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LCA Case Study of Ceramic Tableware: Ecodesign Aspects of Ceramics Production from Ancient Technology to Present Factory

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  • Adam Železný

    (Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Náměstí Jana Palacha 80, 116 93 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Jan Kulhánek

    (Faculty of Environmental Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Jan Pešta

    (Faculty of Environmental Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic
    University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, Czech Technical University in Prague, Třinecká 1024, 273 43 Buštěhrad, Czech Republic)

  • Vladimír Kočí

    (Faculty of Environmental Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Ceramic tableware, as one of the products of daily use, can be produced in multiple ways. However, they all consume primary raw materials for manufacturing and energy for firing and generate emissions and waste. To assess how different types of production cause an environmental impact, five scenarios were compared using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). In the first step, the energy and material flows from the following scenarios were analysed: factory (FAC), slip casting (PSC), pottery wheel (PW), high energy rate formation technique (HERF) and experimental reconstruction of the ancient technique (ANC). The results related to 1 kg of ceramics were interpreted using the perspective of ecodesign to discuss key parameters that affect environmental impacts. Considering the results in the Climate Change category, the FAC production of 1 kg of ceramics reached 3.64 kg CO 2 eq. but the highest impact in this category was caused by low energy efficiency in the specific case of the PSC scenario (8.93 kg CO 2 eq.). On the one hand, this paper contributes to the discussion of environmentally friendly tableware, but also serves as a case study that describes the implementation of ecodesign in the ceramic tableware industry as an important field of industrial production in the specific context of the Czech Republic, as a state, which has significant deposits of kaolin.

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  • Adam Železný & Jan Kulhánek & Jan Pešta & Vladimír Kočí, 2023. "LCA Case Study of Ceramic Tableware: Ecodesign Aspects of Ceramics Production from Ancient Technology to Present Factory," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:11:p:9097-:d:1164015
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