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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the construction sector – actual application and future outlook [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2022
The construction industry is responsible for positive and negative values in society, economy and environment. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) as framework is considered to provide a valuable support to decision makers, by extending the scope
Backes Jana Gerta, Traverso Marzia
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Social innovation and workplace development for social entrepreneurship [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2022
The purpose of this paper was to explore how social LCA (S-LCA) & social organizational LCA (SO-LCA), can be used to shape the business model of companies that want to be social sustainable both related to one’s own daily operation and the value ...
Valente Clara, Rubach Synnøve
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A novel framework for social life cycle assessment to achieve sustainable cultural tourism destinations

open access: yesTourism, 2023
Tourism has a significant multiplier effect on other socioeconomic sectors, leading to improved infrastructure and public services. Its environmental impact, however, remains a subject of concern and there has been a growing emphasis on increasing the ...
Mojtaba Javdan   +3 more
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Coronary Flow Assessment Using Accelerated 4D Flow MRI With Respiratory Motion Correction

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can potentially be used for non-invasive screening of patients with stable angina pectoris to identify probable obstructive coronary artery disease.
Carmen P. S. Blanken   +10 more
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An Integrated Framework for Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessments in PET Bottle Waste Management: A Case Study in Brazil

open access: yesWaste, 2023
The improper disposal of PET bottle waste in Brazil jeopardizes the sustainability goals, impacting the social, economic, and environmental aspects. In order to tackle this issue, this study introduces a framework that was developed using a combination ...
Eduardo J. P. Martin   +3 more
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Evaluation of a challenge-derived social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) framework

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 2021
Sustainability assessments provide methodologies to assess the environmental, economic, and social impacts of products along their life cycle. The purpose of this research is to develop a social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) framework derived from a set ...
Ricardo J. Bonilla-Alicea, Katherine Fu
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Social life cycle assessment of adaptive reuse

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2023
Adaptive reuse of existing buildings and shared spaces has been highlighted as a key circular economy concept in the built environment, with the former also having been found to increase social sustainability through the preservation of cultural heritage.
Rebecka Lundgren
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Social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA) of residential rooftop solar panels using challenge-derived framework

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society, 2022
Background Social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA) provides a framework to evaluate the social impacts of decisions made during the design phases of a product.
Ricardo J. Bonilla-Alicea, Katherine Fu
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The uncertainty analysis of life cycle assessment for water and wastewater systems: Review of literature

open access: yesAlexandria Engineering Journal, 2023
Water and wastewater systems play an essential role in sustainable development and public human health, which have multiple environmental impacts that must be regarded.
Zahra Sheikholeslami   +3 more
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The pursuit of methodological harmonization within the holistic sustainability assessment of CCU projects: A history and critical review

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability, 2023
Environmental sustainability assessments have been conducted around consumer goods since the 1960's, these adopted comparative approaches and followed no accepted methodology.
Alex J. K. Newman, Peter Styring
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