This article presents a novel solution to enhance the performance and cost-effectiveness of a biomass-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. It investigates the proposed configuration from energy, exergy, economic, and environmental aspects. The idea is conducted by the integration of the proposal with a gasifier, multi-effect desalination (MED) unit, and the series two-stage organic Rankine

With the increasing concern of government and the public on air quality, accurately forecasting air quality index is important in guiding pollution control and protecting public health at an early stage. The main purpose of this research is to develop optimal combined forecast for predicting air pollutant. Therefore, a selection method based on cooperative information criterion is proposed to determine

Although plenty of research has been carried out to develop a multitude of sustainability assessment methods, few guidelines and criteria have been established to help practitioners and researchers find the most appropriate method for a specific case. Studies have shown the importance of integrating sustainability assessments when conducting research and development activities, but have not provided

Remanufacturing has been recognized as a burgeoning technology with high economic benefits and low resource consumption. Remanufacturing process scheme planning is a key part of remanufacturing systems. However, the evaluation of the remanufacturing scheme involves many factors that are difficult to quantify, and the traditional Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) method mainly relies on setting

Well-structured Energy Management Maturity Models (EMMMs) are advanced and easy-to-use energy management (EM) approaches for energy management systems (EnMSs), providing both qualitative metrics and improvement guidelines. And the metrics serve the most valuable role. To furnish the users in different contexts (regional or industrial) with optimal applicability, an EMMM should deliver the most specific

To address increasing environmental sustainability concerns among consumers, many companies have developed approaches to provide functions, rather than products through product-service systems (PSS). This study evaluates a use-oriented tool rental service from Husqvarna, called ‘Tools for you,’ with the aim to identify critical processes to improve the sustainability of the offering. The environmental

Green innovation is the primary determinant of green supply chain development. To encourage enterprises of the supply chain to consciously execute green innovation, the government often adopts targeted innovation subsidy strategies. In this paper, three types of innovation subsidy scenarios are considered, and, for generality, consumers are categorized as green and non-green, with the following conclusions

With the emergence of a series of physical sharing platforms such as Uber and Airbnb, the business model of the sharing economy (SE) is rapidly developing globally. Existing research on the sharing economy mainly involves three main aspects: the connotation of the sharing economy, the business model of the sharing economy, and the impact of the sharing economy. We begin by introducing the reasons why

Medical waste is a special class of hazardous pollutants. Improper treatment would cause secondary environmental pollution, especially when responding to public health emergencies. However, there are relatively few researches on the generation of medical waste, and there is a lack of basic understanding of its spatial-temporal heterogeneity. The outbreak of SARS in 2002 is a turning point in China's

Waste-to-energy (WTE) is the focus of academia and industry triggered by the over-increasing amount of waste and rapidly depleting energy resources. Designing a waste-to-energy supply chain, focusing on supply its supply chain aspects, this study aims at converting the waste into profit, reducing the environmental pollution, and generating the energy from bio-waste. The proposed model considers a two-echelon

The adoption of sustainability standards within organizations represents one of the most significant challenges that firms face. This qualitative based study draws on the core-periphery thesis of organizational change by Siggelkow (2002) and the resource-based view of the firm to explore the three adoption architectures firms can use to integrate green certification scheme standards into their business

Bicycle-sharing is experiencing explosive growth in China, and it is expected to be an environmental friendly practice, however, mass production and insufficient recycling of shared bicycles may bring great negative environmental impact. In this study, we conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of bicycle-sharing in China to estimate the negative environmental impacts of the stages of the whole life

We contribute to the social innovation debate, integrating the social entrepreneurship and cooperative-network innovation fields, by investigating the effect of product, technological, and process innovation investments of social enterprises on social and environmental outcomes. Relying on a willingness-ability paradigm, we discuss under which circumstances social innovation unfolds. Drawing on unique

The life cycle assessment of the ABC (Pvt) Ltd brick manufacturing plant has considered land use, fossil resource scarcity, water consumption, global warming and fine particulate matter formation as the impact categories for assessment, with clay mining and coal as the input flows with the highest significant contributions to environmental load. The phase of clay mining (65.8%) is significantly impacting

In this paper, a multi-objective, multi-period, and stochastic mathematical model is developed to identify drought-resilient strategies for balancing human and environmental water needs given uncertainty about future water availability. The model makes sustainable water withdrawal/distribution decisions for the interconnected water reservoirs of a river network through balancing societal and environmental

Policy-makers face the challenge of assessing and implementing sustainability measures, while also dealing with parallel and sometimes conflicting policy agendas, long-term policy impacts, and contested interpretations of sustainability. To support evidence-based decision-making in this context, this paper presents the results from an integrated assessment of sustainability goal interactions. Links

In open-pit mines, the traditional truck-based haulage system has consumed large amounts of energy in the haulage sector for many years. The use of continuous in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) systems is a viable option to significantly reduce energy consumption in this sector. Considering the relationship between the energy data and the amount of mineral extracted in the haulage sector of an open-pit

Housing infrastructure is the basic need of living, and due to disaster, many houses got damaged. Therefore, assessing resilience for housing infrastructure against a flood hazard is an important task for any community as it gives the real scenario of the capability to resist and recover from the disaster after the occurrence of the hazard. The process of resilience quantification requires a different

The development of the textile industry directly leads to the growth of pre-consumer waste generation. Investigating textile supply chain waste management in China is necessary to determine potential measures with the purpose of waste reduction from textile production. In this study, 396 textile supply chain factories in China were surveyed to evaluate their waste generation (quantity, waste streams

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) face significant challenges when applying their technologies in base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) contexts. This paper explores the mobilization of MNE technologies and local actors in the case of Grundfos LIFELINK and deploys an actor-network theory (ANT) translation framework to unravel immersion processes of MNE technologies in local BoP contexts. The study adopts a longitudinal

Due to the increasingly demanding legal regulations, regarding both sewage sludge (SS) and solid residues obtained during its thermal utilization processes, new solutions to limit their negative impact on the environment are sought. One approach that eliminates the risk of sewage sludge ash (SSA) is its use in cement building materials. The article contains a detailed literature review regarding the

Quantitative environmental assessments are crucial in working effectively towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. Over the last decades, life cycle assessments (LCA) have been established as a viable means of measuring the environmental impacts of products along the supply chain. In regard to user and consumption patterns, however, methodological weaknesses have been reported and,

In the present paper a Design for Additive Manufacturing approach is proposed, with the aim to outline a generalized method and define an energy consumption model that allow, during the development of component design, to evaluate the effects of the different solutions on the energy efficiency of the additive process that will build the component. For this purpose the concept of building energy is

This paper presents a state-of-the-art review of the utilization of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) aggregates in roller compacted concrete pavement (RCCP) mixes. Owing to the cost-effectiveness and fast-to-construct feature of RCCP, the utilization of RAP in this paving technology seems to be the next best option. In this paper, several issues and factors affecting the fresh and hardened properties

Climate aid refers to official development assistance relevant for mitigation and adaptation, and it is an important guarantee for action against climate change. Meanwhile, evidences suggesting that a large portion of climate aid flows to energy areas and the resulting energy restructuring is highly associated with carbon emissions in recipient countries. Focusing on the complicated relations among

Artificial aggregates (AAs) are man-made construction material, and the properties greatly depend on its manufacturing process (e.g. granulation and hardening) and the raw materials (usually different source of wastes) used. This paper reviews the granulation process and suitable raw materials for each hardening method. Hardening methods including sintering, cold-bonding, accelerated carbonation and

This paper evaluated the carbon footprint of the papaya supply chain to Yasothon Market in Yasothon province, Thailand. There is high consumption of papaya in Yasothon municipality but a lack of papaya plantations in the area lead to a vast amount import of papaya. The study developed a green supply chain and logistics model, using network analysis. The best route for each significant case was the

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the recycling of Tetra Pak waste via pyrolysis to recover the most valuable solid products within its composition, char and aluminum, and the subsequent application of the char in the adsorption of mercury in aqueous solutions. The impact of the Tetra Pak pyrolysis conditions on the char and aluminum yields and their associated properties have been analyzed

The industrial revolution has brought about great development in the economy, but it has also increased the dependence on fossil energy. The emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have contradicted economic development and the ecological environment. The establishment of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) has improved the global carbon emission price mechanism, but as a new commodity, its

Urban metabolism research can quantify the movements and transformations of matter and energy in cities, and can provide insights for alleviating urban resource and environmental problems. Therefore, it has attracted extensive attention from urban ecology researchers. However, there has been no comprehensive review of the research, and it’s unclear how various perspectives have developed. In this study

Waste heat recovery is one of the crucial and fundamental issue of energy management related with energy efficiency improvement, fuel savings, and reduction of greenhouse gases emissions. The paper provides with the experimentation of the prototype heat recovery system dedicated to the small and mid-sized maritime combustion engines of the nominal load of 100-250 kW. The waste heat recovery system

Boosted by impressive technological innovation and cost reductions, renewable energy in a growing number of countries is now primarily considered for its social and economic benefits. Among the renewable energy promotion actions at the global level, photovoltaic poverty alleviation (PVPA) program in China is very unique since the targeted users are villagers in poverty regions. Under this condition

It still remains uncertainty whether China’s future investment is conducive to carbon reduction of Belt and Road (B&R) region or not. Here, the possible impact of China’s investment was revealed by comparing the CO2 emissions of B&R region in different Chinese investment scenarios. The results showed that CO2 emissions of B&R region will cumulatively increase by 1973Gt in 2018-2100 in the “No-Chinese

Vehicle fleets are considered an important context for the deployment of innovations such as electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Fleet vehicles constitute a significant share of vehicle registrations, yet little research has been conducted into how the make-up of the changing fleet market could influence upscaling of innovations. This paper presents an in-depth study of the fleet

Direct discharge of water containing excessive nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations into the aquatic environment can lead to loss of resources and eutrophication. Biochar prepared by thermochemical treatment of feedstocks, particularly the metal modified biochar, which can be used as a new adsorbent for aquatic environmental treatment. Herein, a novel panda manure biochar (PMBC) modified by carboxymethyl

The safety of agricultural products has always been a matter of great concern to people. To address this concern, many blockchain-based agricultural product traceability systems (BAPTSs) have been constructed. The implementation of such systems necessitates the selection of an appropriate design scheme. However, due to the diversity of agricultural products and the uncertainty of the environment, selecting

Biodiesel is a carbon neutral liquid fuel that is derived from transesterification of lipids in biomass. Microalgae could be a promising raw feedstock for biodiesel production thanks to high lipid content in line with the rapid carbon fixation capability. Nonetheless, lipid productivity from microalgae is sensitive to microalgal species and cultivation conditions. Hence, to seek cultivation parameters