The increasing global consumption of energy and its negative impacts on the environment has been an issue discussed both by academics and practitioners, including in the health sector. Hospitals are major consumers of ...

Due to gradual reduction of oil reserves, energy alternatives have been studies and one of them is biodiesel. Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) is a potential culture for biodiesel. However, there are very few studies on ...

Important operational changes that have gradually been assimilated and new approaches that are developing as part of the movement toward sustainable intensive aquaculture production systems are presented via historical, ...

Biofloc technology (BFT) has been called an environmentally friendly aquaculture approach. The sustainable characteristics of biofloc-based culture are usually linked to the efficient use of water and nutrients and the ...

Seaweed culture is generally referred to as a sustainable production system. Nevertheless, this concept is biased by an environmental approach only, neglecting the economic and social dimensions of sustainability. The ...

The present study evaluated the environmental sustainability of Nile tilapia net-cage farms of different sizes by applying a set of environmental sustainability indicators and exploring benchmarks combined with the indicators. ...

The term sustainability has been gaining prominence, whether in national or international discussions. The process of raising awareness of the consuming society, while requiring a quality product, has been considering ...

The goal of this study is to propose the adoption of sustainability criteria in procurement of goods services in the Federal Public Administration, contributing to the improvement of the conceptualization and execution of ...