Session: Sustainability Metrics, Indicators and Life Cycle Assessment (2011 Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011: 8:30 AM

211 D (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Description:

This session invites talks on ways of quantifying sustainability via metrics and indicators. new developments and applications of LCA are also welcome.

Sponsor:

General

Co-Sponsor(s):

Sustainability (09g), Sustainable Biorefineries (23B), Sustainable Energy (23C), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Topical B: 1st Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)

Chair:

Larry Erickson
Email: lerick@ksu.edu

Co-Chair:

Urmila Diwekar
Email: urmila@vri-custom.org

8:30 AM

(480a) ISEE: A Computational Tool for Industrial Sustainability Assessment and Decision Making
Zheng Liu and Yinlun Huang

8:55 AM

(480b) Engineering Involvement In Green School Development
Cory D. Jensen

9:20 AM

(480c) Towards Improved C and N Footprints and Understanding Their Nexus
Shweta Singh and Bhavik R. Bakshi

9:45 AM

(480d) Life Cycle Assessment of Waste-to-Energy Technologies
Zac Coventry and Arunprakash T. Karunanithi

10:10 AM

(480e) Review of Life-Cycle and Techno-Economic Analyses for Algae Systems: Bottlenecks to Sustainability
Melissa Rickman, John Pellegrino and Stephanie Shaw

10:35 AM

(480f) Assessment Processes for Sustainability and Sustainable Processes
Larry Erickson, Ryan Green, Blase Leven, Oral Saulters and Terrie Boguski

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