Environmental economic value calculation and sustainability assessment for constructed rapid infiltration system based on emergy analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 582-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Yang ◽  
Fan-Long Kong ◽  
Min Xi ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Sen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Emergy Analysis

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment of Modern High-Rise Timber Buildings

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8719
Author(s):  
Laura Tupenaite ◽  
Viktorija Zilenaite ◽  
Loreta Kanapeckiene ◽  
Tomas Gecys ◽  
Ineta Geipele
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
High Rise

As woodworking and construction technologies improve, the construction of multi-storey timber buildings is gaining popularity worldwide. There is a need to look at the design of existing buildings and assess their sustainability. The aim of the present study is to assess the sustainability of modern high-rise timber buildings using multi-criteria assessment methods. The paper presents a hierarchical system of sustainability indicators and an assessment framework, developed by the authors. Based on this framework, the tallest timber buildings in different countries, i.e., Mjøstårnet in Norway, Brock Commons in Canada, Treet in Norway, Forte in Australia, Strandparken in Sweden and Stadthaus in UK, were compared across the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic/technological, and social). Research has revealed that none of the buildings is leading in all dimensions of sustainability. However, each building is unique and has its own strengths. Overall multi-criteria assessment of the buildings revealed that the Brock Commons building in Canada has received the highest rank in all dimensions of sustainability. The paper contributes to the theory and practice of sustainability assessment and extends the knowledge about high-rise timber buildings. The proposed sustainability assessment framework can be used by both academics and practitioners for assessment of high-rise timber buildings.

Assessing universities’ social sustainability: accounting for stakeholder value

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Ayuso ◽  
Xavier Carbonell ◽  
Laia Serradell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sustainability Principles

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess higher education institutions’ (HEIs) social sustainability by applying Integrated Social Value (ISV) analysis to eight universities belonging to the Catalan Association of Public Universities in Spain. Design/methodology/approach ISV analysis is a social accounting methodology that considers both the economic value and the social value created for all the organisation’s stakeholders through a participatory and systematic process. Findings The authors have shown that ISV analysis can be effective to assess the impacts on social sustainability of HEIs. The monetised results facilitate understanding about the valued impacts and allow integration with the universities’ financial data. Research limitations/implications The research advances the under-researched topic of social sustainability assessment in higher education. Practical implications Quantifying universities’ social impacts in monetary terms may help to transform conventional financial accounting and improve HEIs’ internal strategy and management according to sustainability principles. Social implications The process of measuring the social value created by universities provides a way to meet the rising demands for greater accountability and transparency and facilitates engagement with stakeholders on how these institutions are contributing to sustainable development. Originality/value ISV analysis represents an innovative approach to assess how HEIs create benefits for its internal and external stakeholders and contribute to solutions to social challenges.

Approaches for Measuring Sustainability

2013 ◽  
pp. 158-184
Author(s):  
Evangelos Grigoroudis ◽  
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou ◽  
Yannis A. Phillis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Measuring Technique ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Limits To Growth

The environment provides the economy with resources (e.g., water, air, fuels, food, metals, minerals, and drugs), services (e.g., the cycles of H2O, C, CO2, N, O2; photosynthesis, and soil formation), and mechanisms to absorb waste. Economic growth is based on these three services, and since the global ecosystem does not grow, economic growth cannot continue indefinitely. The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have received much attention among policy-makers and scientists as a result of the existence of limits to growth and the dramatic environmental changes of the last decades. Sustainability integrates environmental, economic, and societal aspects. It also covers different geographical scales: ecosystems, regions, countries, and the globe. In this chapter, the authors review various models of sustainability assessment. Since there is no universally accepted definition and measuring technique of sustainability, these different models lead to different assessments. They also present a discussion of the sustainability indicators, aggregation tools, and data imputation techniques used in each approach.

scholarly journals The improvement of solidwaste management in Cibodas Botanical Garden through environmental economic valuation using the travel cost method

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 03001
Author(s):  
Iwan Juwana ◽  
Muhammad Sirdar Albar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Consumer Surplus ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Travel Cost ◽  
Travel Cost Method ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Total Economic Value

Cibodas Botanical Garden (CBG) is believed to have high environmental value for its function as conservation area and beautiful scenery. However, prior to this research, there is lack of economic valuation to determine the total value of CBG, including its environment. The local government, on the other hand, needs such environmental economic valuation to execute better decisions related to the CBG. This study aims at providing the mostly-needed economic valuation through the application of Travel Cost Method. The Travel Cost Method (TCM) is a method to calculate the economic value of products or services that do not own market value. This method utilises total cost of consumers who travel to certain places, preferably tourist destinations. The cost spent by consumers are considered as their willingness to pay (WTP) for the visited destination(s). In this study, TCM is used by preparing questionnaires for Cibodas visitors, analysing the results of the questionnaires, calculating the total economic value (TEV) of Cibodas, determining the consumer surplus, and proposing environmental programs at CBG. At the end, it was calculated that the TEV of Cibodas Botanical Garden is IDR113,072,532,700 with average WTP of the visitors IDR202,484 per visitor and the consumer surplus of IDR32,344 per visitor. Also, this study reveals that solid waste management improvement at CBG can be funded by potential income from the consumer surplus.

Decentralized peri-urban wastewater treatment technologies assessment integrating sustainability indicators

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Mena-Ulecia ◽  
Heykel Hernández Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Septic Tank ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Selection Of

Selection of treatment technologies without considering the environmental, economic and social factors associated with each geographical context risks the occurrence of negative impacts that were not properly foreseen, working against the sustainable performance of the technology. The principal aim of this study was to evaluate 12 technologies for decentralized treatment of domestic wastewater applicable to peri-urban communities using sustainability approaches and, at the same time, continuing a discussion about how to address a more integrated assessment of overall sustainability. For this, a set of 13 indicators that embody the environmental, economic and social approach for the overall sustainability assessment were used by means of a target plot diagram as a tool for integrating indicators that represent a holistic analysis of the technologies. The obtained results put forward different degrees of sustainability, which led to the selection of: septic tank + land infiltration; up-flow anaerobic reactor + high rate trickling filter and septic tank + anaerobic filter as the most sustainable and attractive technologies to be applied in peri-urban communities, according to the employed indicators.

scholarly journals Sustainability assessment of cellulosic biorefinery stillage utilization methods using emergy analysis

Energy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nawa Raj Baral ◽  
David M. Wituszynski ◽  
Jay F. Martin ◽  
Ajay Shah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Emergy Analysis

scholarly journals A Comparison about European Environmental Sustainability Rating Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Gustavo Henrique Bruno Polli
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Assessment Systems ◽  
Swot Matrix ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sustainability Assessment Tools

With the arising of environmental problems from the construction sector, the sustainability issues gained more space, making sustainability assessment tools emerge. These tools are based on the global definition of sustainability that meets Environmental, Economic, and Social criteria, and each system has a different and peculiar methodology. This paper aims to analyse the structure adopted by these European sustainability assessment systems: BREAM UK, DGBN (Germany), ITACA (Italy), LiderA (Portugal), and HQE (France), showing an overview of each system assisted by the SWOT Matrix, enabling the reader to better understand their differences. There are no superior or inferior systems, but each system notably performs much better in a subject or goal.

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