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Eduardo Gonçalves Serra
Environmental Engineering Program (PEA), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Published: 26 March 2021 in Environment, Development and Sustainability
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This paper estimates the genuine progress indicator (GPI) for the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil, from 2002 to 2016 as an alternative indicator to the gross domestic product (GDP). Methodological approach was based on GPI 2.0 (Talberth in EE 142:1–11, 2017) with necessary adjustments due to geographical and biological specificities and currency conversions. For the calculations, primary and secondary data sources were consulted, both from public agencies and private institutions. Three main results were clearly observed: (1) the relation GPI/GDP fluctuated between 22 and 31% in the period 2002–2016; (2) even with a decline in Rio de Janeiro GDP from 2014 to 2016, due to Brazilian economic crisis, the GPI still increased in those years and (3) despite this continuous growth of GPI, its average yearly growth rate was 7,95%, while GDP, even with its 2014–2016 decrease, showed a higher average growth rate of 9,30% per year. Results also show that public policies in RJ should focus on jobs creation, investments in renewable energy and improving public transport, actions that are related to variables that, proportionally, most negatively affected the GPI. On the other hand, policies aiming to preserve vegetation cover should be intensified, since services of protected natural capital were the ones that contributed most positively to the indicator. This approach aims to increase GPI in the state and, consequently, improve the quality of life of the population.

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Guilherme Nohra Senna; Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2002 to 2016, as a tool for public policy decision making. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2021, 1 -18.

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Guilherme Nohra Senna, Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2002 to 2016, as a tool for public policy decision making. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-18.

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Guilherme Nohra Senna; Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. 2021. "Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2002 to 2016, as a tool for public policy decision making." Environment, Development and Sustainability , no. : 1-18.

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Published: 09 April 2018 in Energies
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The objective of this study was to build and develop anaerobic biodigesters for optimization of biogas production using food waste (FW) and sewage (S) co-digestion from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The biodigesters operated with different mixtures and in mesophilic phase (37 °C). During the 60 days of experiments, all control and monitoring parameters of the biodigesters necessary for biogas production were tested and evaluated. The biodigester containing FW, S and anaerobic sludge presented the biggest reduction of organic matter, expressed with removal of 88.3% TVS (total volatile solid) and 84.7% COD (chemical oxygen demand) the biggest biogas production (63 L) and the highest methane percentage (95%). Specific methane production was 0.299 LCH4/gVS and removed. The use of biodigesters to produce biogas through anaerobic digestion may play an important role in local economies due to the opportunity to produce a renewable fuel from organic waste and also as an alternative to waste treatment. Finally, the embedded control and automation system was simple, effective, and robust, and the supervisory software was efficient in all aspects defined at its conception.

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Claudinei De Souza Guimarães; David Rodrigues Da Silva Maia; Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. Construction of Biodigesters to Optimize the Production of Biogas from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Sewage. Energies 2018, 11, 870 .

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Claudinei De Souza Guimarães, David Rodrigues Da Silva Maia, Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. Construction of Biodigesters to Optimize the Production of Biogas from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Sewage. Energies. 2018; 11 (4):870.

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Claudinei De Souza Guimarães; David Rodrigues Da Silva Maia; Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. 2018. "Construction of Biodigesters to Optimize the Production of Biogas from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Sewage." Energies 11, no. 4: 870.

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Published: 30 April 2014 in Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
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A busca por padrões de desenvolvimento sustentável que permitam melhor qualidade de vida para a geração atual e para as futuras gerações traz à tona questões como as tendências de esgotamento dos recursos naturais, de aumento da geração de poluição, de escassez de energia, e de drásticas mudanças climáticas. Para dar-se resposta a essas questões e a outros desafios da esfera ambiental, torna-se cada vez mais necessário estudar a viabilidade de adoção de estratégias alternativas nos processos produtivos. A preocupação com os padrões de consumo, que vem atingindo níveis bastante elevados, em todo o mundo, é crescente. Entre os numerosos bens de consumo duráveis comercializados hoje, chama a atenção o caso, extremamente representativo, dos produtos eletroeletrônicos, cujas vendas vêm aumentando significativamente nos últimos anos, praticamente em todos os países, levando, por conseguinte, ao aumento proporcional do uso de recursos naturais e da quantidade de resíduos lesivos ao meio ambiente gerados pela produção e descarte futuro dos produtos. A adoção de estratégias de tratamentos de fim de vida que abordem sistemáticas de ciclo fechado apresenta-se como uma solução para a redução da geração de resíduos e do consumo de recursos naturais. Nesse sentido, a estratégia da remanufatura é considerada, quando possível, a melhor para o enfrentamento da questão. Este trabalho estuda a viabilidade técnica e econômica da adoção dessa estratégia, de forma abrangente e sistemática, na indústria brasileira de refrigeradores, como contribuição para o desenvolvimento sustentável.

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Laurentina Martins Paiva; Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. A remanufatura de equipamentos eletroeletrônicos como contribuição para o desenvolvimento sustentável: uma avaliação do caso dos refrigeradores. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente 2014, 29, 1 .

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Laurentina Martins Paiva, Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. A remanufatura de equipamentos eletroeletrônicos como contribuição para o desenvolvimento sustentável: uma avaliação do caso dos refrigeradores. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente. 2014; 29 ():1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Laurentina Martins Paiva; Eduardo Gonçalves Serra. 2014. "A remanufatura de equipamentos eletroeletrônicos como contribuição para o desenvolvimento sustentável: uma avaliação do caso dos refrigeradores." Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente 29, no. : 1.