Purpose Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is a well-established analytical method
to quantify environmental impacts, which has been mainly applied to products. However …

This paper reviews the factors influencing the development and sustained operation of
regional industrial symbiosis (IS) networks and discusses the roles a coordination body can …

The supply of minerals and energy is critical to global society. However, this supply is
associated with social and environmental impacts, leading to concerns of generational and …

In recent years the increased awareness of environmental issues has led to the
development of new approaches to product design, known as Design for Environment and …

Exergy analysis is a thermodynamic approach used for analyzing and improving the
efficiency of chemical and thermal processes. It has also been extended for life cycle …

Understanding sustainability requires integrating multiple perspectives and investigative
methods to explain multidimensional concepts. However, the traditional approach to …

This paper develops a thermodynamic input–output (TIO) model of the 1997 United States
economy that accounts for the flow of cumulative exergy in the 488-sector benchmark …

As the environmental mindset became increasingly present in the steel industry, so did the
concerns with the developments of its market. In an attempt to address both sides of this …

Multiple methods exist to treat electric arc furnace dust (EAFD), aiming at high metal
recovery and low landfilling needs. However, a technology that is energy efficient and …

There is a lack of understanding on the different types of dynamics of building stocks, in real
life and in models. Moreover, there is now a particular interest in the embodied impacts of …