Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decision-Making
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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decision-Making

Methodologies and Case Studies

  1. 362 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Decision-Making

Methodologies and Case Studies

About this book

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.- Includes models for assessing sustainability in environmental, energy engineering and economic scenarios- Features case studies that help define the advantages and obstacles of real world applications- Presents a complete view, from theory to practice, of a life cycle approach by exploring the methods and tools of sustainability assessment, analysis and design of sustainability assessment

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1: Introduction. Life cycle thinking
  7. Chapter 2: Sustainability, sustainable development, and business sustainability
  8. Chapter 3: Life cycle thinking tools: Life cycle assessment, life cycle costing and social life cycle assessment
  9. Chapter 4: Life cycle sustainability assessment: An ongoing journey
  10. Chapter 5: Development and applicability of life cycle impact assessment methodologies
  11. Chapter 6: Life cycle thinking for sustainable development in the building industry
  12. Chapter 7: MCDM for sustainability ranking of district heating systems considering uncertainties
  13. Chapter 8: Framework of life cycle sustainability assessment
  14. Chapter 9: Life cycle decision support framework: Method and case study
  15. Chapter 10: Advancing life cycle sustainability assessment using multiple criteria decision making
  16. Chapter 11: A composite life cycle sustainability index for sustainability prioritization of industrial systems
  17. Chapter 12: Life cycle sustainability assessment and decision-making under uncertainties
  18. Chapter 13: Multi-criteria decision-making after life cycle sustainability assessment under hybrid information
  19. Chapter 14: Life cycle sustainability decision-making framework for the prioritization of electrochemical energy storage under uncertainties
  20. Chapter 15: Barriers identification and prioritization for sustainability enhancement: Promoting the sustainable development of the desalination industry
  21. Chapter 16: Integrated data envelopment analysis, weighting method and life cycle thinking: A quantitative framework for life cycle sustainability improvement
  22. Index