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Chapter 1 Methods in sustainability science |
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1.2 Sustainability assessment and analysis |
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1.2.1 Sustainability metrics/indicators |
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1.2.2 Sustainability analysis tools |
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1.2.3 Material flow analysis |
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1.3 Sustainability ranking and prioritization |
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1.4 Sustainability enhancement and improvement |
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1.5 Sustainability design and optimization |
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Chapter 2 Business contributions to sustainable development goals |
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2.2.1 Sustainable development goals (SDGs) |
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2.2.2 Sustainability reports |
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2.3 Materials and methods |
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2.4.1 SDGs disclosures based on industrial sector |
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2.4.2 SDGs disclosures based on goals |
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Chapter 3 Sustainability assessment: Metrics and methods |
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3.2 Need of sustainability assessment |
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3.2.1 Steady-state economy |
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3.2.3 Ecological footprints |
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3.3 Various methods of sustainability assessment |
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3.3.1 Life-cycle assessment |
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3.3.2 Socioeconomic impact assessment |
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3.3.3 Strategic environmental assessment |
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3.3.4 Cost-benefit analysis |
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3.3.5 Travel cost analysis |
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3.3.6 Social impact assessment |
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3.3.7 Contingent valuation method |
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3.3.8 Hedonic pricing method |
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3.3.9 Multicriteria analysis |
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3.3.10 Material intensity per service unit |
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3.3.11 Analytic network process |
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3.3.12 Environmental and sustainability rating systems |
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3.4 Comparison of sustainability assessment methods |
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Chapter 4 Sustainability assessment of energy systems: Indicators, methods, and applications |
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4.1.1 Principle of sustainability |
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4.1.2 Energy system and sustainability |
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4.2 Sustainability indicators |
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4.3 Sustainability assessment methods |
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4.3.1 Multiattribute Value Theory (MAVT) |
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4.3.2 Weighted sum method (WSM) |
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4.3.3 Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) |
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4.3.4 Weighted product method (WPM) |
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4.3.5 Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) |
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4.3.6 Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) |
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4.3.7 ELimination Et Coix Traduisant la REalite (ELECTRE) |
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4.3.8 VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) |
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4.3.9 Complex Proportional Assessment (COPRAS) |
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4.4 Sustainability assessment: an application of COPRAS method |
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4.4.1 Results and discussion |
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Chapter 5 Sustainability measurement: Evolution and methods |
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5.1 Why measuring sustainability matters in the current business landscape |
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5.2 The evolution of sustainability measurement research |
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5.2.1 Literature intellectual structure |
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5.2.2 Sustainability measurement: a broken compass |
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5.2.3 Contribution to performance measurement and the management literature |
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5.3 Methods and tools: the path toward sustainability measurement |
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5.3.1 Sustainability core issues and stakeholder mapping |
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5.3.2 Sustainability performance measurement system |
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5.3.3 Sustainability reporting |
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5.4 The future of sustainability measurement |
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Chapter 6 Industrial sustainability performance measurement system-challenges for the development |
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6.1 Industrial sustainability |
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6.2 Industrial sustainability performance measurement |
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6.2.1 Why do firms measure industrial sustainability-related performance? |
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6.2.2 How do firms measure industrial sustainability-related performance? |
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6.2.3 Focus of the present chapter |
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6.3 Industrial sustainability PMS--toward an effective development |
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6.3.1 Usefulness to internal and external stakeholders |
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6.3.2 Completeness and balance according to a holistic perspective on industrial sustainability |
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6.3.3 Usability and manageability |
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6.3.4 Selection of indicators |
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6.3.5 Context of application |
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6.4 A scalable framework for measuring industrial sustainability performance |
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6.5 Concluding remarks and future perspectives |
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Chapter 7 Life cycle assessment: methods, limitations, and illustrations |
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7.1 Introduction to the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology |
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7.2 International standards |
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Chapter 8 Life cycle assessment for better sustainability: methodological framework and application |
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8.3 Important aspects of LCA methodology |
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8.3.1 Goal setting and functional unit |
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8.3.2 Assigning environmental burdens |
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8.3.3 Credit for avoided burden |
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8.3.5 Inventory data availability and transparency |
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8.3.6 Identifying data uncertainty |
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8.3.7 Distinguishing risk assessment |
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8.3.8 Reporting quantitative and qualitative information |
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8.3.9 LCA does not always state a "winner" |
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8.3.10 LCA is an iterative process |
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8.4 Sustainability approach |
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8.5.2 Municipal solid waste management |
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8.5.3 Wastewater treatment |
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8.5.5 Agricultural strategic development planning |
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8.6 LCA limitations and their probable solutions |
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Chapter 9 Life cycle sustainability dashboard and communication strategies of scientific data for sustainable development |
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9.2 Ethical definition of sustainable development and communication strategies |
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9.3 Life Cycle Sustainability |
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9.3.1 Data report and illustration of results |
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9.4 The dashboard of sustainability, a tool for sharing results |
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9.5 The life cycle sustainability dashboard |
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9.6 Other sustainability tools and communication strategies |
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Chapter 10 Multicriteria decision-making methods for results interpretation of life cycle assessment |
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10.2 An overview of the multicriteria approach |
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10.2.1 The MCDM basic process |
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10.2.2 MCDM methods classification |
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10.2.3 A brief description of the main MCDM methods |
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10.3 LCA and multicriteria methods integration |
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10.3.1 Selection of MSWM option |
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10.3.2 Selection of sewer pipe materials |
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10.3.3 Selection of poultry production systems |
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10.3.4 Urban transport systems comparison |
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Chapter 11 Composite sustainability indices (CSI); a robust tool for the sustainability measurement of chemical processes from "early design" to "production" stages |
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11.2 The CSI methodology and applications |
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11.2.1 WAste Reduction algorithm and potential environment impact balance |
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11.2.2 Risk assessment index |
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11.2.3 Energy impact index |
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Chapter 12 Sustainability assessment using the ELECTRE TRI multicriteria sorting method |
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12.2 ELECTRE TRI in the MCDA panorama |
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12.3 ELECTRE TRI in detail |
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12.3.1 Origins and purpose |
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12.3.2 Classification rules |
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12.3.3 Valued outranking relations |
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12.4 An illustrative example |
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12.5 Setting the parameter values |
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Chapter 13 Sustainability improvement opportunities for an industrial complex |
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13.2.1 Design of the various systems and utilities |
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13.2.2 Ecological footprint (EF) |
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13.3.1 Survey of MNNIT Industrial Complex |
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13.4 Results and discussion |
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13.4.1 Rooftop solar PV system |
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13.4.2 Rainwater harvesting system |
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13.4.3 Solar day-lighting System |
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13.4.5 Chilled water air conditioning system |
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13.5 Scope of future work |
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Short Biography of the Authors |
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Chapter 14 Coupled life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis to optimize energy consumption and mitigate environmental impacts in agricultural production |
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14.3 Energy in agriculture |
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14.3.2 Energy indices and forms |
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14.4 Life cycle assessment |
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14.4.1 Scope and goal definition |
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14.4.2 Life cycle inventory |
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14.4.3 Life cycle impact assessment |
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14.5 Data envelopment analysis |
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14.6 Integration of LCA and DEA |
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14.7.1 Energy use pattern |
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14.7.2 Environmental life cycle analysis |
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14.7.3 Energy optimization by DEA |
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14.7.4 Mitigation of environmental impacts by DEA + LCA |
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Chapter 15 Lean integrated management system for sustainability improvement: An integrated system of tools and metrics for sustainability management |
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15.2 Literature overview and background |
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15.2.2 Management systems |
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15.2.3 Lean manufacturing system |
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15.3 The Lean Integrated Management System for Sustainability Improvement (LIMSSI) model |
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15.3.1 How to implement the LIMSSI model |
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Chapter 16 Coupled life cycle thinking and data envelopment analysis for quantitative sustainability improvement |
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16.1.1 Life cycle approaches |
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16.1.2 Data envelopment analysis |
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16.2 Methodological framework |
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16.2.1 Sustainability-oriented LCA + DEA approaches |
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16.2.2 From LCA + DEA to LCSA + DEA |
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16.3 Progress in sustainability-oriented LCA + DEA |
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16.3.1 Indicators and sustainability benchmarking |
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16.3.2 Sustainability-oriented prioritization |
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16.3.3 Other advancements |
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16.4 Delving into needs in sustainability-oriented LCA + DEA |
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16.5 Conclusions and perspectives |
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Chapter 17 How can sensors be used for sustainability improvement? |
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17.2 Sustainability in Civil Engineering |
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17.3 Working principle of sensing technologies for sustainability improvement |
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17.3.1 Acoustics sensing methods |
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17.3.2 Magnetic sensing methods (Hall-effect sensor) |
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17.3.3 Electromagnetic sensing methods |
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17.4 Installation methods of sensing technologies in structural and environmental applications |
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17.5 Applications of sensing technology in civil and environmental engineering |
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17.5.1 Civil engineering applications |
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17.5.2 Environmental engineering applications |
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Chapter 18 Sustainable design based on LCA and operations management methods: SWOT, PESTEL, and 7S |
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18.2.3 The PESTEL analysis |
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18.2.4 Integration of the SWOT, 7S, and PESTEL |
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18.3 Creation of strategic scenarios |
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18.3.1 Developed algorithms |
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18.4 Illustrative example |
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18.5 Results and discussion |
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Chapter 19 The importance of integrating lean thinking with digital solutions adoption for value-oriented high productivity of sustainable building delivery |
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19.2 Digital solutions and lean thinking adoption |
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19.2.1 Digital solutions adoption |
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19.2.2 Lean thinking adoption |
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19.3 Typical wastes in the management of the construction process |
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19.3.1 Defective production |
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19.3.8 Excessive production |
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19.4.1 Digital solutions for sustainable building delivery |
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19.4.2 Lean thinking for sustainable building delivery |
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19.5 Challenges of adopting digital solutions grounded in lean thinking in the industry |
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19.5.1 Challenges facing adoption of digital solutions |
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19.5.2 Challenges facing adoption of lean thinking |
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19.6 Conclusion and future directions |
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Chapter 20 Robust optimization and control for sustainable processes |
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20.1 Robust design challenges in a renewables-based landscape |
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20.1.1 The renewables challenge |
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20.1.2 Recasting the petrochemical industry process design procedure |
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20.1.3 Sustainability-oriented design |
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20.2 Feasibility assessment |
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20.2.1 Feasibility limits in biomass processing |
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20.2.2 The biorefinery distillation case study |
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20.2.3 Feasibility assessment via residue curve maps |
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20.3 Flexible, sustainable, and economic optimal process design procedure |
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20.3.1 Premises on the uncertainty characterization |
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20.3.2 Introduction to the flexibility indices |
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20.3.3 Application to the biorefinery case study |
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20.4 Process intensification |
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20.4.2 Applications to distillation |
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20.5 Process dynamics and control |
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20.5.1 The concept of switchability |
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20.5.2 Application of the switchability assessment |
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List of acronyms and symbols |
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