The Water Footprint in Bioenergy - A Comparison of Four Biomass Sources to Produce Biofuels in Argentina -- Water Footprints of Hydropower Projects -- An Empirical Investigation into Water Footprint of Concrete Industry in Iran.This book highlights the concept of environmental water footprint in the energy (bioenergy & hydropower) sector and the building/construction sector, focusing on a case …
Energy Footprints of Food Products -- Energy and Carbon Footprint of Food Industry -- Energy Footprints of Textile Products.This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques, applications…
Social Life Cycle Assessment of Agricultural Products: Experiences on rice, sugarcane and cassava in Thailand -- A LCA Technique to Measure the Socially Business Responsible Profile: the case of Food Industry -- Case Study on Social Life Cycle Assessment of the Dairy Industry.This book highlights the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the agri-sector for rice, sugarcane, and cassava in Thai…
The Nexus among Hydrogen and the Energy Systems - A Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) -- Social Life Cycle Assessment of a concentrating solar power plant -- Social Life Cycle Assessment and the Use Phase .This book highlights the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the energy and textile sectors. It also presents a range of models, indices, impact categories, etc. for SLCA that are curren…
edited by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu.
A Mining Industry Sustainability Index: the case of Gold and Uranium -- Sustainable City Indicators in Malaysia -- Indicators of measuring transport system in India.This book highlights various methods for quantifying sustainability indicators using different indices. To date, numerous sustainability indicators encompassing either all three pillars (economic, environmental and social) or indivi…
Water Footprint of Agricultural Products -- Water Footprint of Livestock Farming -- Water Footprint and Consumer Products -- Water Footprint of a Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Strategy Based on Membrane Technology.This book uses case studies to highlight the environmental water footprints in the agricultural and livestock farming sector, and those of consumer products. Water conservation i…
Addressing Environmental Criteria and Energy Footprint in the Selection of Feedstocks for Bioenergy Production -- Cumulative Energy Demand of Hydrogen Energy Systems -- Energy Footprint of India: Scope for Improvements in End-use Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.This book examines the energy footprints of various industrial sectors, including the bio- and hydrogen energy systems, and expl…
Energy Footprint of Biorefinery Schemes -- A Technical Review on Methods and Tools for Evaluation of Energy Footprints, Impact on Buildings and Environment -- Establishment of Electrical Energy Benchmarking Protocol for the Assessment of the Carbon Emission in Hotel Industry.This book deals with the energy footprints of biorefineries and the hotel and buildings sector. It presents footprint cas…
Environmental Footprints of Water - Concepts, Tools, Importance and Challenges -- Corporate Water Footprint Accounting of Select Thermal Power Plants in India -- Water Footprint and Food Products.This book discusses the concept of water footprint and corporate water footprint, presenting case studies on a thermal power plant in India and on the food sector. Water conservation is a key element o…