Assessing the environmental impact of ceramic tile production in Thailand

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan

Volumn 118, Issue 1382, 2010, Pages 887-894

  Tikul, Nachawit ^a   Srichandr, Panya ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ceramic production; Ceramic tile; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OZONE LAYER; TILE; TOXICITY;

CERAMIC PRODUCTION; CERAMIC TILE; CERAMIC TILE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 77958103379     PISSN: 18820743     EISSN: 13486535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2109/jcersj2.118.887     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Catalina Research, Ceramic Tile: Summary of Major Findings (2007).
2. J. Powell, I. Lorenzoni and O. White, Feasibility Study of Wall and Floor Coverings with a View to Establishing EU Eco-Labelling Criteria. University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK (2000).
3. A. K. Petersen and B. Solberg, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Costs Over the Life Cycle of Wood and Alternative Flooring Materials. Agricultural University of Norway, Norway (2004).
4. B. Rivela, M. T. Moreira and G. Feijoo, Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 12, 143-150 (2007).
5. M. Asif, T. Muneer and R. Kelley, Build. Environ., 42, 1391-1394 (2007).
6. B. Nebel, B. Zimmer and G. Wegener, Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 11, 172-182 (2006).
7. S. Goldoni and A. Bonoli, A Case Study About LCA of Ceramic Sector: Application of Life Cycle Analysis Results to the Environment Management System Adopted by the Enterprise. University of Bologna, Italy (2006).
8. Yoshihiko F, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Study of Ceramic Products and Development of Green (Reducing the Environmental Impact) Processes. Annual Report of the Ceramics Research Laboratory Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, 37-45 (2004).
9. G. M. Nicoletti, B. Notarnicola and G. Tassielli, J. Clean. Prod., 10, 283-296 (2002).
10. World Bank Group, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Ceramic Tile and Sanitary Ware Manufacturing. International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2007).
11. J. Shular, The Emission Factor Documentation for AP-42 Section 11.7: Ceramic Products Manufacturing for U. S. Environmental. EPA Contract 68-D2-0159 Work Assignment No. 4603-01. Protection Agency, USA (1996).
12. M. A. Curran, J. G. Overly, P. Hofstetter, R. Muller and B. C. Lippiatt, Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability Peer Review Report. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA (2002).
13. M. D. Bovea, Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 12, 439-447 (2007).
14. L. Breedveld, G. Timellini, G. Casoni, A. Fregni and G. Busani, J. Clean. Prod., 15, 86-93 (2007).
15. G. Timellini, C. Palmonari and A. Fregni, Ceramic Floor and Wa ll Tile: An Ecological Building Material. Centro Ceramica Bologna (2005).
16. Industrial Economics Information Centre, Industrial Situations by Sectional: Ceramics. The office of Industrial Economics, Ministry of Industry, Thailand (2008).
17. H. Remmerswaal, IDEMAT 2001 Project: Engineering materials (metals, alloys, plastics, wood), energy, transport. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft Technical University, Netherlands (2001).
18. B. Berge, The ecology of building materials. Architectural Press, Burlington, MA (2001).
19. R. R. Tan, L. M. A. Briones and A. B. Culaba, J. Clean. Prod., 15, 944-949 (2007).
20. R. Bretz, SETAC LCA Workgroup: Data Availability and Data Quality. CIBA Specialty Chemicals Inc., Consumer Care Division, Switzerland (1998).
21. X. Li, Z. Wang and Z. Nie, Life Cycle Assessment of Chinese Ty pical Ceramic Tile. Beijing University of Technology, China (2008).
22. H. Wenzel, M. Z. Hauschild and L. Alting, Environmental assessment of products. Vol. 1: Methodology, tools, techniques and case studies. Chapman & Hall, United Kingdom (1997).
23. National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Thai National LCI Database: Energy, Utilities and Transportation. LCA laboratory, Thailand (2005).
24. M. Goedkoop and R. Spriensma, The Eco-Indicator 99-A damage oriented method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment-Manual for Designers. Pre Consultants B. V, 3rd edition (2001).
25. H.-J. Althaus, EMPA, Dübendorf, Ceramics: Life Cycle Inventories of Building Products. Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories. ETH-ESU 96: Ecoinvent Data v1.1. Zurich, Switzerland, (2004).
26. V. Hocenski, Z. Hocenski and S. Vasilic, Application of Results of Ceramic Tiles Life Cycle Assessment due to Energy Savings and Environmental Protection. University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia (2006).