Life cycle assessment of campuses: A systematic review

Y Qiu, Y Dong - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Extensive research has been dedicated to the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) for
evaluating environmental impacts on campuses, while there remains a scarcity of …

Validity and utility of ecological footprint accounting: A state-of-the-art review

L Zhang, M Dzakpasu, R Chen, XC Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2017 - Elsevier
As with concerns of increasing environmental degradation, research on environmental
sustainability is growing in importance. The Ecological Footprint (EF) metric is a resource …

Carbon footprinting of universities worldwide: Part I—objective comparison by standardized metrics

E Helmers, CC Chang, J Dauwels - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2021 - Springer
Background Universities, as innovation drivers in science and technology worldwide, should
be leading the Great Transformation towards a carbon–neutral society and many have …

Is there more in common than we think? Convergence of ecological footprinting, emergy analysis, life cycle assessment and other methods of environmental …

M Patterson, G McDonald, D Hardy - Ecological Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last four decades, Environmental Accounting tools have been developed to
conceptualise and quantify the direct and indirect effects of human activity on the …

Environmental benefits of macroalgae products: A case study of agar based on life cycle assessment

R Zhang, Q Wang, H Shen, Y Yang, P Liu, Y Dong - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Seaweed (marine macroalgae) cultivation and hydrocolloids industries can contribute
significantly to sustainable development and bio-economy. However, there has been a lack …

Prediction of water resource carrying capacity by the analytic hierarchy process-fuzzy discrimination method in a mining area

M Chi, D Zhang, G Fan, W Zhang, H Liu - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
The problem of water damage caused by coal mining has been a widespread concern in all
sectors of society. Research into carrying ability relations of coal mining and water resources …

Key Performance Indicators to optimize the environmental performance of Higher Education Institutions with environmental management system–A case study of …

VG Lo-Iacono-Ferreira, SF Capuz-Rizo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Environmental performance is becoming increasingly important to organizational decision-
making boards. As with other organizations, Higher Education Institutions concerned with …

Do life-cycle costing and assessment integration support decision-making towards sustainable development?

NG Atia, MA Bassily, AA Elamer - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines whether the integration of life cycle costing and life cycle assessment
based on the sequence of activities within the value chain support decision making towards …

The environmental impacts of face-to-face and remote university classes during the COVID-19 pandemic

DAL Silva, G Giusti, IS Rampasso, ACF Junior… - Sustainable Production …, 2021 - Elsevier
The face-to-face university classes were abruptly transferred to virtual environments during
the pandemic of COVID-19, which generated changes in teaching routine and …

Combining green roofs and rainwater harvesting systems in university buildings under different climate conditions

AP Almeida, T Liberalesso, CM Silva… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Rainwater Harvesting Systems (RWHS) are an alternative solution with the
potential to increase water supply security and reduce the pressure on water resources and …