Early-stage sustainability screening for technology innovation: The ESCAPE approach.
技術革新のための初期段階の持続可能性スクリーニング：ESCAPEアプローチ (AI 翻訳)
Antonella Cornelio, S. Calce, A. Fahimi, E. Bontempi
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
ESCAPEは、データが限られた低技術成熟度段階で適用可能な迅速なカーボンフットプリントとエンボディドエネルギーに基づく持続可能性スクリーニング手法である。リチウムイオン電池リサイクル、CO2変換用触媒、リン回収など6以上の応用分野で実証され、化学的・熱的処理が環境負荷を支配する共通パターンが明らかになった。この手法はイノベーションを資源効率的で環境責任のある方向へ導く相補的ツールとして位置づけられる。
English
The ESCAPE approach provides a rapid, data-efficient sustainability screening method for emerging technologies at low technology readiness levels, using embodied energy and carbon footprint indicators. It has been applied across multiple domains including battery recycling, catalysts, phosphorus recovery, and bioplastics, revealing recurrent patterns such as dominance of chemical/thermal treatments in environmental impacts. The method serves as a complementary eco-design tool guiding innovation toward resource efficiency.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本企業が新技術の初期段階で環境影響を簡易評価する手法として有望。データ不足の段階でも適用可能なため、LCAが困難な先端技術分野での活用が期待される。SSBJや有報での詳細な開示要求が進む中、早期段階での環境ホットスポット特定は投資判断にも有用。
In the global GX context
ESCAPE positions itself as an early-stage screening tool complementary to full LCA, relevant for innovation management in the context of global sustainability frameworks like ISSB and CSRD that require lifecycle thinking. The cross-sectoral validation highlights generalizable patterns, making it a practical method for R&D teams seeking to align technology development with environmental targets.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Researchers can use ESCAPE as a rapid screening method to identify environmental hotspots in emerging technologies at low TRL, complementing full LCA.
🏢実務担当者:Corporate R&D and sustainability teams can apply ESCAPE for early-stage eco-design decisions, reducing later-stage environmental risks.
📄 Abstract（原文）
The rapid development of emerging technologies requires sustainability assessment tools that can operate at low technology readiness levels, when data availability is limited and full Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is not yet feasible. The ESCAPE approach (Evaluation of Sustainability of material substitution using CArbon footPrint by a simplifiEd approach) was introduced precisely for this purpose, providing a rapid, data-efficient method based on two indicators-embodied energy and carbon footprint. In this review, we analyse more than six application domains in which ESCAPE has been implemented, including lithium-ion battery recycling, waste-derived catalysts for CO2 conversion, phosphorus recovery, building materials, adsorbents, and bioplastics. This cross-sectoral comparison reveals several recurring patterns: chemical and thermal treatments consistently dominate environmental impacts, replacing ultrapure or deionized water with lower-grade water sources reduces embodied energy, and microwave-assisted or solvent-free processes systematically improve ESCAPE outcomes. By integrating insights across these diverse case studies, the review provides new insights of ESCAPE as a generalizable eco-design tool, capable of identifying environmental hotspots that reappear across unrelated technologies. The review positions ESCAPE as a complementary, early-stage sustainability screening method that can guide innovation toward more resource-efficient and environmentally responsible technological pathways.
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- semanticscholar https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128465first seen 2026-06-29 07:09:55
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