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

Valery P. Meshalkin, Vladimir S. Zharov, Leopold I. Leontiev, Antony M. Nzioka and Andrey Y. Belozersky
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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
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
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

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-20

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.

Keywords: criteria; indicators; energy-intensive industrial production; resource- and energy-efficiency; technological innovation; technological renewal; sustainability; economic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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