• DocumentCode
    2410615
  • Title

    Preliminary thoughts on the application of thermodynamics to the development of sustainability criteria

  • Author

    Gutowski, Timothy G. ; Sekulic, Dusan P. ; Bakshi, Bhavik R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    In this paper we address the problem of taking the general notion of sustainability as reported in the Brundtland Report and later in Arrow et al approach and interpreting it from a thermodynamics point of view, with a goal of developing operational principles of sustainability in terms of physical principles that complement economic views.
  • Keywords
    economics; sustainable development; thermodynamics; Arrow et al approach; Brundtland Report; economic views; sustainability criteria; thermodynamics; Aggregates; Books; Entropy; Helium; Humans; Investments; Manufacturing; Mechanical engineering; Production; Thermodynamics; Metrics; Sustainability; Thermodynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4324-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156699
  • Filename
    5156699
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2410615