Sustainability assessment of renewables-based products : methods and case studies
by
 
Dewulf, Jo, editor.

Title
Sustainability assessment of renewables-based products : methods and case studies

Author
Dewulf, Jo, editor.

ISBN
9781118933923

Uniform Title
Renewables-based technology.

Physical Description
1 online resource (397 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.

Series
Wiley series in renewable resources
 
Wiley series in renewable resources.

General Note
"An extensive update and sequel to the successful 2006 book: Renewables-Based Technology : Sustainability Assessment."

Contents
The growing role of biomass for future resource supply : prospects and pitfalls -- Helmut Haber -- The growing role of photovoltaic solar, wind and geothermal energy as renewables for electricity generation / W.G.J.H.M. van Sark, J.G. Schepers, J.D.A.M. van Wees -- Assessment of sustainability within holistic process design / Alexei Lapkin, Philipp-Maximilian Jacob, Polina Yaseneva, Charles Gordon, Amy Peace -- A mass balance approach to link sustainable renewable resources in chemical synthesis with market demand / Dr. Claudius Kormann -- Early R&D stage sustainability assessment : the 5-pillar method / Akshay D. Patel, John A. Posada, Li Shen, Martin K. Patel -- Assessing the sustainability of land use : a systems approach / Miguel Brando -- Water use analysis / Francesca Verones, Stephan Pfister, Markus Berger -- Material intensity of food production and consumption / Lucia Mancini and Michael Lettenmeier -- Material and energy flow analysis / Goto, Naohiro, Nova Ulhasanah, Hirotsugu Kamahara, Udin Hasanudin, Ryuichi Tachibana, Koichi Fujie -- Exergy and cumulative exergy use analysis / Sofie Huysman, Thomas Schaubroeck, Jo Dewulf -- Carbon and environmental footprint methods for renewables-based products and transition pathways to 2050 / Geoffrey P. Hammond -- Tracking supply and demand of biocapacity through ecological footprint accounting / David Lin, Alessandro Galli, Michael Borucke, Elias Lazarus, Nicole Grunewald, Jon Martindill, David Zimmerman, Serena Mancini, Katsunori Iha, and Mathis Wackernagel -- Life cycle assessment and sustainability : supporting decision making by business and policy / Sala Serenella, Fabrice Mathieux, Rana Pant -- Life cycle costing / Andreas Ciroth, Jutta Hildenbrand, Bengt Steen -- Social life cycle assessment : methodologies and practice / Alessandra Zamagni, Pauline Feschet, Anna Irene De Luca, Nathalie Iofrida, Patrizia Butto -- Life cycle assessment of solar technologies / F. Ardente, M. Cellura, S. Longo, M. Mistretta -- Asssessing the sustainability of geothermal utilization / Ruth Shortalla, Gudni Axelsson and Brynhildur Davidsdottira -- Biofuels from terrestrial biomass : sustainability assessment of sugarcane biorefineries in Brazil / Otavio Cavalett, Marcos D.B. Watanabe, Alexandre Souza, Mateus F. Chagas, Tassia L. Junqueira, Antonio Bonomi -- Algae as promising biofeedstock : searching for sustainable production processes and market applications / Sue Ellen Taelman, Steven De Meester, Jo Dewulf -- Life cycle assessment of biobased and fossil-based succinic acid / Marieke Smidt, Jeroen den Hollander, Henk Bosch, Yang Xiang, Maarten van der Graaf, Anne Lambin, Jean-Pierre Duda -- Biobased poly vinylchloride (PVC) / Rodrigo A. F. Alvarenga, Zdenek Hruska, Alain Wathelet, Jo Dewulf -- Evaluation of wood cascading / Karin Heglmeier, Gabriele Weber-Blaschke, Klaus Richter -- Time-dependent life-cycle assessment of bio-based packaging materials / Maartje N. Sevenster.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Renewable energy sources.
 
Green chemistry.
 
Green products.
 
Sustainable engineering.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Dewulf, Jo,
 
Meester, Steven De, 1985-
 
Alvarenga, Rodrigo,

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book2059347-1001TJ808 .R47 2016Ebrary E-Books