 Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment
ISBN: 978-0-470-02241-2
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384 pages
May 2006
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Foreword.
Series Preface.
Preface.
List of Abbreviations.
Part I: Renewables as a Resource and Sustainability Performance Indicators.
1 The Contribution of Renewables to Society (Göran Berndes).
2 The Potential of Renewables as a Feedstock for Chemistry and Energy (Wilfried G. J. H. M. van Sark, Martin K. Patel, André P. C. Faaij and Monique M. Hoogwijk).
3 Sustainability Performance Indicators (Alexei Lapkin).
Part II: Relevant Assessment Tools.
4 Life Cycle Inventory Analysis Applied to Renewable Resources (Niels Jungbluth and Rolf Frischknecht).
5 Net Energy Balancing and Fuel-Cycle Analysis (Hosein Shapouri, Michael Wang and James A. Duffield).
6 Life Cycle Assessment as an Environmental Sustainability Tool (Adisa Azapagic).
7 Exergy (Jo Dewulf and Herman Van Langenhove).
8 Material Flow Analysis and the Use of Renewables from a Systems Perspective (Stefan Bringezu).
9 Ecological Footprints and Biocapacity: Essential Elements in Sustainability Assessment (William E. Rees).
10 The Sustainable Process Index (SPI) (Michael Narodoslawsky and Anneliese Niederl).
Part III:Case Studies.
11 Assessment of Sustainable Land Use in Producing Biomass (Helmut Haberl and Karl-Heinz Erb).
12 Assessment of the Forest Products Industries (Klaus Richter, Frank Werner and Hans-Jörg Althaus).
13 Assessment of the Energy Production Industry: Modern Options for Producing Secondary Energy Carriers from Biomass (André Faaij).
14 Assessment of Biofuels (James A. Duffield, Hosein Shapouri and Michael Wang).
15 Assessment of Organic Waste Treatment (Jan-Olov Sundqvist).
16 Oleochemical and Petrochemical Surfactants: An Overall Assessment (Erwan Saouter, Gert Van Hoof, Mark Stalmans and Alan Brunskill).
17 Assessment of Bio-Based Packaging Materials (Andreas Detzel, Martina Krüger and Axel Ostermayer).
18 Assessment of Biotechnology-Based Chemicals (Peter Saling and Andreas Kicherer).
19 Assessment of Bio-Based Pharmaceuticals: The Cephalexin Case (Alle Bruggink and Peter Nossin).
Part IV:Conclusions.
20 Conclusions (Jo Dewulf and Herman Van Langenhove).
Index.
