Exergoenvironmental analysis of bioenergy systems: A comprehensive review

M Aghbashlo, Z Khounani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioenergy systems are expected to expand over the coming decades due to their potential
to address energy security and environmental pollution challenges. Nevertheless, any …

A critical review of the effects of pretreatment methods on the exergetic aspects of lignocellulosic biofuels

S Soltanian, M Aghbashlo, F Almasi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pretreatment process is the key technological step in lignocellulose bioconversion into
biofuel owing to its robust molecular structure. This pivotal process can markedly affect the …

The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review

L Corominas, DM Byrne, JS Guest, A Hospido, P Roux… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely applied in the wastewater industry, but
inconsistencies in assumptions and methods have made it difficult for researchers and …

Measuring circular economy strategies through index methods: A critical analysis

V Elia, MG Gnoni, F Tornese - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last years, the circular economy (CE) paradigm is being widely explored by
researchers and institutions as a possible path to increase the sustainability of our economic …

[HTML][HTML] A systemic framework for sustainability assessment

S Sala, B Ciuffo, P Nijkamp - Ecological economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Sustainability assessment (SA) is a complex appraisal method. It is conducted for supporting
decision-making and policy in a broad environmental, economic and social context, and …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the potentials of multi criteria decision analysis methods to conduct sustainability assessment

M Cinelli, SR Coles, K Kirwan - Ecological indicators, 2014 - Elsevier
Sustainability assessments require the management of a wide variety of information types,
parameters and uncertainties. Multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been regarded as …

Sustainability appraisal of arsenic mitigation policy innovations in West Bengal, India

S Koley - Infrastructure Asset Management, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Treatment of arsenic-contaminated shallow groundwater upon extraction has become
imperative to provide safe drinking water in remote villages in West Bengal, India. Arsenic …

Sustainability assessment and indicators: Tools in a decision-making strategy for sustainable development

T Waas, J Hugé, T Block, T Wright, F Benitez-Capistros… - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
Recognizing the urgent need for sustainability, we argue that to move beyond the rhetoric
and to actually realize sustainable development, it must be considered as a decision-making …

Sustainability performance evaluation: Literature review and future directions

G Büyüközkan, Y Karabulut - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Current global economic activities are increasingly being perceived as unsustainable.
Despite the high number of publications, sustainability science remains highly dispersed …

Review of sustainability indices and indicators: Towards a new City Sustainability Index (CSI)

K Mori, A Christodoulou - Environmental impact assessment review, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to discuss conceptual requirements for a City Sustainability
Index (CSI) and to review existing major sustainability indices/indicators in terms of the …