Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Pay with

About Biofuels For A More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle

Product Description Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-criteria Decision Making provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on life cycle thinking and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines life cycle sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, life cycle costing analysis, social life cycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom line, operations research methods, and supply chain design for investigating the critical factors and key enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry. This book will equip researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for viable sustainability transition. It will be a key resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge on energy planning and current and future trends of biofuel as an alternative fuel. Review Provides the multi-criteria decision-making tools, insights and implications necessary for promoting the sustainable development of biofuels From the Back Cover Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Provides the life cycle sustainability analysis, multi-criteria decision-making tools, industry insights and policy implications for promoting the sustainable development of biofuels Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on life cycle thinking and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing the biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines life cycle sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, life cycle costing analysis, social life cycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom line, operations research methods, and supply chain design for investigating the critical factors and key enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry; summarizing the biofuels technologies, processes, standards and regulations; employing the life cycle thinking for investigating the sustainability of biofuels; defining the broad concept of sustainability and sustainability assessment; developing the decision-support tools for sustainability prioritization of biofuel production pathways; and reviewing the key issues, challenges and models for sustainable biofuel supply chain design. Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making equips researchers and policy-makers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for viable sustainability transition. The book is a key resource for students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge of energy planning and the current and future trends of biofuel as an alternative fuel. Key Features Provides an innovative approach for promoting the sustainable development of biofuels by linking life cycle thinking and decision support systems Features case studies and examples to illustrate the theory and methods developed in each chapter Includes material on corporate social responsibility and economic analysis of biofuels that is significantly useful to policy-makers and administrators in government and enterprises who want to understand the risk of a specific biofuel production pathway About the Editors Jingzheng Ren Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Antonio Scipioni Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy Alessandro Manzardo Senior Associate Researcher, De