Developing methods for measuring social, economic, and environmental impacts of maintenance activities for physical assets

根据可持续发展原则，公司正在将可持续发展的三重底线(TBL)--利润、人和地球--纳入其战略和行动计划。资产管理公司可以通过减轻实物资产对总资产负债表的负面影响，在创造可持续环境方面发挥重要作用。这需要量化维修活动的影响和贡献。在这个项目中，我们的目标是开发一个资产可持续性仪表板，量化设备的经济、环境和社会影响。它衡量维护干预措施对总寿命的影响，并提供一种机制来改善设施的整体可持续性能。将使用一些统计和决策分析技术得出维修行动与可持续性指标之间的关系，并为设施中运行的一个或一组系统设计总体可持续性得分。该项目将分两个阶段进行。首先，将通过以下两项活动建立良好维护、可持续性以及循环经济之间的联系：1)系统分析科学文献；2)对从业人员进行调查分析。这一阶段证明了维修对可持续性指标的积极影响，并揭示了预防性维修活动在财务、环境和社会影响方面的潜在贡献。受维修做法影响的可持续性指标也将在这一阶段最后确定。第二，将建立可持续性监测仪表板，以衡量目标指标与设备信息之间的关系，包括预防性维护频率及其效率、纠正性维护效率、故障记录和设备年龄。根据量化关系，将对所有目标指标的当前/未来业绩进行计量/预测。

In accordance with sustainable development principles, companies are incorporating the triple bottom line (TBL) of sustainability- profit, people, and planet- into their strategic and action plans. Asset managers can play a significant role in creating a sustainable environment, by mitigating the negative impacts of physical assets on the TBL. This requires quantifying the impacts and measuring the contribution of maintenance activities.In this project, we aim to develop an asset sustainability dashboard that quantifies the economic, environmental, and social impacts of an equipment. It measures the impact of maintenance interventions on the TBL and provides a mechanism to improve a facility's overall sustainability performance. A number of statistical and decision analysis techniques will be used to derive the relationship between maintenance actions and sustainability indicators and to design an overall sustainability score for a system or a group of systems operating in a facility. The project will be conducted in two phases. First, the link between good maintenance, sustainability, and consequently the circular economy will be established using two activities: 1) a systematicreview of the scientific literature; and 2) a survey analysis among practitioners. This phase proves the positive impact of maintenance on sustainability indicators and reveals the potential contribution of preventive maintenance activities in financial, environmental, and social impacts. The sustainability indicators that are influenced by maintenance practices are also finalized in this phase. Second, a sustainability monitoring dashboard will be built to measure the relationship between the targeted indicators and information about the equipment, including preventive maintenance frequencies and its efficiency, corrective maintenance efficiency, failure records, and equipment age. Based on the quantified relationship, the current/future performance in all the targeted indicators will be measured/projected.