Abstract
Technology has an important role to play in the development of a sustainable society, and techni- cal research is fundamental to ensure the advancement of technologies that is required to achieve the needed progress in eco-efficiency and social performance of future technologies. Sustainability contribu- tions should thus be an important consideration in the development and assessment of technical research but how can we assess the sustainability implications of technical research projects? The paper presents a new methodology taking a life cycle perspective on the potential technological and societal changes resulting from research projects and assessing their sustainability implications against the United Na- tions’ 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). It provides information about both positive and negative contributions to the SDGs and support identification of improvement potentials as input to the research project.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Procedia CIRP |
| Volume | 90 |
| Pages (from-to) | 148-153 |
| ISSN | 2212-8271 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Event | 27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) - Virtual event, France Duration: 13 May 2020 → 15 May 2020 Conference number: 27 |
Conference
| Conference | 27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) |
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| Number | 27 |
| Location | Virtual event |
| Country/Territory | France |
| Period | 13/05/2020 → 15/05/2020 |
Keywords
- Sustainable development goals
- SDG
- Life cycle
- Eco-efficiency
- Eco-effectiveness
- Absolute sustainability
- PhD project
- Sustainability assessment