Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact
eBook - ePub

Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact

Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment

  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact

Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment

About this book

Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact: Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment covers trending topics on the environmental impact of systems of production, putting emphasis on lifecycle assessment (LCA). This methodology is one of the most important tools of analysis, as mathematical models are applied that will quantify the systematic inputs and outputs of the processes in order to evaluate the sustainability of industrial processes and products. In this sense, LCA is mainly a tool to support environmental decision-making that analyzes the environmental impacts of products and technologies from a lifecycle perspective. The emergence of ever-larger global issues, such as the energy dilemma, the changing climate and the scarcity of natural resources, such as water, has boosted the search for tools capable of ensuring the reliability of the results published by the industries, and has become an important tool in order to achieve sustainability and environmental preservation. Thus, lifecycle assessment (LCA), including carbon footprint valuation is necessary to ensure better internal management. - Provides guidance on environmental impacts and the carbon footprint of industrial processes - Features guidelines in lifecycle assessment to support a sustainable approach, along with quantifiable data to support proposed solutions - Includes a companion website with slides and graphics to quantity environmental impact and other metrics of lifecycle assessment

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Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Cover image
  3. Title page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Copyright
  6. Authorsā€™ biographies
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter 1 Sustainability metrics and indicators through the life cycle assessment: A brief history
  9. Chapter 2 Fundamentals of life cycle assessment: Definitions, terminology, and concepts
  10. Chapter 3 Methods of evaluation of the environmental impact on the life cycle
  11. Chapter 4 Optional elements of life cycle impact assessment
  12. Chapter 5 Assistantā€™s tools toward life cycle assessment
  13. Chapter 6 Carbon footprint and carbon market
  14. Chapter 7 The role of life cycle assessment in agricultural systems
  15. Chapter 8 Economic aspects of sustainability
  16. Chapter 9 Sustainability metrics and indicator strategies for a modern society
  17. Annex
  18. Index