2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety

(99a) Sustainability Indicators - a Review of the Literature

Authors

Helena Chum - Presenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ethan Warner - Presenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Yimin Zhang - Presenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Garvin Heath - Presenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL
Maggie Mann - Presenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Alison goss Eng - Presenter, U.S. Department of Energy
Goeran Berndes - Presenter, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden


Sustainability Indicators - A Review of the Literature

We will present the results of an analyses of indicators of GHG emissions and other characteristics of several chains of biofuels and bioenergy products.  How multiple indicators are more robust for the selection of feedstocks, conversion process, end products.