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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.