Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment

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.