Description
Concerns about environmental, social, economic, health, and other impacts in the building industry have led to the development of a number of environmental and sustainability assessment approaches, strategies, models, appraisals, and methodologies. Green technology and practices have been implemented to improve sustainable development performance and yield economic, social, and environmental benefits and a series of environmental and sustainability rating systems (ESRSs) have been developed around the world and used extensively with unquestionable benefits to stakeholders in the building industry. Such systems beg to be adapted and implemented in other industry contexts still seeking suitable tools with which to effectively communicate their commitment to a sustainable future and gain the "social license" to operate.
Sustainability Assessment: A Rating System Framework for Best Practices shows how this can be done. It makes the case for the development and implementation of ESRSs in new industry contexts ranging from , manufacturing and transportation to mining and energy putting forward a new project sustainability rating system framework to assess the sustainability of a wide variety of organizations and projects. This assessment framework includes but is not limited to regulatory requirements, and includes approaches for measuring sustainability on social, economic, environmental, and health grounds.
This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines and industries. Scientists will find technical insights here that can further research while practitioners will find that they can implement the framework in any type of organization or project in order to address stakeholders' needs and expectations while achieving their short, mid, and long term sustainability vision and goals.
About the Author
Cesar A. Poveda is a scientist in sustainability with technical knowledge in nine distinctive areas: policy; resilience; sustainable engineering; sustainability assessment; sustainable construction; sustainability management; sustainability theory and fundamentals; renewable resources and energy systems; and business and corporate sustainability. His technical background is supported by a BSc in Civil Engineering, an MEng. in Sustainable Energy Engineering, an MSc. in Construction Engineering & Management, and a PhD in Engineering Management, as well as the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) certifications. In addition to his first book, Surface Mining Operations in Oil Sands: Establishing Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs), Cesar has published several peer-reviewed journal and conference manuscripts. While serving as editor and reviewer for over six hundred scientifically authored manuscripts, he has obtained, among other recogniztions, several Outstanding Reviewer Awards granted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Reviews
"The sustainability tool that [Dr. Cesar Poveda] describe[s] is both interesting and valuable. The oil sands industry-and the industry in general-would benefit from this approach." -- Joe Oliver
"After reading [Dr. Cesar Poveda's] journal paper, I believe that this rating system [Wa-Pa-Su Project Sustainability Rating system] has merit." -- Laurie Hawn
This book details a rating systems framework for sustainability assessment, the Wa-Pa-Su project sustainability rating system, for use in various industries and any type of project or organization. It places stakeholders at the center of the decision-making process while making them accountable throughout the process and for the end results. The book uses the example of the Canadian oil sands mining operations to illustrate the need to develop and implement environmental and sustainability rating systems in industries with social, economic, environmental, health, and other impacts. It outlines general approaches, frameworks, and specific strategies for sustainability assessment; tools used in environmental and sustainability rating systems, such as LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), comprehensive assessment systems for built environment efficiency (CASBEE), Green Star, and SBTool; and the benefits of developing and implementing rating systems. It details the origins and fundamentals of the Wa-Pa-Su project sustainability rating system, conceived to measure sustainability performance of the Canadian oil sands projects; the integrated approach to sustainability assessment implement in the rating system; background on the Canadian oil sands and their life cycle; the economic, social, environmental, health, and other impacts of current operations in the Canadian oil sands; statistics in sustainability performance of 10 of the developers and operators of the oil sands; the rating system structure and its application to surface mining; six sources for pre-selecting sustainable development indicators (SDIs); the development and implementation of SDIs in surface mining operations for oil sands projects, the benefits of using SDIs, and an alternative framework for SDIs in the Canadian industry; the application of the analytic hierarchy process to weight the different criteria to measure the sustainability of surface mining operations; the design of performance improvement factors; and the flexibility and applicability of the rating system, through a case study of implementation and sustainability assessment using the approach adopted in the rating system. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787434820
Author Cesar A. Poveda
Format Hardback
Page Count 504
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Sustainability Assessment: A Rating System Framework for Best Practices shows how this can be done. It makes the case for the development and implementation of ESRSs in new industry contexts ranging from , manufacturing and transportation to mining and energy putting forward a new project sustainability rating system framework to assess the sustainability of a wide variety of organizations and projects. This assessment framework includes but is not limited to regulatory requirements, and includes approaches for measuring sustainability on social, economic, environmental, and health grounds.
This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines and industries. Scientists will find technical insights here that can further research while practitioners will find that they can implement the framework in any type of organization or project in order to address stakeholders' needs and expectations while achieving their short, mid, and long term sustainability vision and goals.
About the Author
Cesar A. Poveda is a scientist in sustainability with technical knowledge in nine distinctive areas: policy; resilience; sustainable engineering; sustainability assessment; sustainable construction; sustainability management; sustainability theory and fundamentals; renewable resources and energy systems; and business and corporate sustainability. His technical background is supported by a BSc in Civil Engineering, an MEng. in Sustainable Energy Engineering, an MSc. in Construction Engineering & Management, and a PhD in Engineering Management, as well as the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) certifications. In addition to his first book, Surface Mining Operations in Oil Sands: Establishing Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs), Cesar has published several peer-reviewed journal and conference manuscripts. While serving as editor and reviewer for over six hundred scientifically authored manuscripts, he has obtained, among other recogniztions, several Outstanding Reviewer Awards granted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Reviews
"The sustainability tool that [Dr. Cesar Poveda] describe[s] is both interesting and valuable. The oil sands industry-and the industry in general-would benefit from this approach." -- Joe Oliver
"After reading [Dr. Cesar Poveda's] journal paper, I believe that this rating system [Wa-Pa-Su Project Sustainability Rating system] has merit." -- Laurie Hawn
This book details a rating systems framework for sustainability assessment, the Wa-Pa-Su project sustainability rating system, for use in various industries and any type of project or organization. It places stakeholders at the center of the decision-making process while making them accountable throughout the process and for the end results. The book uses the example of the Canadian oil sands mining operations to illustrate the need to develop and implement environmental and sustainability rating systems in industries with social, economic, environmental, health, and other impacts. It outlines general approaches, frameworks, and specific strategies for sustainability assessment; tools used in environmental and sustainability rating systems, such as LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), comprehensive assessment systems for built environment efficiency (CASBEE), Green Star, and SBTool; and the benefits of developing and implementing rating systems. It details the origins and fundamentals of the Wa-Pa-Su project sustainability rating system, conceived to measure sustainability performance of the Canadian oil sands projects; the integrated approach to sustainability assessment implement in the rating system; background on the Canadian oil sands and their life cycle; the economic, social, environmental, health, and other impacts of current operations in the Canadian oil sands; statistics in sustainability performance of 10 of the developers and operators of the oil sands; the rating system structure and its application to surface mining; six sources for pre-selecting sustainable development indicators (SDIs); the development and implementation of SDIs in surface mining operations for oil sands projects, the benefits of using SDIs, and an alternative framework for SDIs in the Canadian industry; the application of the analytic hierarchy process to weight the different criteria to measure the sustainability of surface mining operations; the design of performance improvement factors; and the flexibility and applicability of the rating system, through a case study of implementation and sustainability assessment using the approach adopted in the rating system. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787434820
Author Cesar A. Poveda
Format Hardback
Page Count 504
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
