Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) tools link the environmental context of a building to design decision-making framework. Life Cycle (LCA) and Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS) are two approaches commonly used holistically analyse performance whole building. While GBRS is mostly based on checklist with many qualitative criteria, LCA compels decision-makers base analyses numerical evidenc...

At present, Viet Nam is intensifying work on the preparation of construction Center for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST) with a new research reactor (10 MWt capacity, possibility increasing capacity to 15 MWt). The implementation this project will improve Vietnam’s nuclear infrastructure become reliable stepping-stone further development energy. main tasks CNST are solving in field science...

The Canadian federal process for environmental impact assessment (EIA) integrates health, social, and environmental aspects into either a screening, comprehensive study, or a review by a public panel, depending on the expected severity of potential adverse environmental effects. In this example, a Public Review Panel considered a proposed diamond mining project in Canada's northern territories,...

Large-scale corporate projects, particularly those in extractive industries or hydropower development, have a history from early in the twentieth century of creating negative environmental, social, and health impacts on communities proximal to their operations. In many instances, especially for hydropower projects, the forced resettlement of entire communities was a feature in which local cultu...

We describe a real-life application of a new multicriteria method in the context of assisting the decision-making for a general plan in the municipality of Kirkkonummi in Uusimaa, Finland. At the time our group started working on the problem, a proposal for an overall plan had already been completed, but the order in which different regional parts of the plan should be implemented needed to be ...

Dusík and Bond introduce the EU taxonomy on green finance as an opportunity to kick off much-needed revolution in environmental impact assessment (EIA). The persistent weaknesses of EIA lead negative trade-offs between social, economic, domains. In my response, I attribute apparent weakness processes society, not so much instrument itself. Weaknesses that may hinder implementation well. Yet, th...

Abstract: Sustainability is increasingly considered an essential business function, but in Libya, petroleum companies are slow to address operational issues that could reduce environmental concerns. This study aims to evaluate the environmental impacts of upstream petroleum operations. The methods adopted in the study are a literature review, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) study and q...