Exploring a Framework for Assessing Socio-Ecological Impacts of Systems – Toward an Absolute Sustainability paradigm
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The introduction of socio-ecological issues is a necessity: our lifestyles are in the process of making our planet uninhabitable because of the various impacts that were inflicting on it. To reverse this trend, we need to measure our impacts. In the context of system engineering, Life Cycle Assessment is a widely used tool. However, LCA has limitations such as the lack of integration of planetary boundaries and social issues that are context dependent. Thus, methods are being developed for locating impacts: it is known that impacts can be different at different scales, local, global... These issues of scale are found in other assessment methods such as the Doughnut, which seems to be a decision support tool for sustainable systems design. Thus, we hypothesize that the Doughnut could be the base of a framework for assessing the socio-ecological impact of complex technical systems. To test this hypothesis, we use an illustrative case. We will first see what the issues are around LCA. We will then describe how the Doughnut can be a support to assess the socio-ecological impact of systems before discussing and conclude.
Source: Procedia CIRP
Authors: Alexis Lalevée, Vincent Hilaire
Institutions: Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Technologie de Troyes, Laboratoire des Sciences pour la Conception, l'Optimisation et la Production, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de technologie de belfort-montbéliard, Connaissance & Intelligence Artificielle Distribuées
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413097361