Methods in Sustainability Science: Assessment, Prioritization, Improvement, Design and Optimization

Methods in Sustainability Science: Assessment, Prioritization, Improvement, Design and Optimization presents cutting edge, detailed methodologies needed to create sustainable growth in any field or industry, including life cycle assessments, building design, and energy systems. The book utilized a systematic structured approach to each of the methodologies described in an interdisciplinary way to ensure the methodologies are applicable in the real world, including case studies to demonstrate the methods. The chapters are written by a global team of authors in a variety of sustainability related fields. Methods in Sustainability Science: Assessment, Prioritization, Improvement, Design and Optimization will provide academics, researchers and practitioners in sustainability, especially environmental science and environmental engineering, with the most recent methodologies needed to maintain a sustainable future. It is also a necessary read for postgraduates in sustainability, as well as academics and researchers in energy and chemical engineering who need to ensure their industrial methodologies are sustainable. Provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent methodologies in sustainability assessment, prioritization, improvement, design and optimizationSections are organized in a systematic and logical way to clearly present the most recent methodologies for sustainability and the chapters utilize an interdisciplinary approach that covers all considerations of sustainabilityIncludes detailed case studies demonstrating the efficacies of the described methods INDICE: 1. Overview of Sustainability Science: Past, Current and Future Trends Part I Assessment 2. Sustainability Metrics and Sustainability Assessment Tools 3. Life Cycle Assessment: Methods, Limitations and Illustrations 4. Ecological Footprint Accounting for Sustainability Measurement 5. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Methodological Framework and Case Studies 6. A Systemic and Integrated Framework for Sustainability Assessment Part II Prioritization 7. Multi-criteria decision making methods for Results Interpretation of Life Cycle Assessment 8. Life cycle multi-criteria sustainability decision making: framework and case study 9. Sustainability Prioritization of energy and industrial systems under uncertainties 10. Life cycle composite sustainability performance index 11. Life cycle sustainability ranking under hybrid information Part III Improvement 12. Lean Production and Management System for Qualitative Sustainability Improvement 13. Identification of Critical Barriers of Sustainable Development from the Perspective of Operations Management 14. Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (FDEMATEL) Complex Cause-Effect Relationships Analysis for Sustainability Improvement 15. Coupled Life Cycle Thinking and Data Envelopment Analysis for Quantitative Sustainability Improvement 16. MINLP model for multi-stage sustainability improvement of industrial systems 17. Process Intensification Technologies for Sustainability Enhancement Part IV Design and Optimization 18. Sustainable Building Design based on Building Information Model (BIM) 19. Sustainable Design of Energy Systems 20. Life Cycle Supply Chain Design and Optimization for better Sustainability under Uncertainties 21. Sustainability-Oriented Assessment, Analysis, Enhancement, Design and Optimization: Outlooks

• ISBN: 978-0-12-823987-2
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés