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Spatial Variability of Human Health Impacts: Application to a Biorefinery Process Implementation

Part of: Design for Healthcare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Florian Bratec ,
Tatiana Bratec ,
Pauline Marty ,
Nadege Troussier  and
Rene Diaz-Pichardo
Florian Bratec*
Affiliation:
University of Technology of Troyes; Altermaker;
Tatiana Bratec
Affiliation:
University of Technology of Troyes;
Pauline Marty
Affiliation:
University of Technology of Troyes;
Nadege Troussier
Affiliation:
University of Technology of Troyes;
Rene Diaz-Pichardo
Affiliation:
University of Technology of Troyes; Y Schools
*
Contact: Bratec, Tatiana, University of Technology of Troyes, CREIDD, France, [email protected]

Abstract

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More and more attention is paid nowadays to the human health concerns, associated with environmental problems arising from the fossil fuel use. The world scientific community offers new alternatives that, despite being more environmentally friendly, require an analysis of their potential environmental impacts. For example, biorefineries are becoming increasingly widespread nowadays offering a large gamma of bio-based products. However, it is necessary to take into account what potential effects such facility may have on the human health, depending on its geographical location since different territories may be more or less sensitive to its installation. Our study describes a new bioprocess implementation in terms of impact on human health through three countries: France, Belgium or China. In order to understand what territory can be more appropriate to the industrial process installation in terms of its effects on the human health, we propose to use the spatialized life-cycle analysis methodology.

Keywords

Process modellingResearch methodologies and methodsCase studySustainabilityEcodesign
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 985 - 994
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