“Sustainability Calling: Underpinning Technologies”

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Waste to Energy Technologies in Iran

Introduction: Current energy sources are coming to end and one of the main priorities of the country’s management is the energy recovery from renewable energy. Considerable quantity of municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the most serious urban pollution sources. Impact assessment matrix is a new and fast tool for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Materials and Methods: In this regard, r...

Sustainability Assessment of Technologies – An Integrative Approach

The Reinvention of Technologies for Sustainability

Oakdene Hollins provides clients with these services: ● Modelling and impact assessment ● Programme management and evaluation ● Project management ● Ecolabelling advice ● Carbon footprinting ● Critical review of life cycle assessment ● Policy and strategy development ● Lean manufacturing ● Economic analysis ● Market appraisal.

Major Barriers to Application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Technologies in Sustainability of Livestock Units

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the major barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in sustainability of livestock by ranchers of Meshkinshahr. A sample of 120 farmers was selected by using proportional random sampling method. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was determined through Agricultural Jihad ex...

Social sustainability assessment of conversion technologies: Municipal solid waste into bioenergy using Best Worst Method

The majority of sustainability assessments of the bio based industries are primarily focused on the environmental and economic aspects, while social impacts are rarely considered. While overlooking social dimension can have a serious harmful impact across supply chains. To address this issue, this study proposes a modified systemic approach for a social sustainability impact assessment of the te...