A primer on sustainability : in the business environment / / Ronald Whitfield and Jeanne McNett |
Autore | Whitfield Ronald |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.408 |
Collana | Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainability
Corporations - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
sustainability
precautionary principle corporate accountability environmental movement green washing triple bottom line sustainable business operations sustainable innovation sustainable supply chain cradle-to-cradle design life cycle assessment corporate reporting systems the global reporting initiative the global compact the carbon disclosure project carbon footprint water footprint indices on sustainability transparency stakeholder theory |
ISBN | 1-60649-635-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sustainability: meaning and context -- 2. Systems and tools for sustainability -- 3. Thinking about major sustainability issues -- 4. Decision making in sustainability: case studies -- 5. Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789359803321 |
Whitfield Ronald
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A primer on sustainability : in the business environment / / Ronald Whitfield and Jeanne McNett |
Autore | Whitfield Ronald |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.408 |
Collana | Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainability
Corporations - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
sustainability
precautionary principle corporate accountability environmental movement green washing triple bottom line sustainable business operations sustainable innovation sustainable supply chain cradle-to-cradle design life cycle assessment corporate reporting systems the global reporting initiative the global compact the carbon disclosure project carbon footprint water footprint indices on sustainability transparency stakeholder theory |
ISBN | 1-60649-635-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sustainability: meaning and context -- 2. Systems and tools for sustainability -- 3. Thinking about major sustainability issues -- 4. Decision making in sustainability: case studies -- 5. Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828377303321 |
Whitfield Ronald
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Production of Biofuels and Numerical Modeling of Chemical Combustion Systems |
Autore | Torres García Miguel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (298 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
microalgae
hydrothermal liquefaction pretreatment low O and N biocrude biodiesel esterification free fatty acids glycerol waste cooking oil Computational Fluid Dynamics two-stroke dual-fuel engine simulation pre-combustion chamber internal combustion engine particulate matter emissions biomorphic silicon carbide vegetal waste diesel particulate filter biocrude metal-oxide catalyst bioethanol dilute acid pretreatment enzymatic hydrolysis olive stones Pachysolen tannophilus response surface methodology compression ignition direct injection cryogenic gas diesel engines dual fuel engines natural gas greenhouse gas emissions particulate matter carotenoids extremophiles microalgal biotechnology eucalyptus kraft lignin tree leaf pellet additive biofuel circular economy piston bowl alternative fuel vanes emulsified biofuel combustion gasification olive olive oils olive-pruning debris olive pomaces pyrolysis biogas environmental impact life cycle assessment olive pomace sustainability TGA hemicellulose cellulose lignin pseudocomponent kinetic model biomass culture scale-up Phaeodactylum tricornutum burning characteristics fatty acid methyl ester added water content fuel structure distillation temperature layered double hydroxide toluene steam reforming tar Ni-based catalyst hydrotalcite hydrogen production |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557769903321 |
Torres García Miguel
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Prospects for Electric Mobility: Systemic, Economic and Environmental Issues |
Autore | Ajanovic Amela |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (418 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
electricity
transportation e-mobility CO2 emissions decarbonization marginal cost sustainability V2G bidirectionally chargeable electric vehicles smart charging unmanaged charging spot markets day-ahead market intraday auction continuous intraday trading mixed integer linear optimization revenues potentials of EVs electric mobility charging strategies economics promotion policies mixed-integer optimization flexible systems charging infrastructure load management battery electric vehicle urban area multi-apartment building zero emission mobility private charging second life of batteries electromobility battery energy system storage ancillary service frequency regulation economic evaluation electric vehicle life cycle assessment AC charging DC charging economic assessment mountain rescue operations emergency response multi-method-research best–worst scaling shared parking sharing economy P + R car park low-power chargers battery electric vehicles public transport emissions policies distributed energy systems cost- and GHG emission minimization environment passenger cars mobility-as-a-Service electric vehicles e-car sharing e-scooter sharing sustainable mobility suburban area choice-based conjoint latent class analysis willingness to pay market simulations genetic algorithm V2G services valley filling peak shaving flexibility motorized private transport modelling electricity demand driving patterns electricity demand profile transport electricity sector demand side integration total system costs COVID-19 pandemic transportation modeling |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Prospects for Electric Mobility |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557367203321 |
Ajanovic Amela
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PV Charging and Storage for Electric Vehicles |
Autore | Bauer Pavol |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (170 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
electric vehicle
demand forecasting peak shaving smart charging robust optimization Energy management and control particle swarm optimization (PSO) hybrid AC/DC microgrid electric vehicle charging and discharging control artificial physics optimization (APO) vehicle to grid V2G battery degradation Li-ion real-time moving horizon window battery charger electric bike photovoltaic system power converter wireless power transfer plug-in electric vehicle energy management system renewable energy vehicle-to-grid life cycle assessment CO2 emissions photovoltaic systems electric vehicles VIPV cost–benefit analysis |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557355103321 |
Bauer Pavol
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Renewable Energy Production from Energy Crops and Agricultural Residues |
Autore | Pari Luigi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (336 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
bioenergy
crop by-products harvesting methods maize cob wheat chaff combine harvesting olive groves pruning stationary chipper harvesting system hog fuel pruning supply chain populus biomass yield energy value lower heating value ash content sulphur circular bioeconomy oil crops agricultural residues thermophysical and chemical features wheat straw weed seed biocommodity threshing pruning harvesting biomass quality slope work productivity bioresource cereals commodity harvest index staple foods triticum Miscanthus x giganteus environmental impact agricultural production digestate eucalyptus woody biomass storage of fine wood chips moisture content calorific value dry matter loss Eucalyptus tree whole stem firewood logs storage system renewable energy harvesting suitable areas Central Italy Corine Land Cover short rotation coppice Salix genotype × site interaction nitrogen content sulphur content willow biomass soil organic carbon life cycle assessment spatial analysis greenhouse gas emissions energy return on investment lignocellulosic biomass hydrothermal pretreatment enzymatic hydrolysis sugar yield high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis externalities economic analysis willow biomass production new varieties sustainable production renewable energy sources biofuels agriculture residues forecasting modelling Poland work performance harvesting loss fuelwood cable yarder CO2 emission pine plantations time study energy efficiency agroenvironmental mapping energy crop Jatropha curcas L. land suitability bio-based supply chains integrated biomass logistical center mixed integer programming model |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557153303321 |
Pari Luigi
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Scientific Advances in STEM: From Professor to Students |
Autore | Torres Hernández Yadir |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (362 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
solar energy applications
additive manufacturing coatings functional materials tribological and mechanical behavior bio residues biopolymer computer architecture artificial intelligence smart cities energy forecasting food sustainable cities and industries life cycle assessment emerging pollutants porous materials cellular and bacterial behavior powder technology |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Scientific Advances in STEM |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557523503321 |
Torres Hernández Yadir
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Selected Papers from 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2019) |
Autore | Baxter David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (264 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
bioeconomy
bio-based industry biomass bioenergy industrial crop perennial crop low-input agriculture marginal land MALLIS sustainable agriculture HTC bio-coal manure slagging fouling corrosion process chemistry combustion waste to energy struvite HTL biorefinery renewable fuel HyFlexFuel rice harvest pellets palletization ash recovery normative anaerobic digestion methane production co-digestion combined heat and power farm-scale technical-economic analysis life cycle assessment greenhouse gas emission Ireland 5-hydroxymethylfurfural glucose heteropolyacid catalysts agroforestry waste valorization sustainable development goals renewable energy bioenergy transitions circular bioeconomy clean cooking life-cycle assessment energy policy barley straw torrefaction higher heating value severity factor sustainable development enhancement factor energy yield climate modelling climate change climate policy emission accounting global warming potential global temperature change potential greenhouse gas emissions impulse response function Bern Carbon Cycle model climate impacts of agriculture system conventional wheat olive trees silvopastoral acidification eutrophication energy crops miscanthus cardoon Paulownia tomentosa microalgae contaminated soils geographic information systems (GIS) ArcGIS adsorption ceramic filter gasification hot-gas cleaning lignocellulosic biomass cellulose pulp hydrolysis oxygen availability C:N ratio fermentation itaconic acid Aspergillus terreus |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Selected Papers from 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557395603321 |
Baxter David
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Selected Papers from PRES 2018 : The 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction |
Autore | Klemeš Jiří Jaromír |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (494 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
particulate matter
fine particles combustion particles nucleation particle growth data envelopment analysis energy efficiency food loss and waste life-cycle assessment welding residual stress welding deflection T-joint fillet weld preheat temperature interpass time finite element analysis water desalination water supply water shortage energy demand environmental impacts specific energy consumption cryogenic energy storage air liquefaction exergy analysis economic analysis exergoeconomic analysis heat exchanger network structural controllability structural observability operability network science sensor and actuator placement simplified methods design procedure convection section radiant section flow distribution heat flux distribution boiler solar collector network minimum number of solar collectors maximum operating time flexible operation district heating heat accumulation pipe numerical model Modelica language Julia language performance off-grid polygeneration micro-hydropower plant fuzzy optimization mixed-integer linear programming dual-turbine multi-objective heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis optimization direct heat integration indirect heat integration piping pumping impinging jet dimple Nusselt number heat transfer heat exchanger flow boiling surface-enhanced tube heat transfer coefficient flow pattern total site heat integration heat recovery loop (HRL) heat storage Monte Carlo (MC) simulation data farming gasification biomass total solid particle trigeneration system process integration pinch analysis co-generation storage system trigeneration system cascade analysis energy conservation latent heat thermal energy storage phase change materials passive cooling bio-adsorbents chitosan microbeads nanoparticles anaerobic digestion biowaste life cycle assessment smart city waste collection P-Graph framework process network synthesis multi-periodic model sustainability co-firing wheat straw softwood bog peat pellets thermal decomposition combustion DC electric field computational fluid dynamics temperature contour cooling system mathematical optimization machine learning flexible control technology biomass co-firing biomass quality network optimization goal programming mixed integer nonlinear programming renewable energy sources energy-saving technologies |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Selected Papers from PRES 2018 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910674052003321 |
Klemeš Jiří Jaromír
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State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Italy (2019,2020) |
Autore | Blanco Ignazio |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (338 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
nanocomposites POSS polystyrene thermal behavior SEM analysis soy flour soy protein isolate insoluble carbohydrates periodate oxidation aldehydes generation condensation reactions soy adhesives biodegradable polymers rheological properties irrigation pipes soil burial test polyesters Bio-Flex® Mater-Bi® polymer degradation photo-oxidation pectin alginate biocomposites food packaging degradable films ionic liquids 3D printing digital light processing CO2 capture furanic polymer spectroscopy solid-state 13C-NMR FTIR Raman linear structure ring opening γ-lactone Diels-Alder SAS coprecipitation controlled drug delivery systems microparticles eudragit supercritical carbon dioxide dental materials composite resin layered double hydroxide calcium bentonite antibiofilm activity injection molding structure/properties relationship cavity temperature fast modulation chitosan cyclodextrin macromolecular complex dalargin enkephalin chymotrypsin NMR oral peptide delivery peptide stability cold-cure epoxy resins organic-inorganic hybrids sol-gel layered double hydroxides carbon nanotubes electrical properties polyphenols flavonoids furanics sulphur bio-polymers pentane heating value mulch films Ecovio® polylactide poly(butyleneadipate-co-butyleneterephtalate) polyethylene polymer melt primary and secondary relaxations Johari-Goldstein relaxation bond reorientation vibrational dynamics molecular-dynamics simulations UV-LED curing epoxy-acrylate resin biochar multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites reduced graphene oxide polyketone functionalization electrically-conductive nanocomposites UHMWPE wear tests bio-activity history cyclodextrin nanosponge crosslinked polymer diclofenac mefenamic acid molecular imprinting delayed addition binding isotherm binding selectivity imprinting factor polymers life cycle assessment polymeric materials sustainability plastic LCA additive manufacturing LCD printing epoxy polymer blends thermomechanical properties |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Italy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557114303321 |
Blanco Ignazio
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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