Preliminary Thoughts on the Application of Thermodynamics to the Development of Sustainability Criteria
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Author(s)
Gutowski, Timothy G.
Sekulic, Dusan P.
Bakshi, Bhavik R.
Date Issued
July 2009
Journal
IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09.
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Gutowski, T.G., D.P. Sekulic, and B.R. Bakshi. “Preliminary thoughts on the application of thermodynamics to the development of sustainability criteria.” Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on. 2009. 1-6. © Copyright 2010 IEEE
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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.
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Thermodynamics
Sustainability
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156699
