ABSTRACT
The growing enthusiasm of the markets for functional and more environmentally responsible products has forced companies not only to invest in new materials. Fibrous materials and their architectures have adopted a leading role, responding with enormous efficiency and a high degree of innovation, having at their disposal a set of highly technical solutions based on fibers and fibrous structures specially developed for the most adverse situations of use. Based on this study, this work intends to critically analyze the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the production of a fire curtain. However, these studies reveal limitations in the data, either due to differences in contexts and characteristics of the production of the fire curtain, preventing direct comparison of results, but not influencing the assumptions of this study It was proved, through LCA, that the energy consumption in the production of the warp bean is the main responsible for the impacts associated with the production of the curtain. In the context of a more sustainable production, the use of renewable sources, combined with the incorporation of waste proved to be a very promising way to contribute to the production of an environmental credit, circulation of resources with carbon efficiency, climate mitigation and economic sustainability.
