caa a22 4500 606169881 CHVBK 20210128100714.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0849-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0849-x Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) for selection of sewer pipe materials [Elektronische Daten] [Sharmin Akhtar, Bahareh Reza, Kasun Hewage, Anjuman Shahriar, Amin Zargar, Rehan Sadiq] Sewer systems, over their life cycle, suffer deterioration due to aging, aggressive environmental factors, increased demand, inadequate design, third party intervention, and improper operation and maintenance activities. As a result, their state and overall long-term performance can be affected, which often requires costly and extensive maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation. Furthermore, these pressures can enhance the risk of failures (e.g., sewer leakage) which in turn can have serious impacts on the environment, public safety and health, economics, and the remaining service life of these assets. Effective asset management plans must be implemented to address long-term sustainability principles, i.e., economic growth, human health and safety, and environmental protection, simultaneously. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and compare four typical sewer pipe materials [i.e., concrete, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vitrified clay, and ductile iron] and identify sustainable solutions. Two comprehensive life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) frameworks were applied. The first LCSA framework was based on the integration of emergy synthesis, life cycle assessment (LCA), and life cycle costing (LCC). In this framework, emergy synthesis has been applied to integrate the results from environmental analysis (i.e., LCA) and economic analysis (i.e., LCC) to an equivalent form of solar energy: a solar emergy joule. The second LCSA framework was based on a conventional, multi-criteria decision-making technique, i.e., the analytical hierarchy process, to integrate the results from environmental analysis (i.e., LCA) and economic analysis (i.e., LCC) and find the most sustainable solution over the sewer pipe life cycle. The results demonstrate that PVC pipe is the most sustainable option from both environmental and economic view points and can ensure a more sustainable sewer system. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Sewer pipe materials nationallicence Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) nationallicence Emergy synthesis nationallicence Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method nationallicence Akhtar Sharmin Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Reza Bahareh Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Hewage Kasun Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Shahriar Anjuman Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Zargar Amin Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Sadiq Rehan Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/4(2015-04-01), 973-992 1618-954X 17:4<973 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0849-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0849-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akhtar Sharmin Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reza Bahareh Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hewage Kasun Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shahriar Anjuman Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zargar Amin Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sadiq Rehan Okanagan School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/4(2015-04-01), 973-992 1618-954X 17:4<973 2015 17 10098