Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 28 Issue 4

Particle size characterization as a support for sediment contamination analysis

Felippe Fernandes, Cristiano Poleto

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the results of particle size profiles carried out in the dam Mãe d’água, located in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do…

Use of a duckweed pond for the domestic wastewater polishing in Ilha Solteira, SP, Brazil

Daiane Cristina de Oliveira Garcia, Liliane Lazzari Albertin, Tsunao Matsumoto

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of a duckweed pond in the polishing of a stabilization pond effluent, as well as quantify its biomass production. Once an…

The relationship between financial attributes, environmental performance and environmental disclosure: Empirical investigation on French firms listed on CAC 40

Ali Ahmadi, Abdelfettah Bouri

An increasing number of business organizations around the world are engaged in the accounting reporting on non-financial performance aspects, mainly within the field of…

Treatment effectiveness of water in Bouhamdane watershed (Guelma, Northeastern Algeria)

Titi Samia Benrabah, Mani Hannouche, Badra Attoui

This paper represents an analytical study conducted in the laboratory. The purpose of this paper is to monitor changes of some parameters related to water treatment in Hamman…

Estimating the surface runoff from natural environment data

Franciane Mendonça dos Santos, José Augusto de Lollo, Frederico Fabio Mauad

The purpose of this paper is to estimate quick and low-cost processes for surface runoff potential on the basis of natural environmental attributes.

From green buildings to green supply chains: An integrated input-output life cycle assessment and optimization framework for carbon footprint reduction policy making

N. Muhammad Aslaam Mohamed Abdul Ghani, Gokhan Egilmez, Murat Kucukvar, M. Khurrum S. Bhutta

The purpose of this paper is to focus on tracing GHG emissions across the supply chain industries associated with the US residential, commercial and industrial building stock and…

A tool for simulating heat sharing opportunities between multiple buildings

Roy Botman, Jos van Schijndel

The purpose of this paper is to present a tool for simulating heat sharing opportunities between multiple buildings.

A comparative analysis on water quality in an urban micro watershed

Karen Tavares Zambrano, Cristiano Poleto, Jefferson Nascimento Oliveira

This study presents a comparative analysis of water quality data in an urban micro watershed to study the magnitude of impacts on the water quality parameters over the last…

Modeling and prediction of octanol/water partition coefficient of pesticides using QSPR methods

Amel Bouakkadia, Leila Lourici, Djelloul Messadi

The purpose of this paper is to predict the octanol/water partition coefficient (K_ow) of 43 organophosphorous compounds.

Environmental performance assessment (EPA): a case study in a graphic company

Marcelo Girotto Rebelato, Luciana Maria Saran, Thiago Pereira Paulino, Andréia Marize Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to present a case report involving environmental performance analysis of a big Brazilian graphic company.