Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches

Daniel Alejandro Rossit, PhD is an Assistant Researcher of CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina) and Teaching Assistant in the Engineering Department of the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He has an Industrial Engineer degree and a PhD in Engineering. His research has focused on production problems, operations research and engineering systems optimization. He has published in journals such as Omega, International Journal of Production Research, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, among others. Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

• 1. Introduction to - Evolution and Trends of SustainabilityPart 1: Approaches to Sustainable Solutions2. Integrating Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methods3. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Concentrating Solar Power technologies: a comparison between solar tower power and solar thermal parabolic trough generations in Brazil 4. Exploring sustainable workforce management: Trends, solution approaches, and practices5. The challenges of undertaking and innovating with sustainable socio-environmental impact businesses: analysis of narratives from socio-environmental entrepreneurs in southern BahiaPart 2: Sustainable Operations Management6. Maintenance in operational condition and obsolescence management in a sustainable operations management context7. Circular economy strategies for improving furniture management in educational institutions.8. A multiobjective maximal covering/p-dispersion model for reverse vending machine location9. Closed-loop supply chain and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): a literature review10. A bi-objective mixed integer non-linear programming model for the cell switch-off problem considering quality of service and energy consumption11. Solving a routing problem with time windows for an Argentinian case study in solid waste management Part 3: Sustainability and Technology12. A knowledge roadmap for digitally enabled construction and building supply chain management: A sustainability perspective13. A cyber-physical system for improving the sustainability of freight logistics industry: A case of developing nation14. Decision Support Systems for Green Hydrogen Supply Chain Design: A Comparative Study of Literature and Real-World Tools15. Digital Technologies for Fostering Sustainability in Industry 4.0