Emergetic ternary diagrams: five examples for application in environmental accounting for decision-making

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.creatorAlmeida, C. M. V. B.
dc.creatorBarrella, F. A.
dc.creatorGiannetti, B. F.
dc.date2015-03-18T15:53:33Z
dc.date2015-03-18T15:53:33Z
dc.date2007-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-09T11:07:15Z
dc.date.available2023-09-09T11:07:15Z
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.07.002
dc.identifierJournal Of Cleaner Production. Oxford: Elsevier Sci Ltd, v. 15, n. 1, p. 63-74, 2007.
dc.identifier0959-6526
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/116589
dc.identifier10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.07.002
dc.identifierWOS:000242129700007
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8766074
dc.descriptionIn a recent paper, "A combined tool for environmental scientists and decision makers: ternary diagrams and emergy accounting." [Giannettti BF, Barrella FA, Almeida CMVB. A combined tool for environment scientists and decision makers: ternary diagrams and emergy accounting. J Clean Prod, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.09.002] Ternary diagrams were proposed as a graphical tool to assist emergy analysis. The graphical representation of the emergy accounting data makes it possible to compare processes and systems with and without ecosystem services, to evaluate improvements and to follow the system performance over time. The graphic tool is versatile and adaptable to represent products, processes, systems, countries, and different periods of time.The use and the versatility of ternary diagrams for assisting in performing emergy analyses are illustrated by means of five examples taken from the literature, which are presented and discussed. It is shown that emergetic ternary diagram's properties assist the assessment of the system of the system efficiency, its dependance upon renewable and non-renewable inputs and the environmental support for dilution and abatement of process emissions. With the aid of ternary diagrams, details such as the interaction between systems and between systems and the environment are recognized and evaluated. Such a tool for graphical analysis allows a transparent presentation of the results and can serve as an interface between emergy scientists and decision makers, provided the meaning of each line in the diagram is carefully explained and understood. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.descriptionUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Ciencis Exatas & Tecnol, LaFTA, BR-04026002 Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.descriptionUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Ciencis Exatas & Tecnol, LaFTA, BR-04026002 Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.format63-74
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationJournal Of Cleaner Production
dc.relation5.651
dc.relation1,467
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectemergy analysis
dc.subjectemergetic ternary diagram
dc.subjectgraphical tool
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectenvironmental indicators
dc.subjectenvironmental accounting
dc.titleEmergetic ternary diagrams: five examples for application in environmental accounting for decision-making
dc.typeArtigo


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