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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"sustainability metrics"”.
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Operational sustainability metrics : a case of electronics recycling
… a growing appreciation of the need for "sustainability" and have worked the term into their goals, strategy and mission statements. Despite extensive efforts to define the term, there is still little clarity on how to move toward sustainability or measure improvements. Further advances …
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Information Design Considerations for Effective Communication of Sustainability Metrics
… These robust data-driven interfaces display metrics on electricity usage or carbon emissions to users to help track goals and identify strategic improvements. But why is it that designers assume people are able to know how to understand the spikes and dips in a time-based line graph and draw …
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Development of safety and sustainability metrics for greenhouses and analysis of selected greenhouse sites in North America
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
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Multi-Objective Optimization for Temporary Housing Arrangements After Natural Disasters
An innovative sustainability model is also developed to quantify and maximize the sustainability of integrated housing recovery efforts, which comply with the Alternative Housing Pilot Program (AHHP) proposed by FEMA and aims at developing innovative alternative housing projects to serve both as …
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Environmental and economic evaluation of algal-based biofuels through geographically resolved process and sustainability modeling
… models and can only provide average sustainability metrics based on results from restricted data sources. These assessments often lack the resolution to correctly analyze the temporal and regional variations of biomass yields which have a direct impact on TEA and LCA metrics. Based on …
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Quantifying a Range of Global Air Pollution Projections and Health Impacts under the Paris Agreement’s Temperature Targets
Air pollution is a key sustainability challenge with similar emissions sources to anthropogenic climate change – making it critical to assess the effect of climate and air quality actions on pollutant emissions, the resulting health impacts, and broader sustainability metrics. This thesis responds …
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Holistic value chain assessment of decentralized renewable energy in developing countries for impact investors : before and beyond life cycle analysis
… purely investments are more complex as they al sustainability. investment as one of the important ways many queries are being raised about maximum value for the money invested. on the basis of financials but impact so look into social and environmental One of the methods is to conduct Life Cycle …
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Examining The Sustainability Of The Current Account Balance Using A Probability Approach
This dissertation examines the sustainability of current account deficits through a probabilistic lens, challenging the intertemporal solvency framework which assumes perfect foresight and complete markets. The intertemporal solvency framework defines current account sustainability as a country’s …
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Critical assessment of environmental sustainability reporting using the GRI G4 guidelines: A case study of the South African gold sector
Sustainability reports ought to be key channels for communication with stakeholders, enhancing organisational accountability and transparency. However, the proliferation of sustainability metrics and the voluntary nature of reporting leads to inconsistencies in the quality of sustainability …
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A Multicriteria Based Quantitative Framework for Assessing Sustainability of Pile Foundations
… built environment starts with incorporating sustainability thoughts at the planning and design stages of a project. Geotechnical engineering is most resource intensive although this intensive consumption of energy goes unnoticed mainly because of the indirect nature of the energy used in the …
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Sustainability and the cruise industry: a triple bottom line assessment of the North American cruise lines
… "Can the cruise industry successfully address sustainability through the Triple Bottom Line? What approaches do the cruise lines adopt in managing for environmental and social impacts?" Emerging on the horizon is new movement of sustainability management—the Triple Bottom Line. This business …
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A Decision Support System for Quantifying Sustainability in Small and Medium Enterprises
… increasing pressure to measure and improve their sustainability performance, yet most existing assessment tools remain too complex, costly, or rigid for their operational capacity. This study set out to design and implement a decision support system that enables SMEs to quantify, interpret and …
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A comprehensive environmental and economic sustainability assessment of roadway drainage systems
… scales (spatial and temporal) and dimensions of sustainability (functional, environmental, economic), this research developed a comprehensive model of roadway drainage systems linking design decisions to sustainability metrics using fate and transport modeling, life cycle assessment (LCA), and …
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LIFE CYCLE DESIGN, A STRATEGY TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
… to balance ecosystem protection, economic sustainability, and social equity. In the face of climate change, resource scarcity, and the urgent need for more sustainable production and consumption patterns, methodologies such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Design (LCD) emerge …
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Methodological study on technology integration for sustainable manufacturing in the surface finishing industry
… their development efforts to meet the goals of sustainability due to various challenges which is caused by industrial globalization, high energy and raw material costs, increased environmental regulations and social pressures, and new technological innovations. In order for an industrial process …
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Impact measurement in social enterprises: rationales & current practices in an Australian context
… of social and/or environmental impact metrics are reflective of how organisational actors interpret sustainability, which in turn shape the organisation. The broad aim of this thesis is to explore the challenges of impact measurement as situated within hybrid organisations, such as …