Primary Exergy Cost of Goods and Services An Input – Output Approach /

• Main Author: Rocco, Matteo Vincenzo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Natural resources.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Natural Resource Economics.

This book describes the Exergy-based Input – Output (ExIO) framework, a comprehensive methodology for assessing the primary fossil fuels requirements for the production of goods and services within a given economy from a lifecycle perspective. In the ExIO approach, exergy is assumed to be the best s...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Review of resources accounting methods
• Accounting for energy-resources use by thermodynamics
• Exergy based Input-Output analysis
• Internalization of human labour in Input-Output analysis
• Case studies: applications of the Exergy-based Input-Output analysis
• Conclusions.