Methods in Sustainability Science

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 optimization
• Sections 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 sustainability
• Includes detailed case studies demonstrating the efficacies of the described methods

Researchers and academicians, specialists (engineers and technicians), life-cycle experts and practitioners, professionals and strategy developers working in environmental engineering or in related fields liable to sustainable innovations. A secondary audience could include students at advanced level taking related coursework within the disciplines in the field of environmental engineering and sustainability science. A further placing could be within university libraries as textbook and/or supplemental reading in graduates and post-graduate level multi-discipline courses dealing with sustainable systems and environmental science

1. Introduction of Methods in Sustainability Science
   Jingzheng Ren
   2. Business Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals
   Juniati Gunawan
   3. Sustainability Assessment: Metrics and Methods
   Himanshu Nautiyal and Varun Goel
   4. Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems: Indicators, Methods and Applications
   Imran Khan
   5. Sustainability Measurement: Evolution and Methods
   Mariolina Longo, Matteo Mura, Chiara Vagnini and Sara Zanni
   6. Industrial Sustainability Performance Measurement System – Challenges for the development
   Alessandra Neri
   7. Life Cycle Assessment: Methods, Limitations and Illustrations
   Sara Toniolo
   8. Life Cycle Assessment for Better Sustainability: Methodological Framework and Applications
   Aman Kumar, Ekta Singh, Sunil Kumar and Rahul Mishra
   9. Life cycle sustainability dashboard: method and case study
   Daniela Camana, Alessandro Manzardo, Sara Toniolo and Andrea Fedele
   10. Multi-criteria decision making methods for Results Interpretation of Life Cycle Assessment
   Ana Carolina Maia Angelo
   11. Composite Sustainability Indices (CSI); A Robust Tool for the Sustainability Measurement of Chemical Processes from “Early Design” to “Production” Stages
   Hossein Ordouei
   12. Sustainability assessment using the ELECTRE TRI multicriteria sorting method
   Luis C. Dias
   13. Sustainability improvement opportunities for an Industrial Complex
   Ravi Prakash, Dilawar Husain and Rahul Singh Yadav
   14. Coupled life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis to optimize energy consumption and mitigate environmental impacts in agricultural production
   Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Zahra Saber, Fatemeh Mostashari-Rad, Hassan Ghasemi-Mobtaker and Kwok-wing Chau
   15. Lean Integrated Management System for Sustainability Improvement: an integrated system of tools and metrics for sustainability management
   João Paulo Estevam de Souza
   16. Coupled Life Cycle Thinking and Data Envelopment Analysis for Quantitative Sustainability Improvement
   Diego Iribarren and Mario Martín-Gamboa
   17. How can sensors be used for Sustainability Improvement?
   Rafid M. Alkhaddar and Patryk Kot
   18. Sustainable Design based on LCA and Operations Management Methods (SWOT, PESTEL and 7 S)
   Manel Sansa, Ahmed Badreddine and Taieb Ben Romdhane
   19. The importance of integrating lean thinking with digital solutions adoption for value-oriented high productivity of sustainable building delivery
   Moshood Olawale Fadeyi
   20. Robust Optimization and Control for Sustainable Processes
   Flavio Manenti, Alessandro Di Pretoro, Xavier Joulia and Ludovic Montastruc