Sustainability concept for energy, water and environment systems

2004 ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naim Afgan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Concept

QFD APPROACH FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEM

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Nur Indrianti ◽  
Devika Kumala ◽  
Tri Wibawa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Service System ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Productivity Index ◽  
Product Service System ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Service Productivity ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Increasing awareness of the importance of services has given rise to the concept of product-service system where goods and services are sold as an integrated package to customers. On the other hand, the emerging sustainability concept has escalated the demand for sustainability for industries. Consequently, it is necessary to build strategies that lead the company to achieve sustainability goals while keeping competitiveness. Drawing on the necessity service and sustainability concept in the quality improvement of the product-service system, this study aims to develop a systematic design tool by filling the gap to the previous studies. We used Quality Function Deployment (QFD) approach by considering customer requirements (VoC) and stakeholder requirements (VoSt), instead of VoC only, based on the service and sustainability dimensions. We refer to the proposed QFD approach as QFDSPS. We introduce service productivity index (SPI) to measure the performance of the system. Thus, in the proposed methodology, the strategies for quality improvement were defined as subject to VoC, VoSt, and SPI. The methodology was implemented in a Javanese restaurant which meets the characteristics of a product-service system. The result shows that the proposed method can be implemented. The implications due to the implementation of the method are also discussed.

The use of technology for the growth of the sustainability concept inside community

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Matheus Martins de Moraes ◽  
Henrique Amon de Lima Viveiros ◽  
Felipe Fernandes Jacintho ◽  
Gabriela Maia Camargo ◽  
Jose Feliciano Adami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Sustainability Concept

scholarly journals Multispecies sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph D. D. Rupprecht ◽  
Joost Vervoort ◽  
Chris Berthelsen ◽  
Astrid Mangnus ◽  
Natalie Osborne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Resource Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Non-technical summary The sustainability concept seeks to balance how present and future generations of humans meet their needs. But because nature is viewed only as a resource, sustainability fails to recognize that humans and other living beings depend on each other for their well-being. We therefore argue that true sustainability can only be achieved if the interdependent needs of all species of current and future generations are met, and propose calling this ‘multispecies sustainability’. We explore the concept through visualizations and scenarios, then consider how it might be applied through case studies involving bees and healthy green spaces.

Trend in Sustainability of Facility Design and Production Planning in Manufacturing

2012 ◽  
Vol 229-231 ◽  
pp. 2562-2566
Author(s):  
Seyed Ali Hosseini ◽  
Amin Nosratabadi ◽  
Taravatsadat Nehzati ◽  
Napsiah Binti Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Production Planning ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Facility Design ◽  
Sustainability Concept ◽  
Design And Production

The sustainability concept today is at the front lines of new technologies in manufacturing, products and work methodology. Be a sustainable manufacturer is critical issue to the future of manufacturing system. Various efforts have been conducted around the world to ensure the sustainability of manufacturing system. This study addresses current trend in sustainable manufacturing by focus on two major elements, which are facility design and production planning. Critical challenges are listed and future trends have been discussed.

scholarly journals Diets within Environmental Limits: The Climate Impact of Current and Recommended Australian Diets

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1122
Author(s):  
Bradley Ridoutt ◽  
Danielle Baird ◽  
Gilly A. Hendrie
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Climate Impact ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Additional Contribution ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Dietary Strategy ◽  
Sustainability Concept ◽  
Operating Space ◽  
Environmental Limits

Planetary boundaries are an important sustainability concept, defining absolute limits for resource use and emissions that need to be respected to avoid major and potentially irreversible earth system change. To remain within the safe operating space for humanity, there is a need for urgent adoption of climate-neutral diets, which make no additional contribution to warming. In the first study of its kind, a new climate metric, the Global Warming Potential Star (GWP*), was used to assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with 9341 Australian adult diets obtained from the Australian Health Survey. Dietary climate footprints averaged 3.4 kg CO2-equivelent per person per day, with total energy intake explaining around one quarter of the variation. Energy-dense and nutrient-poor discretionary foods contributed around one third. With lower climate footprint food choices, a diet consistent with current Australian dietary guidelines had a 42% lower climate footprint. Currently, it is not possible to define a climate-neutral dietary strategy in Australia because there are very few climate-neutral foods in the Australian food system. To bring Australian diets into line with the climate stabilization goals of the Paris Agreement, the most important need is for innovation across the agricultural and food processing industries to expand the range of climate-neutral foods available.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Sustainability Concept of Urban Food Production from a Stakeholders’ Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Sanyé-Mengual ◽  
Francesco Orsini ◽  
Giorgio Gianquinto
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Urban Food Production ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Sustainability reference systems and indicators for responsible marine capture fisheries: a review of concepts and elements for a set of guidelines

2000 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 385 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Garcia ◽  
D. J. Staples
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Reference Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Sustainability Concept ◽  
Different Dimensions

This review was prepared as a background document for the Consultation on Sustainable Indicators for Capture Fisheries held in Sydney, Australia, 18–22 January 1998. It aims to facilitate the development and implementation of indicators and to serve as a basis for the development of part of the series of Technical Guidelines in Support of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The paper reviews the concept of sustainable development (‘sustainability’). Five sustainability frameworks are suggested for developing and grouping indicators. A discussion of the criteria that could be used to measure and monitor progress towards sustainability includes the types of possible indicators, their use within the sustainability concept, use of reference points on which to compare indicators and their relation to planning and management. Sustainable Development Reference Systems are introduced as a tool for grouping indicators and representing the interrelationships among them. Visual methods of portraying the human and environmental dimensions of sustainability and their indicators can be broadened to permit temporal and spatial comparisons. These, combined with systems to scale the different dimensions to reflect different societal values of their importance, can assist policy makers, fisheries managers, industries, non-governmental organizations and the general public in understanding and assessing progress towards sustainable development of capture fisheries.

scholarly journals Lost in Translation? Multiple Discursive Strategies and the Interpretation of Sustainability in the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry

Food Ethics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernt Aarset ◽  
Siri Granum Carson ◽  
Heidi Wiig ◽  
Inger Elisabeth Måren ◽  
Jessica Marks
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Salmon Farming ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Sustainability Concept ◽  
Contextual Environment ◽  
Farming Industry ◽  
Lost In Translation ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe term ‘sustainability’ is vague and open to interpretation. In this paper we analyze how firms use the term in an effort to make the concept their own, and how it becomes a premise for further decisions, by applying a bottom-up approach focusing on the interpretation of ‘sustainability’ in the Norwegian salmon-farming industry. The study is based on a strategic selection of informants from the industry and the study design rests on: 1) identification of the main drivers of sustainability, and 2) the application of five different discursive strategies to analyze how the firms maneuver to legitimize ‘sustainability’ in their conduct. We employ the Critical Discourse Analysis framework, which emphasizes how discourses provide different concepts of meaning. The sustainability concept is assessed based on how sustainability is brought into action by social actors in a legitimate way, and how this action results in sustainable practices. The empirical case of the study is the verbal justification of sustainability practices among representatives of the Norwegian salmon-farming industry. We aim to find out how these representatives translate the rather vague directives of the sustainability concept into legitimate choices that resonate with the firms’ contextual environment, hence, how the salmon farmers perceive, explore, interpret, explain, enact, and defend the diverse landscape of sustainability when implementing professional decisions. We found a trend of passive adaptation to external requirements, such as public regulations and regulative requirements from certification bodies. At the same time, there are progressive forces that attempt to improve the sustainability of the farming practices by involvement in research and innovation projects or cooperation with other firms, e.g. the contribution from offshore engineers in developing high seas farms. The strategies outlined and discussed cannot be seen as a typology to categorize the firms. More than one discursive strategy may be involved in one firm’s choice, and the strategies may work on different levels.

scholarly journals Lean & Green on Industry 4.0 Context – Contribution to Understand L&G Drivers and Design Principles

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1214-1229
Author(s):  
Lenin John ◽  
Manuel Sampayo ◽  
Paulo Peças
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
Systems Implementation ◽  
Sustainability Concept ◽  
Proper Definition ◽  
Definition Of

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the implementation of Lean & Green (L&G) in an Industry 4.0 (I4.0) environment can enhance the potential impact of the L&G approach and help manufacturing companies moving towards higher operational and sustainable performances. The research work developed here shows that although a proper definition of L&G is neither exposed worldwide nor explicitly implemented under that name, the current industrial firms are deeply concerned about the demanding challenge of keeping businesses flexible and agile without forgetting strategies to minimize the acceleration of climate change. So, one contribution of this paper is the identification and characterization of L&G drivers and design principles, supporting a robust and well-informed L&G systems implementation. As inferred from the research work, this challenge demands high quality and updated data together with assertive information. Thus, the implementation of L&G in I4.0 contexts is the answer to overcome the identified barriers. Likewise, an L&G system contributes to overcoming the challenges of I4.0 implementation regarding the triple bottom line sustainability concept. Consequently, another contribution of this paper is to depict why an L&G system performs better in the I4.0 context.

scholarly journals Green Economy Sustainability in the UAE and Agrarian Leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
István Kunos ◽  
Somayeh Kariman ◽  
Aigul Meirmanova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Recently, green economy sustainability has become one of the major studies for science. In particular, developing countries need more infrastructure and technologies in order to improve their green economy. This article attempts to demonstrate a way of the implementing the green economy sustainability concept in the United Arab Emirates through improvement of the green economy based on new technologies, innovations and agrarian leadership.

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