Sustainability has become an important initiative discussed and undertaken, not only by private buildings, but also by public buildings which both dealing with residential, office, commercial as well as hospital. Sustainable building is the practice of designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and removing buildings in ways that conserve natural resources and reduce pollution. Rating sys...

Merging sustainable development with the business, and taking goals into account from its three dimensions (i.e., economic, environmental and social) which are derived from customer and stakeholder requirements have been a potential source of competitive differentiation for firms. Academic and corporate interest in sustainable supply chain (SSC) management has also risen considerably in recent ...

This paper explores the constructions of sustainability within a recent land-use planning event. The focus is upon the discursive processes employed by key actors and agents in constructing concepts of sustainability during a local planning inquiry of a retail and leisure development ‘called-in’ by the Secretary of State for the Environment. It reveals which discourses in particular were employ...

In this paper we develop a rigorous modeling and analytical framework for the design of sustainable supply chain networks. We consider a firm that is engaged in determining the capacities of its various supply chain activities, that is, the manufacturing, storage, and distribution of the product to the demand locations. The firm is faced with both capital costs associated with constructing the ...

The Theory of Waste Management represents a more in-depth account of the domain and contains conceptual analyses of waste, the activity upon waste, and a holistic view of the goals of waste management. Waste Management Theory is founded on the expectation that waste management is to prevent waste causing harm to human health and the environment. The proper definition of waste is crucial to cons...

China—the largest developing country in the world—is experiencing both rapid economic maturation and large-scale urbanization. These situations have led to waste disposal problems, and the need to identify alternative energy sources. Waste-to-energy (WTE) conversion processes, a source of renewable energy, are expected to play an increasingly important role in China’s sustainable management of ...

Constructing IT infrastructures as a part of the enterprise architecture is influenced by aspects like customer’s requirements, and scope of technology. Today in discussions of designing new or redesigning existing IT infrastructures you may recognize the aspect sustainability, too. In relation to sustainability the keyword “green IT” is mentioned. First of all, we clear the scientific context ...