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Design of a Sustainable Electric Pedal-Assisted Bike: A Life Cycle Assessment Application in Italy

In: New Frontiers on Life Cycle Assessment - Theory and Application

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  • Antonella Petrillo
  • Fabio De Felice
  • Salvatore Mellino
  • Iolanda Scudo

Abstract

Transport is one of the economic sectors within the European Union with the most detrimental effects on climate change. In this context, electric bicycles (e-bikes) are considered as a potentially effective technological innovation to reduce carbon impacts. The present research aims to propose a life cycle assessment study to quantify which components of a bicycle have the highest environmental impact. The use in Italy of two different bicycles, an electric pedal-assisted bike and a hydrogen-fuel cell-operated one, is analyzed. The final aim of the study is to quantify and to evaluate the bike's energetic and environmental performances, focusing the analysis on the vehicle production and use phases. To achieve the abovementioned purpose, two approaches, the "from cradle to grave" approach and "well to wheel" approach, are considered.

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  • Antonella Petrillo & Fabio De Felice & Salvatore Mellino & Iolanda Scudo, 2019. "Design of a Sustainable Electric Pedal-Assisted Bike: A Life Cycle Assessment Application in Italy," Chapters, in: Antonella Petrillo & Fabio De Felice (ed.), New Frontiers on Life Cycle Assessment - Theory and Application, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:167441
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.81737
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    1. Mihai Machedon-Pisu & Paul Nicolae Borza, 2019. "Are Personal Electric Vehicles Sustainable? A Hybrid E-Bike Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-24, December.

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    Keywords

    sustainability; smart mobility; LCA; electric pedal-assisted bike; hydrogen-fuel cell bike;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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