Scientific Publications
2026
«Comparative life-cycle assessment of mass timber housing: A sustainable pathway toward Chile’s climate mitigation goals», Journal of Building Engineering. Gabriel Felmer-Plominsky, Rodrigo Morales-Vera, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Rodrigo Astroza, Ignacio González, Javiera Acevedo. 2026.
«Circular Economy Transition in an Emerging Economy: Current Status and Priorities in Peru», Circular Economy and Sustainability. Alejandro Gallego-Schmid, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Álvaro Elorrieta-Mendoza, Denisse Milagros Paredes Cotohuanca, Claudia E. Henninger, Ana Belén Guerrero. 2026.
«Environmental trade-offs of methane-related farm typologies in Mexican smallholder dairy systems: A life cycle assessment», Agriculture. Nathaniel Alec Rogers-Montoya, Ariana Cruz-Olayo, Francisco Ernesto Martínez-Castañeda, Aurora Sainz-Ramírez, José Guadalupe Herrera-Haro, Daniel Alonso Domínguez-Olvera, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán. 2026.
«Is academia addressing relevant questions to support a circularity transition in Latin America and the Caribbean?», Journal of Industrial Ecology. Glenn A. Aguilar-Hernandez, Ana Belén Guerrero, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Alejandro Gallego-Schmid. 2026.
«Environmental implications of agricultural practices among smallholders: The case of biofertilizer production for forage oat cultivation», Agriculture. Oscar Fabian Aguirre-Córdova, Roberto Valencia Vázquez, Gerardo Antonio Pámanes-Carrasco, Ixchel Abby Ortíz Sánchez, Jorge Armando Chávez Simental, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra. 2026.
«Social, Technological, Economic, and Policy Factors in the Circular Economy Transition in Brazil», Sustainable Development. Alejandro Gallego-Schmid, Ana Belén Guerrero, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Alvaro Elorrieta-Mendoza, Denisse Milagros Paredes Cotohuanca, Raphael Ricardo Zepon Tarpani, Rodrigo Salvador, Murillo Vetroni Barros, Claudia E. Henninger, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra. 2026.
«Uncovering the environmental and economic feasibility of an integral tomato-based biorefinery for obtaining pectin and seed oil», Food and Bioproducts Processing. Adrián Agraso-Otero, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sara González-García. 2026.
«Co-pelletization of coarse olive pits and food-industry residues for sustainable bioenergy production: physicochemical, environmental, and techno-economic assessment», Energy Nexus. Jorge Sandoval-Manríquez, Diógenes Hernández Espinoza, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Loreto Muñoz, Joaquín Aburto-Hole, Chibuy He, José Alarcón, Patricio Ubilla, Sara Gonzalez-García, Felipe Varas-Concha. 2026.
«Assessing environmental impacts and ecosystem services of Hops crop in Galicia, NW Spain: critical contributors for sustainable cultivation strategies», Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Adrián Agraso-Otero, Javier J. Cancela, María Fandiño, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sara González-García. 2026.
«Process modelling and life cycle assessment of a carbon capture and conversion technology for methane production in indoor air and bioenergy environments», Energy Conversion and Management. Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Silvia Bolognesi, Lluis Bañeras, Sebastià Puig, Sara González-García. 2026.
«Potato peel integrated biorefinery design for succinic acid and bioethanol production: Technoeconomic and environmental analysis», Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. Beatriz Rodríguez-Martínez, Adrián Agraso-Otero, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Remedios Yáñez, Beatriz Gullón, Sara González-García. 2026.
«Mechanical dewatering as a low-energy process intensification strategy for hybrid biomass pellets from food-industry cellulose residues», Food and Bioproducts Processing. Jorge Sandoval-Manríquez, Diógenes Hernández, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Loreto Muñoz, Joaquín Aburto-Hole, Chibuy He, José Alarcón, Patricio Ubilla, Sara Gonzalez-García, Felipe Varas-Concha. 2026.
2025
«Implementation of an experimental vertical flow treatment wetland for combined sewer overflow in the south of Chile», Journal of Water Process Engineering. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Gianfranco Moris, Hugo Valdés, Marco Quiroz, Francisco Encina, Pascal Molle, Miguel Martín-Monerris, Carmen Hernández-Crespo, Carlos A Arias. 2025.
«Conceptual model for facultative symbiosis between sustainable construction and nature-based solutions in the training of engineers in Chile», International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Hugo Valdes, Christian Correa, Cristian Suarez, Luis Alberto Laurens Arredondo, Mariela Faviola Hurtado Espinosa, Ismael L Vera-Puerto, Myrna Zagal, Carlos A Arias. 2025.
«Phenomenological Comparison of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for VOC Removal and Desalination», Processes. Aldo Saavedra, Kevin Fuentes, Hugo Valdés, Rosa Isela Ortiz-Basurto. 2025.
«BioCalc: a novel life cycle-based tool for quantifying the carbon credits of solid biofuels in Brazil», Biomass and Bioenergy. Antonio Carlos Farrapo Junior, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Diogo Lopes Silva. 2025.
«Environmental implications of using different kilns for charcoal production: A case study of Mexican sector», Energy for Sustainable Development. Juan García-Quezada, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Ricardo Musule-Lagunes, Artemio Carrillo-Parra, Araceli Guadalupe Romero-Izquierdo. 2025.
«Absolute sustainability assessment of the power generation sector: a prospective insight towards the Chilean decarbonization targets», Sustainable Production and Consumption. Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Pedro Vargas-Ferrer, Antonio Carlos Farrapo Junior, Diogo Lopes Silva. 2025.
«A Comparative Evaluation of Threshold Segmentation and LiDAR for Sawmill Residue Volume Estimation», Forests. Carlos Borrego-Núñez, Juan García-Quezada, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Pablito López-Serrano, Pedro Domínguez-Calleros, Artemio Carrillo-Parra, Jorge Compeán-Aguirre. 2025.
«Turning wine waste into value: A techno-economic and environmental study of phenolics, syngas and biochar production», Industrial Crops and Products. Adrián Agraso-Otero, Arsal Tehseen, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sara González-García. 2025.
«Circular economy in a recently transitioned high-income country in Latin America and the Caribbean: Barriers, drivers, strengths, opportunities, key stakeholders and priorities in Chile», Journal of Cleaner Production. Alejandro Gallego-Schmid, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Ana Belén Guerrero, Claudia Henninger, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva. 2025.
«Assessment of the environmental sustainability of the production of organic wine grapes with Qualified Designation of Origin in La Rioja, Spain», Agriculture. Adrián Agraso-Otero, Javier Cancela, Mar Vilanova, Javier Ugarte, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sara González-García. 2025.
«Integrated process design, techno-economic and environmental analysis of chokeberry pomace biorefineries: phenolic compounds extraction with ethanol or energy production?», Environmental Technology and Innovation. Adrián Agraso-Otero, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Eduardo Entrena-Barbero, Sara González-García. 2025.
2024
«First report of components responsible for odor sensation from a vertical flow constructed wetland treating combined sewer overflow», Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Shrabana Sarkar, Gianfranco Moris, Hugo Valdés, Marcos Quiroz, Juan López, Francisco Encina, Pascal Molle, Carlos Arias. 2024.
«Comparative analysis of gas emissions from ecokiln and artisanal brick kiln during the artisanal firing of bricks», Sustainability. Juan Figueroa, Hugo Valdés, Juan Vilches, Walter Schmidt, Felipe Valencia, Viviana Torres, Luis Diaz-Robles, Pedro Muñoz, Viviana Letelier, Valentina Morales. 2024.
«Comparative analysis of Donnan steric partitioning pore model and dielectric exclusion applied to the fractionation of aqueous saline solutions through nanofiltration», ChemEngineering. Aldo Saavedra, Hugo Valdés, Juan Velásquez, Sebastián Hernández. 2024.
«Educating professionals to develop nature-based solutions (NBS) as infrastructure for water pollution control: a course proposal», Sustainability. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hugo Valdés, Luis Laurens-Arredondo, Xaviera López-Cortés, Marcos Quiroz, Carmen Hernández-Crespo, Marisol Belmonte, José Luis Campos, Miguel Martín-Moneris, Rosa Miglio, Pascal Molle, Carlos Arias. 2024.
«Conceptual model for facultative symbiosis between sustainable construction and nature-based solutions in the training of engineers in Chile», International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Hugo Valdés, Christian Correa, Cristian Suarez, Luis Alberto Laurens Arredondo, Mariela Faviola Hurtado Espinosa, Ismael L. Vera-Puerto, Myrna Zagal, Carlos A. Arias. 2024.
«Environmental insights of bioethanol production and phenolic compounds extraction from apple pomace-based biorefinery», Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy. Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sofia Estévez, Diógenes Hernández, Gumersindo Feijoo, María Teresa Moreira, Sara González-García. 2024.
«Boosting the transition to biorefineries in compliance with sustainability and circularity criteria», Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. Ana Arias, Sofía Estévez-Rivadulla, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Gumersindo Feijoo, Sara González-García, Maria Teresa Moreira. 2024.
«Techno-economic and environmental assessment of dietary fibre extraction from soybean hulls», Cleaner Environmental Systems. Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Maria Teresa Moreira, Sara González-García. 2024.
«Using olive and apple pomaces for fattening pig diets: Environmental impacts under an attributional and consequential perspective», Environmental Technology and Innovation. Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Diógenes Hernández, María Teresa Moreira, Sara González-García. 2024.
«Monitoring the bioeconomy: Value chains under the framework of life cycle assessment indicators», Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy. Sara Lago-Olveira, Ana Arias, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Gumersindo Feijoo, Sara González-García, Maria Teresa Moreira. 2024.
«Anaerobic co-digestion of agro-industrial waste mixtures for biogas production: an energetically sustainable solution», Sustainability. Diógenes Hernández, Fernando Pinilla, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Joaquín Aburto-Hole, Joaquín Díaz, Guillermo Quijano, Sara González-García, Claudio Tenreiro. 2024.
«Apple Pomace Integrated Biorefinery for Biofuels Production: A Techno-Economic and Environmental Sustainability Analysis», Resources. Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Sofía Estévez, Diógenes Hernández, Gumersindo Feijoo, María Teresa Moreira, Sara González-García. 2024.
«A material flow or life cycle analysis perspective for the Water-Energy-Food nexus assessment of organisations? A comparative study», Future Foods. Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Eduardo Entrena-Barbero, Mario Fernández, Gumersindo Feijoo, Sara González-García, Maria Teresa Moreira. 2024.
«Comparative social hotpots analysis of biomass pellets in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico in a circular bioeconomy context», International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Diogo Aparecido Lopez Silva, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Antonio Carlos Farrapo Junior, Ricardo Musule Lagunes. 2024.
«Embedding Water-Energy-Food nexus and circularity assessment for organization benchmarking: A case study for dairy farms», Waste Management. Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva, Murillo Barros, Eduardo Entrena-Barbero, Leonardo Vásquez-Ibarra, Mario Fernández, Gumersindo Feijoo, Maria Teresa Moreira, Sara González-García. 2024.
2023
2022
«Key processes for the energy use of biomass in rural sectors of Latin America», Sustainability. Emerita Delgado-Plaza, Artemio Carrillo, Hugo Valdés, Norberto Odobez, Juan Peralta-Jaramillo, Daniela Jaramillo, José Reinoso-Tigre, Victor Nuñez, Juan Garcia, Carmina Reyes-Plascencia, Nestor Tancredi, Franco Gallardo, Ivan Merino, Gabriel León, José Torres, Carlos Garcia, Ian Sosa-Tinoco.2022.
«Reclamation of treated wastewater for irrigation in Chile: perspectives of the current state and challenges», Water. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hugo Valdés, Marcos Bueno, Christian Correa, Jorge Olave, Marcos Carrasco-Benavides, Flavia Schiappacasse, Carlos A. Arias.2022.
2021
«Reverse osmosis concentrate: physicochemical characteristics, environmental impact, and technologies», Membranes. Hugo Valdés, Aldo Saavedra, Marcos Flores, Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hector Aviña, Marisol Belmonte. 2021.
«Evaluation of bed depth reduction, media change, and partial saturation as combined strategies to modify in vertical treatment wetlands», International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hugo Valdés, Christian Correa, Valeria Perez, Roberto Gomez, Erica Alarcon, Carlos Arias. 2021.
«Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Emerging Technologies for Seawater Desalination: Northern Chile as A Case Study», Membranes. Aldo Saavedra, Hugo Valdés, Andrea Mahn, Orlando Acosta. 2021.
«M‐learning adapted to the ARCS model of motivation and applied to a kinematics course», Computer Applications in Engineering Education. Luis Laurens, Hugo Valdés, 2021.
«Reverse osmosis concentrate: physicochemical characteristics, environmental impact, and technologies», Membranes. Hugo Valdés, Aldo Saavedra, Marcos Flores, Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hector Aviña, Marsiol Belmonte. 2021.
2020
«Artisan brick kilns: State-of-the-art and future trends», Sustainability.Hugo Valdes, Juan Vilches, Gabriel Felmer, Mariela Hurtado, Juan Figueroa. 2020.
«Proposal of competencies for engineering education to develop water infrastructure based on “Nature-Based Solutions” in the urban context», Journal of Cleaner Production. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hugo Valdés, Christian Correa, Roberto Agredano, Gladys Vidal, Marisol Belmonte, Jorge Olave, Carlos Arias. 2020.
«Potential application of Chilean natural zeolite as a support medium in treatment wetlands for removing ammonium and phosphate from wastewater», Water. Ismael Vera-Puerto, Matias Saravia, Jorge Olave, Carlos Arias, Erica Alarcon, Hugo Valdés. 2020.
2019
«Sensitivity of radiative and thermal properties of building material in the urban atmosphere», Sustainability. Marcos Vinicius Bueno de Morais, Viviana Vanesa Urbina Guerrero, Edmilson Dias de Freitas, Edson R Marciotto, Hugo Valdes, Christian Correa, Roberto Agredano, Ismael Vera-Puerto. 2019.
«Environmental Assessment of energy scenarios for a low-carbon electrical network in Chile», Sustainability. Ivan Merino, Israel Herrera, Hugo Valdés. 2019.
«Avocado oil: Characteristics, properties, and applications», Molecules. Marcos Flores, Carolina Saravia, Claudia E Vergara, Felipe Avila, Hugo Valdés, Jaime Ortiz-Viedma. 2019.
«Cogeneration process technical viability for an apartment building: Case study in Mexico», Processes. Hugo Valdés, Gabriel Leon. 2019.
2018
