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emergy: a standalone construct

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Ecological economics

the total available energy of one kind, usually solar, used directly and indirectly to make a product or service, applied in sustainability indices.

In ecological economics, emergy refers to the total available energy of one kind, usually solar, used directly and indirectly to make a product or service, applied in sustainability indices. This meaning comes from Brown (1997) in Ecological Engineering.[1]

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References

Brown, M. T., & Ulgiati, S. (1997). Emergy-based indices and ratios to evaluate sustainability: monitoring economies and technology toward environmentally sound innovation. Ecological Engineering, 9(1-2), 51-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0925-8574(97)00033-5

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