Life Cycle Thinking in Environmental Sustainability

Manuscript submission deadline: August 13, 2021

Environmental sustainability protects our natural environment and safeguards human wellbeing and ecosystem health. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is key to driving innovation that supports environmental sustainability because LCA takes a systems approach and holistic view of materials and energy flows.

This special issue of Environmental Engineering Science (EES) will present research that advances life cycle thinking and systems analysis in environmental engineering and science.

Specific topics may include (but are not confined to):

• Advancements in:
  • Sustainable energy
  • Resource efficiency and recovery
  • Urban infrastructure
  • Climate change adaptation
  • Materials design
  • Waste management
  • Greenhouse gases and net-zero emissions
  • Food-energy-water systems
• Combining life cycle and systems thinking with anthropological and socio-economic analysis to examine environmental justice and equity
• Improvements in data collection, curation, and analysis to support life cycle assessment and robust decision making
• Innovations in education around environmental sustainability and life cycle analysis

All manuscripts should be submitted online by August 13, 2021. All submissions will be subject to a rigorous peer review. If you are interested in submitting a manuscript, please fill out this form to assist us in planning.

Visit the Journal's website to learn more, read past issues, and view author submission guidelines.

Environmental Engineering Science is published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and it is the official journal of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP). Authors who are AEESP members should identify as members during the manuscript submission process.

AEESP members receive 25% discount on the Open Access publication fee. And, there is no charge to publish color art or figures.