Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products (eBook)

Methods and Case Studies

Jo Dewulf, Steven De Meester, Rodrigo A. F. Alvarenga (Herausgeber)

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2015
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118933923 (ISBN)

Infos

Over the past decade, renewables-based technology and sustainability assessment methods have grown tremendously. Renewable energy and products have a significant role in the market today, and the same time sustainability assessment methods have advanced, with a growing standardization of environmental sustainability metrics and consideration of social issues as part of the assessment.

Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products: Methods and Case Studies is an extensive update and sequel to the 2006 title Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment. It discusses the impressive evolution and role renewables have taken in our modern society, highlighting the importance of sustainability principles in the design phase of renewable-based technologies, and presenting a wide range of sustainability assessment methods suitable for renewables-based technologies, together with case studies to demonstrate their applications.

This book is a valuable resource for academics, businesses and policy makers who are active in contributing to more sustainable production and consumption.

For more information on the Wiley Series in Renewable Resources, visit www.wiley.com/go/rrs

Topics covered include:

• The growing role of renewables in our society
• Sustainability in the design phase of products and processes
• Principles of sustainability assessment
• Land use analysis
• Water use analysis
• Material and energy flow analysis
• Exergy and cumulative exergy analysis
• Carbon and environmental footprint methods
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), social Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
• Case studies: renewable energy, bio-based chemicals and bio-based materials.

Autor

Prof. Dr. Jo Dewulf, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC, European Commision, Italy and Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Belgium Professor Dewulf performs research in the areas of environmental chemistry, environmental technology and clean technology at Ghent University. Since December 2013, he has been working as a senior researcher in the Institute for Environment and Sustainability at the Joint Research Institute of the European Commission. Key in his work is managing natural resources in a technically efficient way, performing thermodynamics based sustainability analysis at process, plant and cradle-to-gate level to support the development and assessment of new technologies. Supported by: Dr Steven De Meester, Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Belgium Dr De Meester works on the development of sustainability assessment methodologies for new technologies and applications of Life Cycle Assessment in industry. Dr Rodrigo Alvarenga, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

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List of Contributors

Rodrigo A.F. Alvarenga
Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias (CAV), Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC); and EnCiclo Soluções Sustentáveis, Brazil

Fulvio Ardente
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Italy

Gudni Axelsson
Environment and Natural Resources, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Institute of Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland; and Geothermal Training Department, Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR), Iceland

Markus Berger
Chair of Sustainable Engineering, TU Berlin, Germany

Antonio Bonomi
Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil

Michael Borucke
Global Footprint Network, U.S.A.

Henk Bosch
DSM Corporate Operations & Responsible Care, The Netherlands

Miguel Brandão
International Energy Agency, IEA Bioenergy Task 38, Portugal

Patrizia Buttol
ENEA, LCA and Ecodesign Laboratory, Italy

Otavio Cavalett
Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil

Maurizio Cellura
Dipartimento dell’Energia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Mateus F. Chagas
Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil

Andreas Ciroth
GreenDelta, Germany

Brynhildur Davidsdottir
Environment and Natural Resources, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Institute of Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland, Iceland

Jo Dewulf
Research Group ENVOC, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Belgium; and Institute for Environment and Sustainability, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Italy

Jean-Pierre Duda
ROQUETTE, Group Industrial Development Department, France

Pauline Feschet
INRA, UMR LAE Nancy-Colmar, France

Koichi Fujie
Institute of Advanced Science, Yokohama National University, Japan

Alessandro Galli
Global Footprint Network, International Environment House 2, Switzerland

Charles Gordon
BRITEST Ltd, The Heath, UK

Maarten van der Graaf
DSM Biotechnology Center, The Netherlands

Nicole Grunewald
Global Footprint Network, International Environment House 2, Switzerland

Helmut Haberl
Institute of Social Ecology Vienna, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria; and Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Geoffrey P. Hammond
Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (ISEE), University of Bath, UK

Udin Hasanudin
Department of Agricultural Technology, University of Lampung, Indonesia

Jutta Hildenbrand
GreenDelta, Germany

Karin Höglmeier
Holzforschung München, Chair of Wood Science, Technische Universität München, Germany

Jeroen den Hollander
DSM Biotechnology Center, The Netherlands

Zdenek Hruska
Solvin, Belgium

Sofie Huysman
Research Group ENVOC, Ghent University, Belgium

Katsunori Iha
Global Footprint Network, U.S.A.

Nathalie Iofrida
Department of Agriculture (AGRARIA), Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Philipp-Maximilian Jacob
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK

Tassia L. Junqueira
Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil

Hirotsugu Kamahara
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Andreas Kicherer
Sustainability Strategy, BASF SE, Germany

Claudius Kormann
Corporate Sustainability Strategy, BASF SE, Germany

Anne Lambin
ROQUETTE, Sustainable Development Department, France

Alexei Lapkin
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK

Elias Lazarus
Global Footprint Network, U.S.A.

Michael Lettenmeier
Research Group Sustainable Production and Consumption, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy GmbH, Germany; and Department of Design, Aalto University, Finland

David Lin
Global Footprint Network, U.S.A.

Sonia Longo
Dipartimento dell’Energia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Anna Irene De Luca
Department of Agriculture (AGRARIA), Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Lucia Mancini
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Sustainability Assessment Unit; and Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy

Serena Mancini
Global Footprint Network, International Environment House 2, Switzerland; and Department of Physical Science, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Italy

Jon Martindill
Global Footprint Network, U.S.A.

Fabrice Mathieux
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment Unit, Italy

Steven De Meester
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium

Marina Mistretta
Dipartimento Patrimonio, Architettura, Urbanistica, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy

Goto Naohiro
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Rana Pant
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment Unit, Italy

Akshay D. Patel
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Martin K. Patel
Institute for Environmental Sciences and Forel Institute, Energy Group, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Amy Peace
BRITEST Ltd, The Heath, UK

Stephan Pfister
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

John A. Posada
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Klaus Richter
Holzforschung München, Chair of Wood Science, Technische Universität München, Germany

Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Thomas Schaubroeck
Research Group ENVOC, Ghent University, Belgium

J. Gerard Schepers
ECN Wind Energy Technology; and University of Applied Sciences NHL, The Netherlands

Sala Serenella
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment Unit, Italy

Maartje N. Sevenster
Sevenster Environmental, Australia

Li Shen
Institute for Environmental Sciences and Forel Institute, Energy Group, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Ruth Shortall
Environment and Natural Resources, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Institute of Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland, Iceland

Marieke Smidt
Reverdia, The Netherlands

Alexandre Souza
Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil

Bengt Steen
Division Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Ryuichi Tachibana
Department of Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan

Sue Ellen Taelman
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium

Nova Ulhasanah
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Francesca Verones
Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Industrial Ecology Programme, Norway

Mathis Wackernagel
Global Footprint Network, U.S.A.

Marcos D.B. Watanabe
Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil

Alain Wathelet
Solvay S.A., Belgium

Gabriele Weber-Blaschke
Holzforschung München, Chair of Wood Science, Technische Universität München, Germany

Jan Diederik A.M. van Wees
TNO Sustainable Geo-Energy TNO; and Department of Earth Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series in Renewable Resource
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series in Renewable Resources
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series in Renewable Resources
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • Bio(-)based • biomass • Biorenewable Resources • Chemie • Chemistry • Energie • Energie u. Umweltaspekte • Energy • Energy & Environmental Impact • footprint • geothermal • Landwirtschaft • Life Cycle Assessment • Nachhaltige u. Grüne Chemie • Nachhaltige u. Grüne Chemie • Nachwachsende Rohstoffe • Renewable(s) • Solar (energy) • Sustainability Assessment • Sustainable Chemistry & Green Chemistry • sustainable development • Wind (power)
• ISBN-13: 9781118933923 / 9781118933923