Sustainability of Bio-based Products: Linking Life Cycle Thinking
with Standards, Certification and Labelling Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Mauro Cordella and Renata Kaps
Sustainability Assessment of Blue Biotechnology Processes:
Addressing Environmental, Social and Economic Dimensions . . . . . . . . 475
Paula Pérez-López, Gumersindo Feijoo and María Teresa Moreira
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Eco-design Strategies for a
Sustainable Production of Bio-based Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam, Sebastian Spierling, Hans-Josef Endres
and Andrea Siebert-Raths
Using LCA and EPD in Public Procurement Within the Construction
Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Kristian Jelse and Kristof Peerens
Green Public Procurement and Construction Sector: EPD and LCA
Based Benchmarks of the Whole-Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Sara Ganassali, Monica Lavagna, Andrea Campioli
and Sergio Saporetti
Special Session on Product Environmental Footprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Mélanie Guiton and Enrico Benetto
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