The Multi-Sector Sustainability Browser (MSSB): A Tool for Understanding Sustainability
Citation:
Hall, EricS. The Multi-Sector Sustainability Browser (MSSB): A Tool for Understanding Sustainability. 2017 National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Grand Rapids, MI, July 09 - 13, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
Presentation is scheduled for the sustainability track in the 2017 National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Education Conference (AEC) in Grand Rapids Michigan from 09 - 13 July 2017
Description:
The MSSB is the first and only decision support tool containing information from scientific literature and technical reports that can be used to develop and implement sustainability initiatives. The MSSB is designed to assist individuals and communities in understanding the impacts that the four key dimensions of sustainability - Land Use, Buildings and Infrastructure, Transportation, and Materials Management - can have on human health, the economy, the built environment and natural environments. The MSSB has the following capabilities: a. Displays and describes linkages between the four major sustainability concepts (Land Use, Buildings and Infrastructure, Transportation, and Materials Management) and their subordinate concepts. b. Displays and lists literature sources and references (including weblinks where applicable) providing information about each major sustainability concept and its associated subordinate concepts. c. Displays and lists quantitative data related to each major sustainability concept and its associated subordinate concepts, with weblinks where applicable.The MSSB serves as a ‘visual database’, allowing users to: investigate one or more of the four key sustainability dimensions; explore available scientific literature references, and; assess potential impacts of sustainability activities. The MSSB reduces the amount of time and effort required to assess the state of sustainability science and engineering research pertaining to: 1) Land Use; 2) Buildings and Infrastructure; 3) Transportation, and; 4) Materials Management.
