Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decision-Making

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-12-818355-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 720 g

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decision-Making: Methodologies and Case Studies gives readers a comprehensive introduction to life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) methodology for sustainability measurement of industrial systems, proposing an efficiency methodology for stakeholders and decision-makers. Featuring the latest methods and case studies, the book will assist researchers in environmental sciences and energy to develop the best methods for LCA, as well as aiding those practitioners who are responsible for making decisions for promoting sustainable development.

The past, current status and future of LCSA, Life Cycle Assessment method (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA), the methodology of LCSA, typical LCSA case studies, limitations of LCSA, and life cycle aggregated sustainability index methods are all covered in this multidisciplinary book.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers and students studying energy, sustainability and life cycle assessment; sustainability consultants; and governments interested in sustainable development</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ren, Jingzheng

Toniolo, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Entscheidungstheorie, Sozialwahltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction-Life Cycle Thinking 2. Sustainability, sustainable development and business sustainability 3. Life cycle thinking tools: Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing and Social Life Cycle Assessment 4. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: an ongoing journey 5. Development and Applicability of Life Cycle Impact Assessment methodologies 6. Life Cycle Thinking for Sustainable Development in the Building Industry 7. MCDM for sustainability ranking of district heating systems considering uncertainties 8. Framework of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment 9. Life Cycle Decision Support Framework: Method and Case Study 10. Advancing Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Using Multiple Criteria Decision Making 11. A Composite Life Cycle Sustainability Index for Sustainability Prioritization of Industrial Systems 12. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Decision-Making under Uncertainties 13. Multi-Criteria Decision Making After Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Under Hybrid Information 14. Life Cycle Sustainability Decision-making framework for the prioritization of electrochemical energy storage under uncertainties 15. Barriers Identification and Prioritization for Sustainability Enhancement: Promoting the Sustainable Development of Desalination Industry 16. Integrated Data Envelopment Analysis, Weighting Methods and Life Cycle Thinking: A Quantitative Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Improvement

Über Autor(innen)

Toniolo, Sara
Dr. Toniolo is a researcher in the field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), sustainability management and assessment. She is an active member in Italian LCA Network on the definition of LCA approaches for the tourism sector. She has written several papers on LCA with a focus on methodological aspects concerning the development of life cycle inventories and the application of case studies.

Ren, Jingzheng
Jingzheng Ren is Assistant Professor of Modelling for Energy, Environment and Sustainability at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He has also been nominated as adjunct/honorary associate professor of University of Southern Denmark (Denmark) and associated senior research fellow of the Institute for Security & Development Policy (Stockholm, Sweden). Prof. Ren serves as board member of several scientific journals and published more than 150 papers, authored 1 book, edited more than 10 books and published more than 40 book chapters. His research focuses on process system engineering for better sustainability and mathematical models for solving energy and environmental problems and promoting sustainability transition