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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alessio D'Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Nicolli
Summary: Environmental policies play a crucial role in driving sustainability, impacting environmental productivity both directly and indirectly through innovation. Studies show that policies adopted by countries can boost environmental performance directly and indirectly, across various environmental dimensions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Engineering, Industrial
Wei Pan, Mi Pan
Summary: This paper explores the practical role of lean construction in improving the construction industry by empirically examining its understanding and practice in Hong Kong. The results show a low awareness of lean construction, but its principles are implicitly embedded in relevant practices. Practitioners recognize the benefits of lean construction but are hesitant to adopt it due to multi-level challenges.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Construction & Building Technology
Jean-Baptiste Mawul Dassekpo, Chi Zhang, Jing Bai, Deyou Liu, Yanru Li, Zhijun Dong, Feng Xing
Summary: Waste management and the need for low-energy materials in the building sector are persistent challenges facing modern society. This paper examines the potential recycling of low-reactive completely decomposed granite (CDG) through alkali-activation, providing a reliable and sustainable solution.
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anurag Deepak, Varun Sharma, Dinesh Kumar
Summary: This paper addresses the environmental burden of existing biomedical waste management in northern India and suggests constructive steps to achieve a less impactful environment through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The study finds that an integrated system including incineration with energy recovery, autoclave-shredder, chemical disinfection, and Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) reduces the environmental burden compared to the present state. The paper suggests that LCA is a beneficial tool for decision-makers and managers to reduce environmental burden and develop a life cycle inventory database for developed economies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Laura Pellegrini, Mirko Locatelli, Silvia Meschini, Giulia Pattini, Elena Seghezzi, Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue, Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda
Summary: IMM methods for MEAT can promote environmentally sustainable practices by integrating CDW management into design phases. This research investigates the efficiency of integrating MEAT and IMM to promote sustainable strategies, with a focus on waste reduction and resource valorization. The study highlights the role of the Public Client in introducing digital material inventory, BIM, and environmental award criteria to drive sustainable practices in construction projects.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chunyan Du, Qiang Zhang, Dekai Huang
Summary: This study provides theoretical and empirical evidence for the effect of environmental protection subsidies on the environmental performance of heavy-polluting listed firms in China. The results show that these subsidies can improve environmental performance, especially in state-owned firms and those in Eastern China, where green technology innovation plays a significant mediating role. This research contributes to the green transformation of heavy-polluting industries and supports the formulation of environmental policies by government departments.
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Development Studies
Ping-Kuo Chen
Summary: This study explores whether improving green supplier integration through lean practices can promote supplier knowledge sharing and further strengthen supply chain resilience and green performance. The results show that lean practices can indeed facilitate knowledge sharing between suppliers and manufacturers, and blockchain combinations can maintain supplier knowledge sharing intentions and enhance supply chain resilience related to prevention.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Lauana Blenda Silva, Indira Bifano Comini, Eliana Boaventura Bernardes Moura Alves, Samuel Jose Silva Soares da Rocha, Laercio Antonio Goncalves Jacovine
Summary: The study found that most mining municipalities do not have conservation units, indicating that mining activities do not promote the implementation of conservation units. Despite barriers, well-managed conservation units still provide positive externalities.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Zhen Zhang, Muhammad Zeeshan Malik, Adnan Khan, Nisar Ali, Sumeet Malik, Muhammad Bilal
Summary: The rise in living standards and global economic development have led to resource depletion and increased waste generation. Effective waste management, particularly for electronic waste, is crucial for sustainable development and environmental conservation. Various strategies are being implemented globally to address the growing issue of waste management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lingyan He, Miao Wang
Summary: The main objective of this paper is to study the impact of the Ambient Air Quality Standard (2012) on the green innovation of Chinese firms in polluting industries. The analysis uses the leverage effect of the Porter Hypothesis imposed by environmental regulations and exploits exogenous variations caused by the promulgation of the new policy. The findings suggest that the implementation of the new policy improves firms' green innovation, particularly through increments in R&D investment and environmental protection investment.
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Energy & Fuels
Davide Polverini, Nicholas Dodd, Nieves Espinosa
Summary: This study assesses the impact of environmental policies on technological development and innovation, focusing on the sustainable product policies of the EU. Key performance metrics and design features were identified for photovoltaic products, and a policy approach was proposed to address areas of innovation through the legal framework of the Ecodesign Directive.
PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Barbara Lamolinara, Amaury Perez-Martinez, Estela Guardado-Yordi, Christian Guillen Fiallos, Karel Dieguez-Santana, Gerardo J. Ruiz-Mercado
Summary: Digestate is a nutrient-rich by-product from organic waste anaerobic digestion, but it can contribute to nutrient pollution without comprehensive management strategies. This study explores various aspects of digestate production, including feedstocks, processing technologies, economics, product quality, impurities, incentives, and regulations. The results indicate that feedstock, processing technology, and process operating conditions significantly influence the characteristics of digestate products. Incentive policies and regulations play a crucial role in promoting economic benefits. However, there is a lack of quality assurance certification systems for commercializing digestate products. Further development of technologies, processes, incentives, quality regulation, and social awareness is necessary for the sustainable and safe use of digestate in different applications. Future research should focus on circular business models and standardized international regulations for digestate products.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sung Jin Kang, Sun Lee
Summary: This study found that promoting environment-related tax increases green exports among high-income countries. Additionally, the increase in a country's green trade depends on the energy intensity level of its trading partner countries. Low- and middle-income countries need to promote environmental policies and green production processes to enhance competitiveness in the global market.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Martin Kurdve, Monica Bellgran
Summary: Utilizing the Green Performance Map as a green lean environmental improvement tool in manufacturing and pharma industry has proven successful in increasing circularity on the shop floor and improving resource efficiency and overall environmental behavior through the integration of the waste hierarchy model.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Zhenggui Zhang, Jing Huang, Yuan Yao, Gregory Peters, Ben Macdonald, Angela Daniela La Rosa, Zhanbiao Wang, Laura Scherer
Summary: Cotton, as a major textile fiber, has significant environmental impacts including water use, toxicity, eutrophication, and greenhouse gas emissions. The environmental impacts vary across different stages of the cotton life cycle, such as cultivation, manufacturing, and use. Alternative fibers like jute and flax have the potential to reduce these impacts. Improving water use efficiency, innovative recycling, and reducing laundering frequency are among the options for improving the environmental sustainability of cotton textiles.
NATURE REVIEWS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Girish Upreti, David L. Greene, K. G. Duleep, Rapinder Sawhney
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2016)
Article
Statistics & Probability
Xiaojuan Zhu, William Seaver, Rapinder Sawhney, Shuguang Ji, Bruce Holt, Gurudatt Bhaskar Sanil, Girish Upreti
JOURNAL OF APPLIED STATISTICS
(2017)
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Energy & Fuels
Rapinder Sawhney, Kaveri Thakur, Bharadwaj Venkatesan, Shuguang Ji, Girish Upreti, John Sanseverino
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Girish Upreti, David L. Greene, K. G. Duleep, Rapinder Sawhney
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2012)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Amoldeep Singh Jaggi, Rapinder Singh Sawhney, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, James Simonton, Girish Upreti
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2014)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Girish Upreti, Prasanna V. Rao, Rapinder S. Sawhney, Isaac Atuahene, Rajive Dhingra
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2014)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Industrial
Girish Upreti, Rupy Sawhney, Isaac Atuahene, Gerardo Maciel, Ricardo Mendez, Daniel Covarrubias, Jhoselin Sanchez, Victor Alcala
2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (IEOM)
(2015)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Girish C. Upreti, Yanming Wang, Alona Finn, Abigail Sharrock, Nicholas Feisst, Marcus Davy, Robert B. Jordan
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
PR Shorten, GC Upreti
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS
(2005)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
PR Shorten, TB Pleasants, GC Upreti
JOURNAL OF DAIRY RESEARCH
(2004)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)