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Sustainable Environmental Impact Assessment Using Indicators for Sustainable Energy-Intensive Industrial Production

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  • Valery P. Meshalkin

    (Faculty of Digital Technologies and Chemical Engineering, D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 9, Miusskaya Square, 125047 Moscow, Russia
    World-Class Laboratory “LaMiUr”, Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Technical University, 26, Moskovski Avenue, 190013 St. Petersburg, Russia)

  • Vladimir S. Zharov

    (Luzin Institute of Economic Problems of the Federal Research Center “Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 24a, Fersmana Street, 184209 Apatity, Russia
    Department of Economics, Management and Sociology, Murmansk Arctic State University Apatity Branch, 29, Lesnaya Street, 184209 Apatity, Russia)

  • Leopold I. Leontiev

    (Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 14, Leninski Avenue, 119991 Moscow, Russia)

  • Antony M. Nzioka

    (Silla Entech Co., Ltd., 559 Dalseo-Daero, Dalseo-gu, E&C Innobiz Tower, Daegu 42709, Republic of Korea)

  • Andrey Y. Belozersky

    (Asset-Invest LLC, 22, Prirelsovaya Street, 248017 Kaluga, Russia)

Abstract

We have proposed an impact assessment methodology for determining sustainability in energy-intensive industrial production based on a comprehensive combination of economic, environmental, and social indicators for sustainable development. The goal of this study was to disclose this methodology for assessing sustainability in energy-intensive industrial production. We proved that any energy-intensive chemical, metallurgical, and energy generation processes should maximize the material output values and product value addition to ensure innovative sustainable development. We proposed indicators that determine the levels of increasing the sustainability of energy-intensive production as a whole, as well as taking into account individual technological processes. We proposed a procedure for making managerial decisions to increase the sustainability of energy-intensive outputs using the technological renewal of fixed assets and/or technological modernization of production. Our proposed methodology is based on a graphical model of the technological development’s life cycle of the existing energy-intensive production process. In addition, the proposed methodology ensures resource- and energy-efficiency intensification, together with the environmental safety of the technological processes.

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  • Valery P. Meshalkin & Vladimir S. Zharov & Leopold I. Leontiev & Antony M. Nzioka & Andrey Y. Belozersky, 2023. "Sustainable Environmental Impact Assessment Using Indicators for Sustainable Energy-Intensive Industrial Production," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-20, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:7:p:3172-:d:1113110
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