Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact: Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment

Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact: Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment covers trending topics on the environmental impact of systems of production, putting emphasis on lifecycle assessment (LCA). This methodology is one of the most important tools of analysis, as mathematical models are applied that will quantify the systematic inputs and outputs of the processes in order to evaluate the sustainability of industrial processes and products. In this sense, LCA is mainly a tool to support environmental decision-making that analyzes the environmental impacts of products and technologies from a lifecycle perspective. The emergence of ever-larger global issues, such as the energy dilemma, the changing climate and the scarcity of natural resources, such as water, has boosted the search for tools capable of ensuring the reliability of the results published by the industries, and has become an important tool in order to achieve sustainability and environmental preservation. Thus, lifecycle assessment (LCA), including carbon footprint valuation is necessary to ensure better internal management. Provides guidance on environmental impacts and the carbon footprint of industrial processes Features guidelines in lifecycle assessment to support a sustainable approach, along with quantifiable data to support proposed solutions Includes a companion website with slides and graphics to quantity environmental impact and other metrics of lifecycle assessment INDICE: 1. Sustainability metrics and indicators through the life cycle assessment: A brief history 2. Fundamentals of life cycle assessment: Definitions, terminology, and concepts 3. Methods of evaluation of the impact on the life cycle 4. Optional elements of life cycle impact assessment 5. Assistant's tools towards life cycle assessment 6. Carbon Footprint and Carbon Market 7. The role of life cycle assessment in agricultural systems 8. Economic aspects of sustainability 9. Sustainability metrics and indicator strategies for a modern society

• ISBN: 978-0-12-823411-2
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 212
• Fecha Publicación: 20/07/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés