Renewables-based technology : sustainability assessment

Contributors. Foreword. Series Preface. Preface. List of Abbreviations. Part I: Renewables as a Resource and Sustainability Performance Indicators. 1 The Contribution of Renewables to Society (Goran Berndes). 2 The Potential of Renewables as a Feedstock for Chemistry and Energy (Wilfried G. J. H. M. van Sark, Martin K. Patel, Andre 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-Jorg Althaus). 13 Assessment of the Energy Production Industry: Modern Options for Producing Secondary Energy Carriers from Biomass (Andre 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 Kruger 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.