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Water and carbon footprint reduction potential of renewable energy in the United States: A policy analysis using system dynamics
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Renewable energy has gained popularity as an alternative to fossil fuels, which regularly emit large amounts of Greenhouse Gases and consume/withdraw large amounts of water, but renewable energy market penetration is still ...
Life cycle sustainability assessment of autonomous heavy-duty trucks
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are emerging technologies expected to bring important environmental, social, and economic improvements in transportation systems. Given their implications in terms of air quality and ...
Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper conducts a global review and a macro-level supply chain analysis focusing on carbon footprint of construction industry worldwide for the period between 2009 and 2020 using the Scopus database. A total of 1833 ...
Life cycle sustainability assessment of sport utility vehicles: The case for Qatar
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Springer Verlag
, 2020 , Article)
Electric vehicle technologies are attractive alternatives to traditional vehicles towards achieving sustainable transportation. The adoption of these technologies has a great potential in reducing road transportation ...
Material footprint of electric vehicles: A multiregional life cycle assessment
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Most of the global multiregional studies have looked at material footprint (MF) of either a nation or a region. A product-specific MF analysis, particularly when it comes to Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), carried out ...
Eco-efficiency of electric vehicles in the United States: A life cycle assessment based principal component analysis
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
This research presents an integrated sustainability assessment framework applied to electric vehicle technologies in the United States of America. Two methods; principal component analysis and life cycle assessment are ...
An integrated dynamical modeling perspective for infrastructure resilience
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MDPI
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018 by the authors This paper considers a dynamical way to connect resilience outcomes and processes by nesting process-based approaches inside a controlled dynamical system under resource constraints. To illustrate ...
How sustainable is electric mobility? A comprehensive sustainability assessment approach for the case of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Electric mobility is a trending topic around the world, and many countries are supporting electric vehicle technologies to reduce environmental impacts from transportation such as greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution ...
Sustainability assessment and modeling based on supervised machine learning techniques: The case for food consumption
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Sustainability of food consumption requires the understanding of multi-dimensional environmental, economic and social impacts using a holistic and integrated sustainability assessment and modeling framework. This article ...
Pedestrian crashes at priority-controlled junctions, roundabouts, and signalized junctions: The UK case study
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2019 , Article)
Objectives: Over half of pedestrians killed and seriously injured in Great Britain in 2015 were involved in crashes at junctions. This study investigates the nature of these crashes. Methods: A study was conducted into ...