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  1. Biodiversity impacts due to food consumption in Europe

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  2. Using REACH for the EU Environmental Footprint: building a usable ecotoxicity database (part I)

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Serenella Sala

  3. Assessing the environmental impacts of EU consumption at macro-scale

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  4. Soil quality index: Exploring options for a comprehensive assessment of land use impacts in LCA

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  5. Global environmental impacts: data sources and methodological choices for calculating normalization factors for LCA

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  6. Food waste accounting methodologies: Challenges, opportunities, and further advancements

    Article • Global Food Security, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  7. National inventories of land occupation and transformation flows in the world for land use impact assessment

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  8. Energy simulation and LCA for macro-scale analysis of eco-innovations in the housing stock

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  9. Benchmarks for environmental impact of housing in Europe: Definition of archetypes and LCA of the residential building stock

    Article • Building and Environment, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  10. Estimating chemical ecotoxicity in EU ecolabel and in EU product environmental footprint

    Article • Environment International, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  11. Food waste accounting along global and European food supply chains: State of the art and outlook

    Article • Waste Management, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  12. Social impact assessment in the mining sector: Review and comparison of indicators frameworks

    Article • Resources Policy, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  13. Quantifying household waste of fresh fruit and vegetables in the EU

    Article • Waste Management, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  14. Techno-economic and profitability analysis of food waste biorefineries at European level

    Article • Bioresource Technology, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  15. Roadmap to Rebound: How to Address Rebound Effects from Resource Efficiency Policy

    Article • Sustainability, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Serenella Sala

  16. Current trends and limitations of life cycle assessment applied to the urban scale: critical analysis and review of selected literature

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  17. Territorial Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): What exactly is it about? A proposal towards using a common terminology and a research agenda

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  18. Widening the perspective in greenhouse gas emissions accounting: The way forward for supporting climate and energy policies at municipal level

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  19. Prioritizing and optimizing sustainable measures for food waste prevention and management

    Article • Waste Management, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  20. Natural biotic resources in LCA: Towards an impact assessment model for sustainable supply chain management

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  21. Systematic analysis of secondary life cycle inventories when modelling agricultural production: A case study for arable crops

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  22. A proposal for integration of the ecosystem-water-food-land-energy (EWFLE) nexus concept into life cycle assessment: A synthesis matrix system for food security

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  23. Environmental and spatial assessment for the ecodesign of a cladding system with embedded Phase Change Materials

    Article • Energy and Buildings, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Alessio Caverzan, Dr Serenella Sala

  24. Ecosystem quality in LCIA: status quo, harmonization, and suggestions for the way forward

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. John M Johnston, Dr Serenella Sala

  25. LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  26. Improving substance information in USEtox® , part 1: Discussion on data and approaches for estimating freshwater ecotoxicity effect factors

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, August 2017, Wiley

    Erwan Saouter, Dr Serenella Sala

  27. Improving substance information in USEtox® , part 2: Data for estimating fate and ecosystem exposure factors

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, August 2017, Wiley

    Erwan Saouter, Dr Serenella Sala

  28. Towards a research agenda for the use of LCA in the impact assessment of policies

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  29. Hotspots analysis and critical interpretation of food life cycle assessment studies for selecting eco-innovation options and for policy support

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  30. Soil quality, properties, and functions in life cycle assessment: an evaluation of models

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  31. Environmental impacts of food consumption in Europe

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  32. In quest of reducing the environmental impacts of food production and consumption

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  33. Modelling of food loss within life cycle assessment: From current practice towards a systematisation

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  34. Pollinators in life cycle assessment: towards a framework for impact assessment

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  35. The role of life cycle assessment in supporting sustainable agri-food systems: A review of the challenges

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  36. Supporting a transition towards sustainable circular economy: sensitivity analysis for the interpretation of LCA for the recovery of electric and electronic waste

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  37. Normalisation and weighting in life cycle assessment: quo vadis?

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  38. Positive impacts in social life cycle assessment: state of the art and the way forward

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  39. Assessing eco-innovations in green chemistry: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a cosmetic product with a bio-based ingredient

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  40. Characterization of raw materials based on supply risk indicators for Europe

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  41. A distance-to-target weighting method for Europe 2020

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  42. Social sustainability in trade and development policy

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  43. How Well Does LCA Model Land Use Impacts on Biodiversity?—A Comparison with Approaches from Ecology and Conservation

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Serenella Sala

  44. Consumers and their behavior: state of the art in behavioral science supporting use phase modeling in LCA and ecodesign

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  45. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of normalization factors to methodological assumptions

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  46. Area of concern: a new paradigm in life cycle assessment for the development of footprint metrics

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  47. Resource footprint of Europe: Complementarity of material flow analysis and life cycle assessment for policy support

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  48. Session “Midpoint, endpoint or single score for decision-making?”—SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, May 5th, 2015

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  49. A systemic framework for sustainability assessment

    Article • Ecological Economics, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  50. Integrated assessment of environmental impact of Europe in 2010: data sources and extrapolation strategies for calculating normalisation factors

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  51. Toward an Overall Analytical Framework for the Integrated Sustainability Assessment of the Production and Supply of Raw Materials and Primary Energy Carriers

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Serenella Sala

  52. Rethinking the Area of Protection “Natural Resources” in Life Cycle Assessment

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Serenella Sala

  53. Impact of Shale Gas Development on Water Resources: A Case Study in Northern Poland

    Article • Environmental Management, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  54. Beyond the throwaway society: A life cycle-based assessment of the environmental benefit of reuse

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Serenella Sala

  55. Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Serenella Sala, Professor Thomas Oliver Wiedmann

  56. Toward a systematized framework for resource efficiency indicators

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  57. Carrying capacity assessment of forest resources: Enhancing environmental sustainability in energy production at local scale

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  58. Potential of life cycle assessment for supporting the management of critical raw materials

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  59. Land use impact assessment in the construction sector: an analysis of LCIA models and case study application

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  60. An indicator to map diffuse chemical river pollution considering buffer capacity of riparian vegetation — A pan-European case study on pesticides

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  61. Forestry operations in the alpine context. Life cycle assessment to support the integrated assessment of forest wood short supply chain

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  62. LCA for assessing environmental benefit of eco-design strategies and forest wood short supply chain: a furniture case study

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  63. Building and Characterizing Regional and Global Emission Inventories of Toxic Pollutants

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Serenella Sala

  64. Current options for the valorization of food manufacturing waste: a review

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  65. Climate-based archetypes for the environmental fate assessment of chemicals

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  66. Historical Trends in Abiotic and Biotic Resource Flows in the EU (1990-2010)

    Article • October 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Serenella Sala

  67. Chemical footprint: A methodological framework for bridging life cycle assessment and planetary boundaries for chemical pollution

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Serenella Sala

  68. Assessing resource depletion in LCA: a review of methods and methodological issues

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  69. Research findings and decision making: the case of renewable energy

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  70. Sustainability Indicators Integrating Consumption Patterns in Strategic Environmental Assessment for Urban Planning

    Article • Sustainability, August 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Serenella Sala

  71. Life cycle assessment of bio-based products: a disposable diaper case study

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  72. Progress in sustainability science: lessons learnt from current methodologies for sustainability assessment: Part 1

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  73. Life cycle sustainability assessment in the context of sustainability science progress (part 2)

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  74. Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  75. Research Needs and Challenges from Science to Decision Support. Lesson Learnt from the Development of the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Recommendations for Life Cycle Impact Assessment

    Article • Sustainability, June 2012, MDPI AG

    Dr Serenella Sala

  76. Ecological Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment in the sustainability assessment of tourism activities

    Article • Ecological Indicators, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  77. SSD-based rating system for the classification of pesticide risk on biodiversity

    Article • Ecotoxicology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  78. Technology sustainability assessment to support decision making on energy production at local scale

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, September 2011, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Serenella Sala

  79. Spatial differentiation of chemical removal rates from air in life cycle impact assessment

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  80. Sustainable performance index for tourism policy development

    Article • Tourism Management, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  81. Ecological vulnerability in risk assessment — A review and perspectives

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  82. Ecological vulnerability analysis: A river basin case study

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  83. Mapping Cumulative Environmental Risks: Examples from the EU NoMiracle Project

    Article • Environmental Modeling & Assessment, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Serenella Sala

  84. Spatially explicit method for ecotoxicological risk assessment of pesticides for birds

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  85. CO2budget estimation and mapping at a local scale

    Article • June 2009, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Serenella Sala

  86. Energy from biomass: decision support system for integrating sustainability into technology assessment

    Article • June 2009, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Serenella Sala

  87. Ecological footprint: a way to assess the impact of tourists’ choices at the local scale

    Article • August 2008, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Serenella Sala

  88. GIS-based procedure for site-specific risk assessment of pesticides for aquatic ecosystems

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Serenella Sala

  89. A new method for tourism carrying capacity assessment

    Article • August 2007, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Serenella Sala

  90. GIS-Based System for Surface Water Risk Assessment of Agricultural Chemicals. 1. Methodological Approach

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Serenella Sala