[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment (LCA)–from analysing methodology development to introducing an LCA framework for marine photovoltaic (PV) systems

J Ling-Chin, O Heidrich, AP Roskilly - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Previously, life cycle assessment (LCA) focussing on principles or applications has been
considerably reviewed. Still, an up-to-date review on LCA methodology development (rather …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of electricity generation in Turkey

B Atilgan, A Azapagic - Energy Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents for the first time an integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of the
electricity sector in Turkey, considering environmental, economic and social aspects. Twenty …

Application of the TOPSIS and intuitionistic fuzzy set approaches for ranking the life cycle sustainability performance of alternative vehicle technologies

NC Onat, S Gumus, M Kucukvar, O Tatari - Sustainable Production and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This research involves two novel elements to advance the body of knowledge in existing
sustainability assessment frameworks for alternative vehicle technologies. First, we …

[HTML][HTML] Towards sustainable production and consumption: a novel decision-support framework integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability …

A Azapagic, L Stamford, L Youds… - Computers & Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The idea of sustainable production and consumption is becoming a widely-accepted
societal goal worldwide. However, its implementation is slow and the world continues to …

Carbon footprint scenarios for renewable electricity in Australia

P Wolfram, T Wiedmann, M Diesendorf - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite considerable mitigation efforts, global emissions from the electricity sector continued
to grow in recent years. In Australia, the electricity sector is the largest CO 2-emitting …

Uncertainty in life cycle costing for long-range infrastructure. Part II: guidance and suitability of applied methods to address uncertainty

C Scope, P Ilg, S Muench, E Guenther - The international journal of life …, 2016 - Springer
Life cycle costing (LCC) is the state-of-the-art method to economically evaluate long-term
projects over their life spans. However, uncertainty in long-range planning raises concerns …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced data envelopment analysis for sustainability assessment: A novel methodology and application to electricity technologies

Á Galán-Martín, G Guillén-Gosálbez, L Stamford… - Computers & Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Quantifying the level of sustainability attained by a system is a challenging task due to the
need to consider a wide range of economic, environmental and social aspects …

Environmental performance of electricity generation based on resources: a life cycle assessment case study in Turkey

Z Günkaya, A Özdemir, A Özkan, M Banar - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
The aim of this paper was to determine how to change the environmental performance of
electricity generation depending on the resources and their shares, in order to support …

Where have all the funds gone? Multiregional input-output analysis of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

F Monsalve, JE Zafrilla, MÁ Cadarso - Ecological Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The new European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) was
purposely established to “contribute to the promotion of sustainable rural development …

Socio-economic impacts of low-carbon power generation portfolios: Strategies with and without CCS for the Netherlands

BS Koelbl, MA van den Broek, HC Wilting… - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) could be an interesting option to mitigate
greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands. This study compares a mitigation strategy for …