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Improving the Sustainability of Office Partition Manufacturing: Balancing Options for Reducing Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds

Luisser, Frank S.; Rosen, Marc A. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 2, pp. 234-253

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Sustainability in Agricultural Mechanization: Assessment of a Combined Photovoltaic and Electric Multipurpose System for Farmers

Mousazadeh, Hossein; Keyhani, Alireza; Mobli, Hossein; … - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 4, pp. 1042-1068

This study is dedicated to the assessment of the possibility of replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy as a source of power in modern agriculture. We examined the use of a completely sustainable agricultural mechanization system based on a renewable energy system and a battery powered,...

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The Textile Industry and Sustainable Development: A Holt–Winters Forecasting Investigation for the Eastern European Area

Paraschiv, Dorel; Tudor, Cristiana; Petrariu, Radu - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1280-1291

To achieve sustainable development, massive changes towards fostering a clean and pollution-reducing industrial sector … are quintessential. The textile industry has been one of the main contributors to water pollution all over the world …, causing more than 20% of the registered levels of water pollution in countries like Turkey, Indonesia and China (among the G20 …

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Sustainable Living in Africa: Case of Water, Sanitation, Air Pollution and Energy

Omole, David O.; Ndambuki, Julius M. - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5187-5202

The study reviewed developmental challenges confronting African countries with specific reference to the availability of potable water, sanitation, energy, water and ambient air. It showed the conflict between the need to exploit environmental capital in order to keep up with the pace of human...

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