Life cycle analysis decision making, environmental

The benefits of using economy input-output life-cycle analysis (EIO-LCA) to estimate economy-wide discharges are significant. LCA is a systematic tool that is used to provide information on the consequences of alternative products and processes, thereby facilitating effective environmental decision-making. This is generally achieved... 

Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) manufacture Maximization of VCM production and minimization of environmental burden, environmental impact and operating cost simultaneously. e-constraint method A design methodology consisting of 4 steps was proposed and applied to VCM plant The steps are (1) life cycle analysis of the process, (2) formulation of the design problem, (3) MOO, and (4) multi-criteria decision-making to find best compromise solutions. Khan et al. (2001)... 

Shatkin, J.A. (2008) Informing environmental decision making by combining life cycle assessment and risk analysis. J. Ind. Ecol., 12 (3), 278—281. 

The integration of the sustainability and environmental impact analysis to the framework provides a more comprehensive decision making and multicriteria evaluation to enable the users to screen for economic but sustainable biorefmery concepts early on in the project development life cycle. 

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