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A comparative study on the environmental impact of greenhouses: A probabilistic approach
, Article Science of the Total Environment ; Volume 675 , 2019 , Pages 560-569 ; 00489697 (ISSN) ; Heeren, N ; Hellweg, S ; Roshandel, R ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2019
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the most important drivers of environmental impacts and identify the influence of parameters on the uncertainty of the environmental impacts in various climate zones and future climate scenarios. We couple a combined greenhouse energy demand-yield simulation tool with a life cycle assessment to identify the drivers for greenhouse energy, water and CO2 demand as well as yield production. Environmental impacts are evaluated using the methods of IPPC for assessing climate change and available water remaining (AWARE) for water scarcity impacts. Furthermore, we compare the results for all five main climate world regions. With a global sensitivity analysis,...