[HTML][HTML] Metrics for optimising the multi-dimensional value of resources recovered from waste in a circular economy: A critical review

E Iacovidou, CA Velis, P Purnell, O Zwirner… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Established assessment methods focusing on resource recovery from waste within a circular
economy context consider few or even a single domain/s of value, ie environmental …

Advancing quantification methods of sustainability: A critical examination emergy, exergy, ecological footprint, and ecological information-based approaches

A Kharrazi, S Kraines, L Hoang, M Yarime - Ecological Indicators, 2014 - Elsevier
Sustainability is increasingly used to describe a paradigm for shaping the social and
economic future of mankind. While the concept of sustainability remains elusive, various …

An emergy-based approach to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating IoT-based sensing systems into smart buildings

T Kumar, R Srinivasan, M Mani - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Wireless Sensing Systems based on the Internet of Things (IoT) are increasingly
being deployed in smart buildings to reduce their energy consumption and environmental …

Empirical assessment of the circular economy of selected European countries

T Škrinjarić - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This research focuses on assessing the results of achieving circular economy (CE) goals in
selected European countries for the period from 2010 to 2016. The European Union has …

An adaptive neural fuzzy interface structure optimisation for prediction of energy consumption and airflow of a ventilation system

AS Hati, P Kumar - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal mines are prone to fatal vulnerabilities due to improper airflow, a susceptible threat that
leads to vitiating safety and human resources. Hence, continuous monitoring of the …

Artificial neural network structure optimisation for accurately prediction of exergy, comfort and life cycle cost performance of a low energy building

IG Kerdan, DM Gálvez - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, surrogate modelling approaches have been implemented to overcome the
time and computational power demands of traditional building energy modelling. Artificial …

Quantifying the sustainability of economic resource networks: An ecological information-based approach

A Kharrazi, E Rovenskaya, BD Fath, M Yarime… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Sustainability as a concept has multiple disparate perspectives stemming from different
related disciplines which either maintain ambiguous interpretations or concentrate on …

Extended-exergy analysis of the Chinese society

GQ Chen, B Chen - Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Extended-exergy analysis (EEA) for Chinese society was carried out in this paper to present
a benchmarking case for future comparative studies in social systems ecology based on …

Exergy-based ecological indicators: from thermo-economics to cumulative exergy consumption to thermo-ecological cost and extended exergy accounting

E Sciubba - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a summary of the conceptual development and the practical
applications of exergy-based Environmental Indicators. After a brief historical introduction …

Sustainability and future alternatives of biogas-linked agrosystem (BLAS) in China: an emergy synthesis

S Chen, B Chen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The biogas-linked agriculture has experienced a rapid development in recent years in rural
China, which serves both as part of the country's developmental strategies of cleaner energy …