The Characteristics of the Exergy Reference Environment and Its Implications for Sustainability-Based Decision-Making

In the energy realm there is a pressing need to make decisions in a complex world characterized by biophysical limits. Exergy has been promoted as a preferred means of characterizing the impacts of resource consumption and waste production for the purpose of improving decision-making. This paper pro...

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Main Authors: Stephen Murphy, Roydon A. Fraser, Kyrke Gaudreau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/7/2197