Seminar | Technological sustainability assessment

The dissemination activities involving the project team continue. This time, on March 25, at Unimore took place the seminar "Assessment of technological sustainability", dedicated to the students of the course "Sustainability of Products and Processes" (Master's Degree in Management Engineering).

During the event, the topic of technological sustainability was presented: the possible fourth dimension of sustainable development. Following the holistic vision of Life Cycle Thinking and the methodological scheme of ISO 14040, a framework was proposed to carry out the assessment of technological sustainability of an organization (O-TSA) and of a product or process (P-TSA). The mathematical model for constructing the Technological Sustainability Index was then presented.

Finally, the possible applications of this tool were explored and it was illustrated how in particular it will be used within the REDiRECT project.