems (>50 m2) in terms of water quality and water consumption. Both, the water quality and the average daily water consumption of our system were in line with data reported in literature for larger aquaponics. LCA shows that materials and energy flows linked to the system management practices and energy consumption principally contribute to environmental impacts. The cumulative annual energy demand of micro aquaponic system was 1040.5 kWh; assuming that this system was built for a class of 25 students, the energy consumption of the learning activity using the proposed micro aquaponic system would be 41.6 kWh student−1 year−1. The results showed that the micro aquaponic system reliably mimics a full-scale unit and that it is a teaching tool with a relatively low environmental impact.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22091
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management

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Maucieri, C., Forchino, A. A., Nicoletto, C., Junge, R., Pastres, R., Sambo, P., & Borin, M. (2018). Life cycle assessment of a micro aquaponic system for educational purposes built using recovered material. Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, 3119–3127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097

Maucieri, C. et al. (2018) ‘Life cycle assessment of a micro aquaponic system for educational purposes built using recovered material’, Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, pp. 3119–3127. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097.

C. Maucieri et al., “Life cycle assessment of a micro aquaponic system for educational purposes built using recovered material,” Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 172, pp. 3119–3127, Jan. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097.

MAUCIERI, Carmelo, Andrea A. FORCHINO, Carlo NICOLETTO, Ranka JUNGE, Roberto PASTRES, Paolo SAMBO und Maurizio BORIN, 2018. Life cycle assessment of a micro aquaponic system for educational purposes built using recovered material. Journal of Cleaner Production. 20 Januar 2018. Bd. 172, S. 3119–3127. DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097

Maucieri, Carmelo, Andrea A. Forchino, Carlo Nicoletto, Ranka Junge, Roberto Pastres, Paolo Sambo, and Maurizio Borin. 2018. “Life Cycle Assessment of a Micro Aquaponic System for Educational Purposes Built Using Recovered Material.” Journal of Cleaner Production 172 (January): 3119–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097.

Maucieri, Carmelo, et al. “Life Cycle Assessment of a Micro Aquaponic System for Educational Purposes Built Using Recovered Material.” Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 172, Jan. 2018, pp. 3119–27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.097.