Model for evaluating the environmental sustainability of energy projects

Manzini, Fabio; Islas, Jorge; Macías, Paloma

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2011.01.012

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“…Manzini et al (2011) Production Framework for social assessment of projects and indicator of social impact based on the project life cycle. Brent (2005, 2006a), M A N U S C R I P T…”

Section: Díaz-aguado and González-nicieza (2008) Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Using project management as a way to sustainability. From a comprehensive review to a framework definition

Marcelino-Sádaba

González-Jaen²,

Pérez-Ezcurdia

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Manzini et al (2011) Production Framework for social assessment of projects and indicator of social impact based on the project life cycle. Brent (2005, 2006a), M A N U S C R I P T…”

Section: Díaz-aguado and González-nicieza (2008) Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Using project management as a way to sustainability. From a comprehensive review to a framework definition

Marcelino-Sádaba

González-Jaen²,

Pérez-Ezcurdia

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

248

237

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“…Hence, there is a need to develop a tool that would allow quantifying the sustainability of a business project. Taking into account the fact that sustainability indicators and composite index are used to assess different aspects of sustainability [8,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], we decided to develop a composite sustainability index to assess the sustainability of a project (CSIP). The construction industry was chosen for research purposes.…”

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An Index to Measure Sustainability of a Business Project in the Construction Industry: Lithuanian Case

Dobrovolskienė

Tamošiūnienė

2015

Sustainability

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Abstract:The continuous growth of the world population, resource scarcity and the threat of climate change pose numerous environmental and social problems to the world. Therefore, much hope is put in the concept of sustainability. Companies are increasingly coming under strong global pressure to incorporate sustainability considerations into their project decision-making process. Business projects in the construction industry are among the most important, as this sector is one of the largest sectors and of major importance for the national economy and therefore has a huge impact on the environment and society. Thus, we have to explore ways to integrate sustainability into the management of those projects. This paper presents a composite sustainability index of a project (CSIP) which has been created following a review of existing literature and a pilot research study. A pilot research study was conducted in the Lithuanian construction industry between January 2015 and June 2015. Sustainability criteria were chosen and grouped on the basis of the analysis of the literature and different standards relating to sustainability applicable in the construction industry. A survey was used to select and rank the most important sustainability criteria. The index was constructed using multi-criteria decision-making methods. The results of the pilot study revealed that practitioners in the Lithuanian construction sector attach most importance to 15 sustainability criteria. A composite sustainability index of a project combining all these criteria may be useful in assessing the sustainability of a business project and making decisions regarding project portfolio selection and financial resource allocation. When addressing the issue of financial resource allocation in a project portfolio, the decision-maker could take into account not only the project's return and risk, but also its sustainability. The understanding of this study should enable companies to execute sustainable projects, which could make a contribution to the sustainable development of organizations and thereby increase their competitive advantage.

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“…Fischer and Gazzola [9] or Bond et al [4] identified effective sustainability assessments involving procedural, substantive, transactive and normative elements. Manzini et al [16] developed a model for assessing the environmental sustainability of energy projects not only integrating environmental sustainability indicators over the lifetime of the project but also taking into account the influenced area by the local energy project. Moldan et al [17] pointed out the attention toward different approaches and types of indicators developed for the assessment of environmental sustainability to set targets and then "measuring" the distance to a target to get the appropriate information on the current state or trend.…”

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Sustainability Enhancement through Environmental Impacts Evaluation

Savino

Mazza

2013

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. The work is aimed to propose an approach toward the evaluation of environmental impacts enhancing sustainability and the process of environmental assessment in an optic of sustainable development. A set of environmental aspects applicable to a firm activity to define the overall environmental impact are selected and processed through a fuzzy approach aimed to reduce subjective judgments. The procedure is based on a vectorial graph allowing to organize data and define a structured data analysis. An action research conducted in a genetic research center is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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Model for evaluating the environmental sustainability of energy projects

Cited by 23 publications

References 23 publications

Using project management as a way to sustainability. From a comprehensive review to a framework definition

Using project management as a way to sustainability. From a comprehensive review to a framework definition

An Index to Measure Sustainability of a Business Project in the Construction Industry: Lithuanian Case

Sustainability Enhancement through Environmental Impacts Evaluation

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