Integrated design and simulation of chemical processes. A set of critical resources natural, socioeconomic, and cultural whose flow and. Although ecoefficiency is a rather new method, the idea is not. Section two of this report describes the methodology for evaluating the socioeconomic impact of interoperable ehr and eprescribing systems. The eco efficiency analysis aims to harmonize economy and ecology. A system that is defined at several spatial, temporal, and organisational scales, which may be hierarchically linked. Here, ecoefficiency indicators are defined as a ratio ex. Last year, the ecoefficiency center of basf aktiengesellschaft worked out an ecoefficiency study of various types of floor coverings. Development of ecoefficiency indicators regarding products. A data envelopment analysis omer tatari1 and dhruva kurmapu2 abstract to ensure the large network of highways is performing sustainably, there is a dire need to quantify sustainability for highways. The objective was the integration of quantified social indicators into the basf eco efficiency analysis. This paper presents a holistic sustainability evaluation using life cycle assessment to compare combinations of integrated and conventional systems in the brazilian cerrado region.
During the last several years, there has been substantial and important growth in the application of quantitative analysis, i. Ecoefficiency is an instrument for sustainability analysis, indicating an. Croplivestockforest clfi and croplivestock cli systems are among the most recent agricultural developments in brazil, and aligned with the principles of cleaner production. A socioecoefficiency analysis of integrated and non. Ecoefficiency ecoefficiency combines ecological and economic goals and was first addressed by the world business council for sustainable development wbcsd. Sustainable consumption and green marketing in developing countries. Brattebo h 2005 toward a methods framework for ecoefficiency analysis. Measuring resourceuse efficiency and the impact of economic activities on the environment. Germany, developed a socioecoefficiency analysis the. We analyse the influence of farmers socioeconomic characteristics and attitudes in explaining these ecoefficiency scores using.
Basf has, in cooperation with karlsruhe university, jena university and the okoinstitut e. Ecoefficiency conceptually correspond to the cleaner production approach. An introduction to quantified ecoefficiency analysis springerlink. Multiobjective optimization for the socioecoefficient. Linking environmental and economic performance, ecoefficiency is. Ecoefficiency analysis can be deployed by using data envelopment analysis dea as the. Applications, references and deasolver software, 2nd ed. Sea and life cycle analysis lca can complement each other.
I would like to use the quantity of chemical fertilizers as an input. A data envelopment analysis approach bing zhanga, jun bia. To achieve that, a matrix equation was established and a systematic search was done. Costbenefit analysis cba, sometimes also called benefitcost analysis or benefit costs analysis, is a systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives used to determine. The results of this study were presented by the author, dr. Economic and ecosystem service analysis applications for. Economic and social commission for asia and the pacific. Socioeconomic impact assessment seia is a useful tool to help understand the potential range of impacts of a proposed change, and the likely responses of those impacted if the change occurs. Such integrated systems can provide at least three types of product from the same land area over a defined period.
The purpose of ecoefficiency analysis is to harmonize economy and ecology. The polyester shirt remains the most socioecoefficient one in various scenario and sensitivity calculations. We already emphasised the important role of ecoefficiency within the concept of sustainable development and. This study proposes a new model, the environmental efficiency ee model, which expands the concept of the data envelopment analysis costefficiency model. Ecoefficiency analysis of washing machines life cycle assessment and determination of optimal life spanrefinement of task 4. It is used to compare products or processes that offer these benefits to customers. In most studies, authors used the efficiency measured by the data envelopment analysis.
The main purpose of this part of the project was to clarify the concepts of ecoefficiency, socioefficiency, ecoeffectiveness and socioeffectiveness in relationship to the design and product development. Ecoefficiency analysis of industrial system in china. Socioecoefficiency includes social parameters, such as child labor, community impacts and qualification of employees with guidelines for ecoefficiency. Ehrlich and john holdren developed the lettering formula i pat to describe the impact of human activity on the. An approach to holistically assess dairy farm ecoefficiency by combining life cycle analysis with data envelopment analysis models and methodologies volume 10 issue 11 a. This work focuses on a way to integrate the social, environmental and economic aspects socioecoefficient aspects together in the decisions concerning the sustainable process synthesis. Purchase integrated design and simulation of chemical processes, volume 2nd edition. Social economics is a branch of economics that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and economics, and it examines how social norms, ethics and other social. An eco efficiency analysis eea is the method that assesses environmental as well as economic aspects of products and services. The strategy ecoefficiency analysis of products or. Socioeconomic lca are increasingly seen as a complete assessment tool for nanotechnologies, but the perspective between social lca. It is conducted through the integration of financial information into an. An ecoefficiency analysis also serves well as a basis for decisions regarding new investments or for optimizing product development processes.
The term ecoefficiency was coined by the world business council for sustainable development wbcsd in its 1992 publication changing course. Ecoefficiency assessment of technological innovations in high. How does one determine the social profitability of a policy measure, infrastructure project or legislative proposal. Lca software based on openlca providing ecoefficiency and. These questions may be addressed with a socioeconomic impact analysis e. Germany, developed a socioecoefficiency analysis the socalled seebalance. Socioeconomic analysis is a well established method of weighing up the pros and cons of an action for society as a whole and plays a vital role in the restrictions and authorisation processes under reach. The ecoefficiency analysis compares the life cycles of products or manufacturing processes in a holistic approach from the assessment including raw materials sourcing, product manufacture and use, to disposal or recycling. The ecoefficiency analysis aims to harmonize economy and ecology. Costs and environmental impact could be adequately examined as part of an eco efficiency analysis, but what about. Alternative solutions are analyzed in a holistic manner, with the profitability of a product or process being compared to its environmental impact. An ecoefficiency analysis calculates the ratio between the creation of economic value and the environmental impact of a product or a process from a life cycle perspective. This involves carrying out an overall study of alternative solutions to include a.
The adoption of a new strategy for forest and upland watershed management on the one hand and the multidisciplinary approach to integrated. Eea ecoefficiency analysis tco total cost of ownership see socioecoefficiency analysis seebalance ecology. The potential benefits of the ecoefficiency concept are often ignored or underestimated. Ecoefficiency is measured using data envelopment analysis. Quicksilver is a program developed and supported by the forest service for economic analysis of longterm, ontheground resource management projects. The relation between a firms value added and its social impact. Ecoefficiency analysis combines the lca and tco methods, so these. Environmental efficiency model based on data envelopment. Finally, i introduce one of the project activities, an ecoefficiency indicator.
Bizwatts is a webbrowser accessed application built on an apachephpmysql platform. Further use versus substitution of washing machines in stock due to. Analysis ecoefficiency analysis of industrial system in china. Measuring resource use efficiency and the impact of economic activities on the environment by applying the ecoefficiency principle only to the micro level, the huge pressures on the natural capital. In this paper, data envelopment analysis dea based mathematical modelis. In addition, sensitivity analysis was carried out to understand how different values of input parameters impacted the socioecoefficiency of each. I am using data envelopment analysis dea and stochastic frontier analysis sfa to measure the ecoefficiency of dairy farms. Many life cycle analyses do not include an assessment of social impacts and. First, chapter 4 focuses on the refinements of the. Management of natural resources is an investment for current and future benefits to society. In each of the two concepts, during the production process natural resources and energy consumption, toxic and.
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