Methods in Sustainability Science: Assessment, Prioritization, Improvement, Design and Optimization presents cutting edge, detailed methodologies needed to create sustainable growth in any field or industry, including life cycle assessments, building design, and energy systems. The book utilized a systematic structured approach to each of the methodologies described in an interdisciplinary way to ensure the methodologies are applicable in the real world, including case studies to demonstrate the methods. The chapters are written by a global team of authors in a variety of sustainability related fields.

Methods in Sustainability Science: Assessment, Prioritization, Improvement, Design and Optimization will provide academics, researchers and practitioners in sustainability, especially environmental science and environmental engineering, with the most recent methodologies needed to maintain a sustainable future. It is also a necessary read for postgraduates in sustainability, as well as academics and researchers in energy and chemical engineering who need to ensure their industrial methodologies are sustainable.

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent methodologies in sustainability assessment, prioritization, improvement, design and optimization
• Sections are organized in a systematic and logical way to clearly present the most recent methodologies for sustainability and the chapters utilize an interdisciplinary approach that covers all considerations of sustainability
• Includes detailed case studies demonstrating the efficacies of the described methods

1. Introduction of Methods in Sustainability ScienceJingzheng Ren2. Business Contributions to Sustainable Development GoalsJuniati Gunawan3. Sustainability Assessment: Metrics and MethodsHimanshu Nautiyal and Varun Goel4. Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems: Indicators, Methods and ApplicationsImran Khan5. Sustainability Measurement: Evolution and MethodsMariolina Longo, Matteo Mura, Chiara Vagnini and Sara Zanni6. Industrial Sustainability Performance Measurement System - Challenges for the developmentAlessandra Neri7. Life Cycle Assessment: Methods, Limitations and IllustrationsSara Toniolo8. Life Cycle Assessment for Better Sustainability: Methodological Framework and ApplicationsAman Kumar, Ekta Singh, Sunil Kumar and Rahul Mishra9. Life cycle sustainability dashboard: method and case studyDaniela Camana, Alessandro Manzardo, Sara Toniolo and Andrea Fedele10. Multi-criteria decision making methods for Results Interpretation of Life Cycle AssessmentAna Carolina Maia Angelo11. Composite Sustainability Indices (CSI); A Robust Tool for the Sustainability Measurement of Chemical Processes from "Early Design to "Production StagesHossein Ordouei12. Sustainability assessment using the ELECTRE TRI multicriteria sorting methodLuis C. Dias13. Sustainability improvement opportunities for an Industrial ComplexRavi Prakash, Dilawar Husain and Rahul Singh Yadav14. Coupled life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis to optimize energy consumption and mitigate environmental impacts in agricultural productionAshkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Zahra Saber, Fatemeh Mostashari-Rad, Hassan Ghasemi-Mobtaker and Kwok-wing Chau15. Lean Integrated Management System for Sustainability Improvement: an integrated system of tools and metrics for sustainability managementJoão Paulo Estevam de Souza16. Coupled Life Cycle Thinking and Data Envelopment Analysis for Quantitative Sustainability ImprovementDiego Iribarren and Mario Martín-Gamboa17. How can sensors be used for Sustainability Improvement?Rafid M. Alkhaddar and Patryk Kot18. Sustainable Design based on LCA and Operations Management Methods (SWOT, PESTEL and 7 S)Manel Sansa, Ahmed Badreddine and Taieb  Ben Romdhane19. The importance of integrating lean thinking with digital solutions adoption for value-oriented high productivity of sustainable building delivery Moshood Olawale Fadeyi20. Robust Optimization and Control for Sustainable ProcessesFlavio Manenti, Alessandro Di Pretoro, Xavier Joulia and Ludovic Montastruc