Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to initial platform chemicals: chemistry and sustainability

LT Mika, E Cséfalvay, Á Németh - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

Circular bio-based building materials: A literature review of case studies and sustainability assessment methods

DL Le, R Salomone, QT Nguyen - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Circular bio-based building materials are “materials wholly or partly derived from renewable
biological origins, or by-products and biowaste of plant and/or animal biomass that can be …

[PDF][PDF] 中国进出1: 3 贸易中的隐含碳估算

齐晔, 李惠民, 徐明 - 中国人口· 资源与环境, 2008 - cf.lcchina.org.cn
摘要采用投入产出法, 估算了] 99r7—2006 年中国进出口贸易中的隐含碳. 对进出口商品都采用
中国的碳耗水平所作的保守估计发现: 1997—2006 年, 通过产品的形式, 我国为国外排放了大量 …

Measuring circular economy strategies through index methods: A critical analysis

V Elia, MG Gnoni, F Tornese - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
In the last years, the circular economy (CE) paradigm is being widely explored by
researchers and institutions as a possible path to increase the sustainability of our economic …

The role of energy in economic growth

DI Stern - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the mainstream, resource economics, and ecological economics models
of growth. A possible synthesis of energy‐based and mainstream models is presented. This …

Guidelines for emergy evaluation of first, second and third generation biofuels

F Saladini, N Patrizi, FM Pulselli, N Marchettini… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to growing interest in biofuels as alternative renewable energy sources, several recent
studies have assessed the sustainability of their production. Emergy is a widely used …

Economic and ecological concepts for valuing ecosystem services

SC Farber, R Costanza, MA Wilson - Ecological economics, 2002 - Elsevier
The purpose of this special issue is to elucidate concepts of value and methods of valuation
that will assist in guiding human decisions vis-à-vis ecosystems. The concept of ecosystem …

Evaluating emergy analysis at the nexus of circular economy and sustainable supply chain management

L Alkhuzaim, Q Zhu, J Sarkis - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergy analysis has been gaining attention in its use as an environmental accounting tool.
Its relationships and implications to sustainable supply chains and the circular economy are …

Emergy-based indices and ratios to evaluate sustainability: monitoring economies and technology toward environmentally sound innovation

MT Brown, S Ulgiati - Ecological engineering, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper provides a reference set of indices based on emergy, for the evaluation of
ecotechnological processes and whole economies. Indices of emergy yield ratio (EYR) …

Urban energy consumption: different insights from energy flow analysis, input–output analysis and ecological network analysis

S Chen, B Chen - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Energy consumption has always been a central issue for sustainable urban assessment and
planning. Different forms of energy analysis can provide various insights for energy policy …