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Karel Van Acker
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 91
Citations - 3237
Karel Van Acker is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Landfill mining & Life-cycle assessment. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 83 publications receiving 1958 citations. Previous affiliations of Karel Van Acker include École de technologie supérieure & University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science.
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Circular economy indicators: What do they measure?
Gustavo Longaray Moraga,Sophie Huysveld,Fabrice Mathieux,Gian Andrea Blengini,Luc Alaerts,Karel Van Acker,Steven De Meester,Jo Dewulf +7 more
TL;DR: A classification framework to understand what indicators measure is proposed and none of the analysed indicators focuses on the preservation of functions.
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A sustainable wood biorefinery for low–carbon footprint chemicals production
Yuhe Liao,S.-F. Koelewijn,Gil Van den Bossche,Joost Van Aelst,Sander Van den Bosch,Tom Renders,Kranti Navare,Thomas Nicolaï,Korneel Van Aelst,Maarten Maesen,Hironori Matsushima,Johan M. Thevelein,Karel Van Acker,Bert Lagrain,Danny Verboekend,Bert F. Sels +15 more
TL;DR: An integrated biorefinery that converts 78 weight % of birch into xylochemicals is developed that predicts an economically competitive production process, and a life-cycle assessment estimates a lower carbon dioxide footprint relative to that of fossil-based production.
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Bridging the gap between LCA, LCC and CBA as sustainability assessment tools
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a framework that clarifies the connections and coherence between the included assessment methodologies, which can cope with social inequality, processes such as valuation techniques for LCC and CBA are common, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is used as input in both LCA and Cost-benefit analysis (CBA), and LCA can be used in parallel with LCC.
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Downcycling versus recycling of construction and demolition waste: Combining LCA and LCC to support sustainable policy making.
TL;DR: The paper demonstrates that the combined LCA and LCC results can highlight the environmental and economic drivers in CDW management and can help policymakers to promote the aspects contributing to sustainability and to limit the ones creating a barrier.