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Sustainability Advances in Engineering Project Management and Environmental Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 March 2024) | Viewed by 1418

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Interests: engineering sustainability; systems operation management for sustainability; engineering project management; environmental management and policy
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Dear Colleagues,

The alignment of management decisions with sustainability principles has come to play a crucial role in the delivery of net zero goals. In recent years, a paradigm shift has occurred, in which the erstwhile focus on the ‘techno-economics’ of engineering project delivery has converged with aspects of environmental management. However, designing such an integrative approach to project management generates its own challenges, particularly in terms of meeting the skills, costs and client expectations. 

The overall aim of this Special Issue is to capture the emerging knowledge in this rapidly expanding field. Therefore, this Special Issue will focus on research that is at the intersection of the engineering project management and environmental management disciplines, and welcomes contributions that range from theoretical studies on novel concepts and frameworks to real-world case studies that reveal their applications.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Challenges and opportunities related to integrating sustainability in project management;
  • Case studies on techno-economic and environmental assessment, and the management of bespoke infrastructure projects (energy, transport);
  • Innovative total productive maintenance that intergrates environmental management;
  • New directions in green building/construction management;
  • Assessment of true sustainability potential of innovative nature-inspired engineering projects;
  • Community perspectives on delivering integrated sustainability project management.

I heartily look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Abhishek Tiwary
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • engineering project management
  • energy
  • infrastructure
  • techno-economics
  • environmental management
  • sustainability

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Carbon Emissions Assessment for Building Decoration Based on Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study of Office Buildings
by Huanyu Wu, Wenwen Zhou, Kunyang Chen, Lianxiang Zhang, Zicheng Zhang, Yanqiu Li and Zhijun Hu
Sustainability 2023, 15(19), 14055; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914055 - 22 Sep 2023
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The continuous growth of interior decoration activities has caused a massive consumption of energy and materials, which has contributed to a large amount of carbon emissions in the construction sector. The carbon emissions of building decoration were overlooked in previous studies. Hence, the [...] Read more.
The continuous growth of interior decoration activities has caused a massive consumption of energy and materials, which has contributed to a large amount of carbon emissions in the construction sector. The carbon emissions of building decoration were overlooked in previous studies. Hence, the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was employed to build a life cycle carbon emissions model for building decoration. An office building was selected to verify the availability. The results show that the carbon emissions intensity of the decoration project was 254.5 kg CO2 eq/m2. The operation stage was the most crucial carbon emissions contributor in the life cycle of building decoration, accounting for 49.8%; followed by the materials embodied impact stage, which contributed 36.3%; while the remaining three stages, namely, the decoration, transportation, and end-of-life stage, had less carbon emissions, accounting for 6.8%, 5.3%, and 1.8%. Improving the performance of inorganic materials, optimizing transportation routes and energy structure, and dismantling plan optimization can reduce carbon emissions. The findings of this study provide a theoretical basis and fundamental data for carbon emissions reduction and sustainable development strategies for building decoration. Full article
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