LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT METHOD IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TOWARDS CIRCULAR ECONOMY: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW AND BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Authors/Creators
- 1. Post-graduate Program in Production and Systems Engineering (PPPRO), Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca, (CEFET), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2. Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, (IPB), Bragança, Portugal
- 3. Post-graduate Program in Production and Systems Engineering (PPPRO), Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca, (CEFET) and Catholic University of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description
This article presents a systematic review of the literature using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method associated with a bibliometric analysis of life cycle assessment (LCA) in Educational Institutions. OpenRefine and VOSviewer software supported bibliometric analysis. The scientific gap was identified by correlating the observed co-authorship interactions with countries and the co-occurrence with the keyword "author". A total of 22 papers were selected and categorized into five fields: Reference, Objective, Focus, Journal, and Key Findings. After reading the articles a total of 13 papers were included for meta-analysis and were selected into seven fields: Reference, Topic, Fields, Method, Integrated Method, Software, and Impacts. Considering the application of LCA in educational institutions from a Circular Economy perspective, the systematic literature review showed that there are few studies with the LCA in educational institutions especially in the waste management field. The studies are mostly focused on environmental science and the methodological basis of application is the LCA governed by ISO 14.040/14.044. The studies mostly use the Ecoinvent database and the OpenLCA software for data collection and calculation procedures. The most cited impact is the Global Warming Potential (GWP).