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Sustainability Index to Assess the Environmental Impact of Heat Supply Systems
Author(s) -
Hehenberger-Risse Diana,
Straub Julia,
Niechoj Diana,
Lutzenberger Alexa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201800647
Subject(s) - sustainability , renewable energy , index (typography) , environmental economics , environmental science , environmental impact assessment , energy supply , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , business , energy (signal processing) , economics , engineering , ecology , computer science , statistics , mathematics , world wide web , electrical engineering , biology
A sustainable heat supply is studied by defining indicators to evaluate local heat supply systems based on renewable energies compared to fossil energy reference scenarios. Besides the energy production, the evaluation considers the heat distribution network and long‐term storage. The indicators include ecological, economic, and social aspects.