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Han, Ji, Pingfei Jiang, and Peter R. N. Childs. "Metrics for Measuring Sustainable Product Design Concepts." Energies 14, no. 12 (2021): 3469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14123469.

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Although products can contribute to ecosystems positively, they can cause negative environmental impacts throughout their life cycles, from obtaining raw material, production, and use, to end of life. It is reported that most negative environmental impacts are decided at early design phases, which suggests that the determination of product sustainability should be considered as early as possible, such as during the conceptual design stage, when it is still possible to modify the design concept. However, most of the existing concept evaluation methods or tools are focused on assessing the feasi

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Costa, Ericka, and Caterina Pesci. "Social impact measurement: why do stakeholders matter?" Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 7, no. 1 (2016): 99–124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-12-2014-0092.

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Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the notion of social impact of social impact measurement in social enterprises by supporting the multiple-constituency theory as a contribution to this under-theorised issue. Moreover, the paper proposes the stakeholder-based approach as the most appropriate solution for selection among metrics related to the growing number of social impact measurements. Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes a review of social impact measurement studies by considering contributions from both academia and practitioners, while providing a reassessment and conceptua

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Strusowski, Tricia, and Danelle Johnston. "National evidence-based oncology navigation metrics: Multisite exploratory study to demonstrate value and sustainability of navigation programs." Journal of Clinical Oncology 38, no. 15_suppl (2020): e14040-e14040. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e14040.

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e14040 Background: As evidence guides practice, it is essential for navigation programs to identify core metrics and standardize data collection to demonstrate program outcomes. Through extensive literature review three main areas of measurements have been defined as patient experience (PE), clinical outcomes (CO), and business performance or return-on-investment (ROI) metrics. To advance the field towards the goal of standardized metrics, a team from Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), American Cancer Society (ACS), and The Chartis Group, Chartis Oncology Solutions Pra

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Norazizah, Elza, Gita Indah Marthasari, and Yufis Azhar. "Pengukuran Kinerja Sustainability Menggunakan Metode Sustainability Performance Metrics (Studi Kasus : Sistem Informasi Management Praktik Kerja Nyata Informatika UMM)." Jurnal Repositor 2, no. 7 (2020): 843. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/repositor.v2i7.754.

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AbstrakSistem Informasi Management Praktik Kerja Nyata (SIM PKN) adalah fasilitas pelayanan universitas muhammadiyah malang teknik informatika kepada mahasiswa, dosen akademik dan kalangan akademik lainnya dengan menyediakan Sistem Informasi akademik yang sesuai dengan perkembangan yang ada. Penggunaan SIM PKN memiliki kemungkinan untuk digunakan secara berkelanjutan. Tanpa adanya perubahan yang signifikan , sistem ini akan sulit untuk memenuhi kebutuhan yang sifatnya berkelanjutan. Oleh karena itu diperlukan pengukuran sustainability menggunakan sustainability performance metrics pada SIM PKN

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Lsaputri, V. H., M. Hisjam, and W. Sutopo. "A review on sustainable metrics for Sustainability Measurement in Supply Chain." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 943 (November 3, 2020): 012056. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/943/1/012056.

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Saputri, Theresia Ratih Dewi, and Seok-Won Lee. "Software Analysis Method for Assessing Software Sustainability." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 30, no. 01 (2020): 67–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194020500047.

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Software sustainability evaluation has become an essential component of software engineering (SE) owing to sustainability considerations that must be incorporated into software development. Several studies have been performed to address the issues associated with sustainability concerns in the SE process. However, current practices extensively rely on participant experiences to evaluate sustainability achievement. Moreover, there exist limited quantifiable methods for supporting software sustainability evaluation. Our primary objective is to present a methodology that can assist software engin

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Torabizadeh, Mohammadehsan E., M. Y. Noordin, and M. S. Awaluddin. "Performance Measurement System for Sustainable Supply Chain Management." Advanced Materials Research 845 (December 2013): 516–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.845.516.

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In recent years the topic of sustainable supply chain has received dramatic attention and become an important research area. These days there are some new challenges which companies should consider them such as climate changes, the negative effect of downturn, face the growing attention of people to ecology. In order to evaluate the sustainability performance measurement system becomes an important tool to assess the sustainability on environmental, social and economy aspect of supply chain management. For making the business case for sustainability issues in supply chain, it is critical to ca

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Rankin, Jeff, Aminah Robinson Fayek, Gerry Meade, Carl Haas, and André Manseau. "Initial metrics and pilot program results for measuring the performance of the Canadian construction industry." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 35, no. 9 (2008): 894–907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l08-018.

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A study has been initiated by the Canadian Construction Innovation Council to support the measurement of the performance of the Canadian construction industry. Metrics have been established to cover aspects of cost, time, scope, quality, safety, innovation, and sustainability. The metrics were piloted with industry partners and applied to institutional building and infrastructure projects. The metrics were selected in recognition of other national and international efforts in benchmarking and with a view of supporting analysis at the project, organization, and industry level. The experience ga

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Vieira, Fátima L., Paulo A. Vieira, and Denis A. Coelho. "A Data-Driven Approach to Development of a Taxonomy Framework for Triple Bottom Line Metrics." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (2019): 2717. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092717.

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This paper proposes a data-driven approach to develop a taxonomy in a data structure on list for triple bottom line (TBL) metrics. The approach is built from the authors reflection on the subject and review of the literature about TBL. The envisaged taxonomy framework grid to be developed through this approach will enable existing metrics to be classified, grouped, and standardized, as well as detect the need for further metrics development in uncovered domains and applications. The approach reported aims at developing a taxonomy structure that can be seen as a bi-dimensional table focusing on

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Ayabaca, César, and Carlos Vila. "An Approach to Sustainable Metrics Definition and Evaluation for Green Manufacturing in Material Removal Processes." Materials 13, no. 2 (2020): 373. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13020373.

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Material removal technologies should be thoroughly analyzed not only to optimize operations but also to minimize the different waste emissions and obtain cleaner production centers. The study of environmental sustainability in manufacturing processes, which is rapidly gaining importance, requires activity modeling with material and resource inputs and outputs and, most importantly, the definition of a balanced scorecard with suitable indicators for different levels, including the operational level. This paper proposes a metrics deployment approach for the different stages of the product life c

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Bajec, Patricija, Danijela Tuljak-Suban, and Ivona Bajor. "A Warehouse Social and Environmental Performance Metrics Framework." Promet - Traffic&Transportation 32, no. 4 (2020): 513–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v32i4.3390.

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To improve the supply chain performance in all three aspects of sustainability (social, economic, and environmental), a comprehensive sustainable performance measurement system that captures all the supply chain partners’ efforts and commitments is required. Warehouse, as the second largest logistics source of environmental pollution in the supply chain has been almost completely overlooked and ignored in the past studies. To fill this gap, a warehouse performance metrics framework for environmental and social performance measures was proposed using a novel Fuzzy Delphi and Best-worst methodol

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Cunha Callado, Antônio André, and Lisa Jack. "Relations between usage patterns of performance indicators and the role of individual firms in fresh fruit agri-food supply chains." Journal of Applied Accounting Research 18, no. 3 (2017): 375–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jaar-04-2016-0037.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the use of performance metrics among 121 Brazilian agribusiness companies, with the aim of helping accountants and academics to understand the actual use of performance metrics in non-integrated supply chains (SCs). Design/methodology/approach To identify which performance metrics are used among SC partners, four independent clusters representing specific SC roles (input suppliers, farmers, distributors, and retailers) were formed. Data relating to 49 performance metrics were collected by questionnaire and analyzed statistically to isolate common

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Oprean-Stan, Camelia, Ionica Oncioiu, Iulia Cristina Iuga, and Sebastian Stan. "Impact of Sustainability Reporting and Inadequate Management of ESG Factors on Corporate Performance and Sustainable Growth." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (2020): 8536. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208536.

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The purpose of this research study is to examine and explain whether there is a positive or negative linear relationship between sustainability reporting, inadequate management of economic, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and corporate performance and sustainable growth. The financial and market performances of companies are both analyzed in this study. Sustainable growth at the company level is introduced as a dimension that depends on sustainability reporting and the management of ESG factors. In order to achieve the main objective of the paper, the methodology here focuses on the cons

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Wut, Tai Ming, Daisy Lee, Wai Man Ip, and Stephanie W. Lee. "Digital Sustainability in the Organization: Scale Development and Validation." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (2021): 3530. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063530.

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This study aims to develop a measurement scale for the digital sustainability practices in the organization. Considering that digital sustainability practices vary across industries and context, this study develops a scale of digital sustainability metrics, which is based on a comprehensive literature review. The proposed model was then tested with partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Several phases of qualitative and quantitative investigations of employees were conducted to propose and validate the construct of digital sustainability. The scale development process c

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Arabindoo, Pushpa. "Renewable energy, sustainability paradox and the post-urban question." Urban Studies 57, no. 11 (2019): 2300–2320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098019885080.

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Amidst the hype of a ‘new’ energy regime in India with a singular focus on renewable energy, this paper offers a more scrupulous reading of renewables to set up a critical energy discourse. It offers a three-part analysis where it begins by questioning the entrenched idea of ‘renewables as science’ and its instrumental use of metrics and measurements to convey an unbelievable reach and significance. Highlighting the consistent invocation of a calculative ethos, it shows how an ‘empirics of targets’ relying largely on the lure and lore of a single numeric, installed capacity, is persuasively em

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Mishra, Biswajeeban, Biswaranjan Mishra, and Attila Kertesz. "Stress-Testing MQTT Brokers: A Comparative Analysis of Performance Measurements." Energies 14, no. 18 (2021): 5817. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14185817.

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Presently, Internet of Things (IoT) protocols are at the heart of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication. Irrespective of the radio technologies used for deploying an IoT/M2M network, all independent data generated by IoT devices (sensors and actuators) rely heavily on the special messaging protocols used for M2M communication in IoT applications. As the demand for IoT services is growing, the need for reduced power consumption of IoT devices and services is also growing to ensure a sustainable environment for future generations. The Message-Queuing Telemetry Transport or in short MQTT is a wi

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Chalusiak, Maciej, Weronika Nawrot, Szymon Buchaniec, and Grzegorz Brus. "Swarm Intelligence-Based Methodology for Scanning Electron Microscope Image Segmentation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode." Energies 14, no. 11 (2021): 3055. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14113055.

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Segmentation of images from scanning electron microscope, especially multiphase, poses a drawback in their microstructure quantification process. The labeling process must be automatized due to the time consumption and irreproducibility of the manual labeling procedure. Here we show a swarm intelligence-driven filtration methodology performed on raw solid oxide fuel cell anode’s material images to improve the segmentation methods’ performance. The methodology focused on two significant parts of the segmentation process, which are filtering and labeling. During the first one, the images underwe

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Jordão, Ricardo Vinícius Dias, and Vander Ribeiro de Almeida. "Performance measurement, intellectual capital and financial sustainability." Journal of Intellectual Capital 18, no. 3 (2017): 643–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jic-11-2016-0115.

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Purpose One of the main contemporary challenges in organisations is finding ways of measuring their intellectual capital (IC), and its effects on competitiveness and financial sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of IC on the long-term financial performance of Brazilian companies. Design/methodology/approach Considering that previous studies have not been able to explain the role of IC in financial sustainability (measured by long-term corporate performance), this paper attempts to fill this gap by means of a quantitative, descriptive and applied study. Based o

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Beske-Janssen, Philip, Matthew Phillip Johnson, and Stefan Schaltegger. "20 years of performance measurement in sustainable supply chain management – what has been achieved?" Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 20, no. 6 (2015): 664–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/scm-06-2015-0216.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the academic literature on sustainability performance measurement for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) published over the past 20 years. The development and current state of instruments, concepts and systems to measure and manage sustainability performance are examined and research gaps are identified. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic literature review is conducted spanning two decades of publications in peer-reviewed academic journals. The publications are analyzed with regard to frequency and bibliometrical m

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Engel-Cox, Jill, Bennett Van Houten, Jerry Phelps, and Shyanika Rose. "Conceptual model of comprehensive research metrics for improved human health and environment." Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 14, no. 2 (2009): 519–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1413-81232009000200020.

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Performance measurement predominantly consisted of near-term outputs measured through bibliometrics, but the recent focus is on accountability for investment based on long-term outcomes. Our objective is to build a logic model and associated metrics through which to measure the contribution of environmental health research programs to improvements in human health, the environment, and the economy. We developed a logic model that defines the components and linkages between extramural environmental health research grant programs and the outputs and outcomes related to health and social welfare,

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Ceja Soto, Flavio Roberto, José de Jesús Pérez Bueno, Maria Luisa Mendoza López, et al. "Sustainability Metrics for Housing and the Thermal Performance Evaluation of a Low-Cost Prototype Made with Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) Bottles." Recycling 4, no. 3 (2019): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/recycling4030030.

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The scope of this work covers a proposal for the implementation of sustainable, low-cost, environmentally friendly, and affordable housing for low-income people. This paper aims to address the current housing issues, namely that many people lack decent housing and that the built houses are usually of a poorly sustainable nature. The work consists of three main parts: an evaluation of housing sustainability, measurement of parameters related to their internal comfort and a simulation of thermal enclosure with the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. An important objective is to propose a sustainabili

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Soilán, Mario, Belén Riveiro, Patricia Liñares, and Andrea Pérez-Rivas. "Automatic Parametrization of Urban Areas Using ALS Data: The Case Study of Santiago de Compostela." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 7, no. 11 (2018): 439. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7110439.

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Nowadays, gathering accurate and meaningful information about the urban environment with the maximum efficiency in terms of cost and time has become more relevant for city administrations, as this information is essential if the sustainability or the resilience of the urban structure has to be improved. This work presents a methodology for the automatic parametrization and characterization of different urban typologies, for the specific case study of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), using data from Aerial Laser Scanners (ALS). This methodology consists of a number of sequential processes of poi

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Portillo-Tarragona, Pilar, Sabina Scarpellini, Jose Moneva, Jesus Valero-Gil, and Alfonso Aranda-Usón. "Classification and Measurement of the Firms’ Resources and Capabilities Applied to Eco-Innovation Projects from a Resource-Based View Perspective." Sustainability 10, no. 9 (2018): 3161. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093161.

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Interest from academics, policy–makers and practitioners in eco-innovation has increased as it enables the optimization of the use of natural resources improving competitiveness and it provides a conceptual framework for corporate sustainability. In this context, this paper provides an in-depth analysis and a wide classification of the specific indicators for the integrated measurement of eco-innovation projects in business from a resource-based view (RBV). The specific metrics were tested to measure the economic-financial and environmental resources and capabilities applied by five Spanish fi

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Stein, Michael, and Michele Acciaro. "Value Creation through Corporate Sustainability in the Port Sector: A Structured Literature Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 14 (2020): 5504. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12145504.

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Corporate Sustainability (CS) in the port sector has emerged as an important driver behind strategy definition for port authorities globally. It has been argued that CS practices have the potential of delivering value for port users and, as such, grant port operators and port managing entities competitive advantages. There is, however, limited evidence behind this claim. The difficulty with collecting such evidence is that we lack measures of port value creation, and CS metrics have rarely been developed and applied in ports. This paper provides a framework for collecting empirical evidence ai

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Christensen, Pernille Hoy. "A post-global financial crisis (GFC) framework for strategic planning, assessment and management decision making for US sustainable commercial real estate." Journal of Property Investment & Finance 35, no. 6 (2017): 589–618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpif-11-2016-0085.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand both the facts and the values associated with the breadth of issues, and the principles related to sustainable real estate for institutional investors. Sustainable real estate is a growing sector within the commercial real estate industry, and yet, the decision-making practices of institutional investors related to sustainability are still not well understood. In an effort to fill that gap, this research investigates the post-global financial crisis (GFC) motivations driving the implementation of sustainability initiatives, the implementation

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McCullough, Brian P., Jamee Pelcher, and Sylvia Trendafilova. "An Exploratory Analysis of the Environmental Sustainability Performance Signaling Communications among North American Sport Organizations." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (2020): 1950. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12051950.

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Sport organizations across North America promote and claim deep commitments to environmental issues through sustainability performance signaling. These signals are conveyed through external associations or memberships (e.g., Green Sports Alliance) or internally (e.g., environmental reports and communications). However, researchers have not explored this communication strategy as it relates to environmental initiatives in sport nor compared environmental communications of sport organizations from the major professional sport leagues in North America. We analyzed the websites of 147 North Americ

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Zientara, Piotr, Paulina Bohdanowicz-Godfrey, Claire Whitely, and Grzegorz Maciejewski. "A Case Study of LightStay (2010–2017)—Hilton’s Corporate Responsibility Management System." Energies 13, no. 9 (2020): 2303. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13092303.

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This paper focuses on Hilton’s proprietary sustainability performance measurement system (SPMS) called LightStay (2010–2017). It draws on the case-study method and relies on three principal sources of information: in-house documents, a questionnaire completed by users of LightStay and interviews conducted with external experts. Specifically, the paper traces the system’s evolution and highlights its distinctive features, exploring the challenges and trade-offs related to the design and workings of an SPMS in a hotel multinational. The study shows, among other things, how LightStay, using an in

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Bueso, Maria C., José Miguel Paredes-Parra, Antonio Mateo-Aroca, and Angel Molina-García. "A Characterization of Metrics for Comparing Satellite-Based and Ground-Measured Global Horizontal Irradiance Data: A Principal Component Analysis Application." Sustainability 12, no. 6 (2020): 2454. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062454.

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The increasing integration of photovoltaic (PV) power plants into power systems demands a high accuracy of yield prediction and measurement. With this aim, different global horizontal irradiance (GHI) estimations based on new-generation geostationary satellites have been recently proposed, providing a growing number of solutions and databases, mostly available online, in addition to the many ground-based irradiance data installations currently available. According to the specific literature, there is a lack of agreement in validation strategies for a bankable, satellite-derived irradiance data

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Mazorra-Aguiar, Luis, Philippe Lauret, Mathieu David, Albert Oliver, and Gustavo Montero. "Comparison of Two Solar Probabilistic Forecasting Methodologies for Microgrids Energy Efficiency." Energies 14, no. 6 (2021): 1679. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14061679.

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In this paper, the performances of two approaches for solar probabilistic are evaluated using a set of metrics previously tested by the meteorology verification community. A particular focus is put on several scores and the decomposition of a specific probabilistic metric: the continuous rank probability score (CRPS) as they give extensive information to compare the forecasting performance of both methodologies. The two solar probabilistic forecasting methodologies are used to produce intra-day solar forecasts with time horizons ranging from 1 h to 6 h. The first methodology is based on two st

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Marsilio, Marta, Floriana Fusco, Eleonora Gheduzzi, and Chiara Guglielmetti. "Co-Production Performance Evaluation in Healthcare. A Systematic Review of Methods, Tools and Metrics." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7 (2021): 3336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073336.

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Co-produced practices and publications in the healthcare sector are gaining momentum, since they can be a useful tool in addressing the sustainability and resilience challenges of health systems. However, the investigation of positive and, mainly, negative outcomes is still confused and fragmented, and above all, a comprehensive knowledge of the metrics used to assess these outcomes is lacking. To fill this gap, this study aims to systematically review the extant literature to map the methods, tools and metrics used to empirically evaluate co-production in health services. The search took plac

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De Mendonca, Taryn Renatta, and Yan Zhou. "Environmental Performance, Customer Satisfaction, and Profitability: A Study among Large U.S. Companies." Sustainability 11, no. 19 (2019): 5418. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11195418.

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The academic community has been advocating for companies to focus on improving their environmental performance. While companies are increasingly taking environmental action driven mainly by top management commitment, there is interest in understanding whether by contributing to the sustainability of the natural environment companies can gain the satisfaction of their other stakeholders and in a manner that facilitates their competitiveness. With the use of partial least squares structural equation modeling among a sample of large U.S. publicly traded companies, this study investigates the role

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Chen, Ku-Hsieh, Jen-Chi Cheng, Joe-Ming Lee, Liou-Yuan Li, and Sheng-Yu Peng. "Energy Efficiency: Indicator, Estimation, and a New Idea." Sustainability 12, no. 12 (2020): 4944. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12124944.

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Energy efficiency has long been an important issue to the global economic and political theaters; however, searching for an effective and concise measure for efficiency remains a contentious and intriguing topic. There are two obvious flaws with the commonly used metrics in existing literature. First, there is a sense of confusion and misunderstanding between the definitions of energy efficiency and efficacy. As a result, the formulae and methods for measuring efficiency are often the subject of criticism. Second, even if the definition of efficiency is clear, the method of estimation can be q

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Xue, Bin, Bingsheng Liu, and Ting Sun. "What Matters in Achieving Infrastructure Sustainability through Project Management Practices: A Preliminary Study of Critical Factors." Sustainability 10, no. 12 (2018): 4421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124421.

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Sustainability has captured extensive attention in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry globally. However, how to achieve Infrastructure Sustainability (IS), one the critical dimensions measuring project success, although Project Management Practices (PMPs) in international contexts remain to be explored. Based on the empirical data collected from AEC practitioners with experiences in international infrastructure projects, this research develops two conceptual frameworks for PMPs and IS using principle components analysis (PCA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Four

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Affan, Muhammad Wildan. "Integrated Reporting and Corporate Performance: Empirical Evidence of The IIRC Framework Adoption." JEMA: Jurnal Ilmiah Bidang Akuntansi dan Manajemen 16, no. 2 (2019): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.31106/jema.v16i2.2700.

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Sustainability and transparency issues are becoming trending in the nature of corporate reporting. Stakeholders are accused to bring together all financial and nonfinancial metrics into one integrated report. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of integrated reporting toward corporate performance. Integrated reporting measurement uses the construct adopted from IIRC. The research sample in this study is basic and chemical industry sector that listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2017. The reason in choosing those industries as a research subject is because the basic and c

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Helou, R. I., Gaud Catho, Annabel Peyravi Latif, et al. "Study protocol for an international, multicentre stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a digital antimicrobial stewardship smartphone application." BMJ Open 10, no. 6 (2020): e033640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033640.

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IntroductionWith the widespread use of electronic health records and handheld electronic devices in hospitals, informatics-based antimicrobial stewardship interventions hold great promise as tools to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug prescribing. However, more research is needed to evaluate their optimal design and impact on quantity and quality of antimicrobial prescribing.Methods and analysisUse of smartphone-based digital stewardship applications (apps) with local guideline directed empirical antimicrobial use by physicians will be compared with antimicrobial prescription as per usual

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Pietrzyk, Tobias, Markus Georgi, Sabine Schlittmeier, and Katharina Schmitz. "Psychoacoustic Evaluation of Hydraulic Pumps." Sustainability 13, no. 13 (2021): 7320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13137320.

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In this study, sound measurements of an axial piston pump and an internal gear pump were performed and subjective pleasantness judgements were collected in listening tests (to analyze the subjective pleasantness), which could be seen as the inverse of the subjective annoyance of hydraulic drives. Pumps are the dominant sound source in hydraulic systems. The noise generation of displacement machines is subject of current research. However, in this research only the sound pressure level (SPL) was considered. Psychoacoustic metrics give new possibilities to analyze the sound of hydraulic drive te

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Kah, Sally, and Temidayo Akenroye. "Evaluation of social impact measurement tools and techniques: a systematic review of the literature." Social Enterprise Journal 16, no. 4 (2020): 381–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sej-05-2020-0027.

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Purpose In spite of the availability of metrics for measuring social impact (SI), it can be difficult for organisations to select tools that fit their precise needs. To address this challenge, this study conducts a systematic literature review by using legitimacy theory as a point of departure. It examines tools that capture three dimensions of sustainability – social, economic and environmental (SEE) – and firm size. Design/methodology/approach Top four journal databases in the social sciences from the FT50 review were searched to identify articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the 2

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Fenichel, Eli P., Joshua K. Abbott, Jude Bayham, Whitney Boone, Erin M. K. Haacker, and Lisa Pfeiffer. "Measuring the value of groundwater and other forms of natural capital." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 9 (2016): 2382–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1513779113.

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Valuing natural capital is fundamental to measuring sustainability. The United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, and other agencies have called for inclusion of the value of natural capital in sustainability metrics, such as inclusive wealth. Much has been written about the importance of natural capital, but consistent, rigorous valuation approaches compatible with the pricing of traditional forms of capital have remained elusive. We present a guiding quantitative framework enabling natural capital valuation that is fully consistent with capital theory, accounts for biophysical and ec

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Kukulski, Jacek, Piotr Gołębiowski, Jacek Makowski, Ilona Jacyna-Gołda, and Jolanta Żak. "Effective Method for Diagnosing Continuous Welded Track Condition Based on Experimental Research." Energies 14, no. 10 (2021): 2889. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14102889.

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The correct operation of the continuous welded track requires diagnosing its condition and preparation of track metrics requiring measurements of displacements of rail under operation. This is required as there are additional thermal stresses in the rails with values depending on the temperature changes of the rails. Therefore, the climatic conditions are important. This paper presents the original effective analytical method for diagnosing the condition of continuous welded track based on experimental research. The method allows for an appropriate repair or maintenance recommendation. In the

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Beck, Anthony, Gavin Long, Doreen S. Boyd, et al. "Automated classification metrics for energy modelling of residential buildings in the UK with open algorithms." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 47, no. 1 (2018): 45–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808318762436.

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Estimating residential building energy use across large spatial extents is vital for identifying and testing effective strategies to reduce carbon emissions and improve urban sustainability. This task is underpinned by the availability of accurate models of building stock from which appropriate parameters may be extracted. For example, the form of a building, such as whether it is detached, semi-detached, terraced etc. and its shape may be used as part of a typology for defining its likely energy use. When these details are combined with information on building construction materials or glazin

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Adeleye, Ifedapo, Abayomi Sule, and Shola Tobun. "Managing Change in Health Care: A Case of UTHI." South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases 3, no. 2 (2014): 139–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2277977914548345.

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The 1970s saw the establishment of University Teaching Hospital Ibadan (UTHI) as a hospital of eminence with lofty vision: ‘To be the flagship tertiary health care institution in the West African sub-region: offering world-class training, research and services and the first choice hospital’. It indeed kept its promise to emerge as the main teaching hospital of the country. The 1990s witnessed the decline. The Government of Nigeria appointed Vesta Healthcare Partners to advise on transformation and sustainability. A number of suggestions of far-reaching consequences came up. These involved rest

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Gorse, Christopher. "Guest Editorial." Construction Innovation 16, no. 1 (2016): 2–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-07-2015-0041.

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Purpose – This paper aims to propose a model for building performance, based on control of fabric and services, and the influence of occupant behaviour. This work also demonstrates where significant change has been achieved through the processes of testing, measurement and monitoring. Modern Man’s impact on the Ecosystem, sustainability and the built environment’s contribution to global emissions are highlighted. The review provides a specific focus on the thermal performance of buildings and work undertaken to recognise and reduce wasted heat energy. Drawing on current research, data on build

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Sharma, Tripti Ghosh, Vishesh Srajan Tyagi, Laksh Sharma, and Rupayan Banerjee. "BloodConnect: enriching lives." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 5, no. 5 (2015): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-11-2014-0270.

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Subject area Social enterprise, Social entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability PGDM, PGDM Executive. Case overview The case is about the evolution of a unique social organization, BloodConnect, over its journey of four years. Initiated by two Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi students in 2010, the organization went on to be recognized for making leeway into the hitherto underserved need of blood security in India. The case describes BloodConnect's evolution with respect to different dimensions of blood shortages and the organization's acquisition of knowledge over the years. Blood

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Morris, Dave M., Rob L. Fleming, and Paul W. Hazlett. "Ontario, Canada’s LTSP Experience: Forging Lasting Research Partnerships and the Adaptive Management Cycle in Action." Journal of Forestry 118, no. 3 (2020): 337–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa002.

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Abstract In this paper, we summarize Ontario’s Long-term Soil Productivity (LTSP) experience focusing on our efforts to forge lasting research partnerships, highlight the approaches we feel were effective in getting emerging science into forest policy within an adaptive management (AM) framework, and describe the future direction of Ontario’s LTSP program as new policy issues are emerging as part of the continuous AM cycle. Fourteen installations were established on nutrient-poor, conifer-dominated sites, considered to be the most sensitive to increased biomass removals. From 1993 to 1995, all

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Torresin, Albatici, Aletta, Babich, and Kang. "Assessment Methods and Factors Determining Positive Indoor Soundscapes in Residential Buildings: A Systematic Review." Sustainability 11, no. 19 (2019): 5290. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11195290.

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The design of an indoor acoustic environment positively perceived by building occupants requires a perceptual approach to be adopted in order to define what makes it sound good. Soundscape standards ISO 12913 have been introduced to assess how the acoustic environment is perceived, in context, by people. According to the standards, a straightforward characterization of a soundscape as positive is currently possible only through measurements by persons, because of a current gap in linking perceptual metrics to acoustic or psychoacoustic measurements. In addition, despite applying also to indoor

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Llorente-González, Leandro Javier, and Xavier Vence. "Decoupling or ‘Decaffing’? The Underlying Conceptualization of Circular Economy in the European Union Monitoring Framework." Sustainability 11, no. 18 (2019): 4898. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11184898.

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In recent years, the shift to a circular economy (CE) has become an increasingly important component of the European Union’s development strategy. However, no consensus has yet been reached on the depth of the transformation this implies, nor on the most appropriate strategy for its measurement. In 2018, the European Commission presented a monitoring framework to evaluate the progress made in this transition, focused on the priority objectives of the European strategy for the CE. This article aims to discuss the conceptualization of the CE behind the selection and interpretation of the metrics

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Krizanova, Anna, George Lăzăroiu, Lubica Gajanova, Jana Kliestikova, Margareta Nadanyiova, and Dominika Moravcikova. "The Effectiveness of Marketing Communication and Importance of Its Evaluation in an Online Environment." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (2019): 7016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11247016.

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Online marketing communication covers a wide area and thus promotes an extensive reach of advertising to a broad audience. Hotels can achieve certain goals through online communication, mainly an increase of hotel awareness; an improvement of their image; and an increase in the level of customer satisfaction and trust, or brand loyalty. Measurement of the effectiveness of communication tools in the online environment is still a challenge, whether in the academic world or in the business world, mainly due to the complexity of this process. The main objective of this paper is to propose a method

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Sánchez-Arrieta, Natalia, Rafael A. González, Antonio Cañabate, and Ferran Sabate. "Social Capital on Social Networking Sites: A Social Network Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 9 (2021): 5147. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13095147.

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Although social capital has been researched from many approaches and attempts have been made to measure it online, the literature lacks an operational description that would allow its measurement criteria to be established from a social network perspective. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify in the literature what metrics researchers use to measure social capital on social networking sites from a social network perspective. Thus, this contribution offers a theoretical description of the key elements for measuring social capital in social networking sites, which may be useful i

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Ye, Bojia, Zhao Yang, Lili Wan, and Yunlong Dong. "Multi-Objective Evaluation of Airborne Self-Separation Procedure in Flow Corridors Based on TOPSIS and Entropy." Sustainability 12, no. 1 (2019): 322. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12010322.

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This paper proposes a simulation-based framework for assessing airborne self-separation procedures in flow corridors with consideration of different performance metrics, including air traffic operations, corridor capacity, safety, and environmental impacts. Firstly, the airborne self-separation concept in flow corridors is introduced, followed by an agent-based flow corridor simulation model. Then, data were collected to initialize a parallel-lane flow corridor model connecting A461 upper air route from Beijing to Guangzhou in China which can also simulate aircraft self-separating in the flow

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Abarca-Alvarez, Francisco Javier, Francisco Sergio Campos-Sánchez, and Fernando Osuna-Pérez. "Urban Shape and Built Density Metrics through the Analysis of European Urban Fabrics Using Artificial Intelligence." Sustainability 11, no. 23 (2019): 6622. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11236622.

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In recent decades, the concept of urban density has been considered key to the creation of sustainable urban fabrics. However, when it comes to measuring the built density, a difficulty has been observed in defining valid measurement indicators universally. With the intention of identifying the variables that allow the best characterization of the shape of urban fabrics and of obtaining the metrics of their density, a multi-variable analysis methodology from the field of artificial intelligence is proposed. The main objective of this paper was to evaluate the capacity and interest of such a me

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