7th Biennial Emergy Research Conference

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Proceedings

Conference Schedule

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
13:00	Pre-conference Workshop: A Prosperous Way Down [announcement] - Tom Abel
18:00-21:00	Pre-Registration and Open House - Center for Environmental Policy, Phelps Lab

Thursday, January 12, 2012
8:00	Check-in and Registration
8:20	Opening Welcome Emergy Synthesis 7 - Mark Brown
8:25-10:05	Session 1: Assessing the Global Emergy Baseline The solar equivalence issue and the effects on the baseline - Simone Bastianoni, Federico M. Pulselli, Federico Rossi, Fabiana Morandi and Daniel Campbell A different take on the Emergy Baseline - or can there really be any such thing? - Marco Raugei Quantifying the eMergy of resources: challenges for a bottom-up approach - Benedetto Rugani, E. Benetto, D. Arbault, L. Tiruta-Barna and A. Marvuglia A geobiosphere baseline for LCA-Emergy evaluations - Mark T. Brown and Sergio Ulgiati
10:05-10:30	Break
10:30-12:10	Session 2: Emergy and Life Cycle Assessment Renewable accounting in LCA framework - Xin "Cissy" Ma The added value of integrating emergy into LCA - Marco Raugei, Benedetto Rugani, Enrico Benetto and Wesley Ingwersen Dealing with Emergy Algebra in the Life Cycle Assessment Framework - Benedetto Rugani, E. Benetto, L. Tiruta-Barna, W. Ingwersen, A. Marvuglia, and D. Arbault Labor and Services - Sergio Ulgiati and Mark T. Brown
12:10-13:10	Lunch
13:10-15:40	Session 3: Advances in Methodology Emergy of the global biogeochemical cycles of biologically active elements - Daniel E. Campbell, Hong-fang Lu, Bin-le Lin Transformities for upper continental crustal minerals - Christopher De Vilbiss Improved matrix algebra methods for calculating transformities in complicated ecological and economic networks - Murray Patterson Set theory applied to emergy analysis to uniquely define the inputs to multi-scale emergy analysis - Fabiana Morandi, Dan Campbell, Simone Bastianoni Uncertainty characterization in emergy analysis: fuzzy-based approach - Bahareh Reza, Rehan Sadiq, Kasun Hewage Comparison of principles for allocating emergy to recycled materials in natural and managed ecosystems - Brandon K. Winfrey and David R. Tilley
15:40-16:05	Break
16:05-17:45	Session 4: Economic Interfaces and Human Services Development of eco-efficiency index by emergy analysis - Dong Joo Lee Estimating transformity (UEV) with economic input-output model - Lixiao Zhang, Z.F. Yang, B. Chen, and G.Y. Liu Assessment of services in emergy accounting of nations - Lucas Pereira and Enrique Ortega Emergy of the occupations - Daniel E. Campbell, Carolyn F. Boggess and Denis White
18:00-21:30	Poster Session and Conference Banquet - Ustler Hall, hosted by the Center for Environmental Policy Assessment emergy agroforestry system: a case study a Estação Ariosto da Riva, Alta Floresta, Brazil - M.M. Alves, E. Ortega, C.T. Albuquerque Emergy analysis of the crop-livestock farm: considering five cycles of annual production of milk and oranges - Edmar Eduardo Bassan Mendes, Irineu Arcaro Jr., Luís Alberto Ambrósio Comparative analysis of sugarcane ethanol in Florida and Brazil - Nana Y. Amponsah,John C. Capece, and Edward A. Hanlon The Maximum (Em)Power Principle as a cross-disciplinary interpretational key: from ecology to psychology - Fabio Beni and Marco Raugei Emergy evaluation of biofuel production from water hyacinth biomass: case study of a sub region of Pantanal, Brazil - Luz S. Buller, E. Ortega, Ivan Bergier The application of Emergy accountancy to arts related data to help determine the impact of this data on society - Robin Burgess Applying sustainability indicators to institutions of higher education: promises and challenges - Tingting Cai, T.W. Olsen, and Dan Campbell The emergy baseline for the Earth: is it arbitrary? - Daniel E. Campbell, Simone Bastianoni, Hongfang Lu Emergy and nonmarket value - Dan Campbell, Elliott T. Campbell, David R. Tilley Emergy cost benefit: comparison of a cooling tower and an algal turf scrubber for reduction of thermal waste - Elliott Campbell, Patrick Kangas, Mark Ross Dengue Control in Florida and Transformity - Dennis Collins and Glenn Collins Emergy-based evaluation of the natural capital and environmental services for the Xilinguole grassland - Baohua Yua, Sergio Ulgiati, Xiaobin Dong, Xinshi Zhang Level 1 landscape scale analysis of Florida wetland condition - Jenet Dooley, Kelly Chinners Reiss, Mark T. Brown Environmental multi-criteria accounting of a Brazilian bamboo plantation - L. Ghelmandi, B.F. Giannetti, S.H. Bonilla, G. Rótolo and C.M.V.B. Almeida Addressing uncertainty in emergy analyses with Monte Carlo simulations - Amy Hudson and David Tilley How to manage inputs from joint production processes in emergy accounting - Andreas Kamp and Hanne Østergård Emergy synthesis of urbanization and CO2 emission and sequestration: a case study of New Taichung City - Chun-Lin Lee and Hui-Ling Shen The maximum empower principle: an invisible hand controlling the self-organizing development of forest plantations in south China - Linjun Lee, Hongfang Lu, David R. Tilley, Hai Ren Global pattern of emergy potential: natural capital and energy flows - Jine Liu, Bin-Le Lin, Zhengguo Li, Kenji Sugimoto, Masayuki Sagisaka, Ryosuke Shibasaki Updates on the emergy global baseline and global flows - Xin (Cissy) Ma Ecological and thermodynamic indicators for integreated coastal planning and bio-geodiversity resources conservation - Leonardo Marotta, Lorenzo Benini, Luciano Vogli Emergy and the value of ecosystems services in Indonesia - John McLachlan-Karr Emergy evaluation of landfills for methane generation, recoverability and sustainability - Smiti Nepal and Elliott Campbell Cost-benefit emergy evaluation of vertical greenery systems in temperate climate conditions - Riccardo Pulselli, Federico Pulselli and Simone Bastianoni Emergy synthesis in land management applications: the case of Florida wetland mitigation banking - Kelly Chinners Reiss, Erica Hernandez, Mark T. Brown The challenge of our times - Tom Robertson Environmental services provided by tropical forests in recovery - Thiago Roncon and Enrique Ortega Life Cycle Assessment of Mexican sugarcane agroindustry with a focus on agricultural production - Jorge Alberto Alejandre Rosas Environmental evaluation for sowing seed production - Gloria C. Rótolo, Mercedes Rivero, Andrés Pereyra, Roque Craviotto, Sergio Ulgiati An Emergy WebGIS Platform using open source software for evaluating natural resources in Campania Region - Mellino Salvatore, Maddalena Ripa, Amalia Zucaro and Sergio Ulgiati Religion-Science amalgam - David Scienceman and Dennis Collins The solar transformity of power and heat in combined heat and power plant - Sha Sha and Markku Hurme Emergy accounting of agricultural limestone processing - C.C. Silva, I. Corsini, K. Tagliaferro and G.F. Silva Simulation of carbon and water cycles in a Brazilian watershed: the impact of land-use change - Marcos Wantanabeand Enrique Ortega The estimate of sediment loss in the Emergy-based flows of hydropower production system - Juan Yang Ecological evaluation of Zhoushan economy based on emergy - Sheng Zhao, Huiwen Cai, Feng Gui, Ke Song, Changwen Wu Environmental Cost Accounting of traditional restoration of the submerged aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton perfoliatus and possible alternative methods - Elizabeth Zinecker

Friday, January 13, 2012
8:25-10:05	Session 5: Power Generation Systems 1 (concurrent with Session 6) Emergy analysis of coal-fired power generation system and construction of new emergy indices - Lou Bo, Xu Yi, Lin Zhenguan Eco-environmental assessment of heat plants: Biomass or natural gas? - Nadia Jamali-Zghal, Nana Yaw Amponsah, Bruno Lacarriere, Olivier Le Corre and Michael Feidt Emergy evaluation of a refuse-derived fuel production facility in Wonju, Korea - JinA Im, Jongmyoung Lee, Daeseok Kang Electricity production from agricultural wastes: an emergy evaluation - C.C. Silva, B.F. Giannetti, C.M.V.B. Almeida, G.F. Silva, S.H. Bonilla and J.A.B. Grimoni
8:25-10:05	Session 6: Food Production Systems 1 (Rm. 284, concurrent with Session 5) Emergy analysis of an agroforestal system (agroforestry) - Teldes Albuquerque, E. Ortega and V. Salek Emergy evaluation of governmental policies on derelict fishing gears in Korea - Sunwook Hong, Daeseok Kang, Jongmyoung Lee Sustainability of extensive livestock systems in Alentejo: viability in face of rising energy prices - Ana Margarida Pinto da Fonseca Incorporation of emergy analysis into multiple-criteria decision making at the farm level and its implications for agri-environmental policy design: A conceptual model - Tina Jaklic, Luka Juvancic, Marko Debeljak
10:05-10:30	Break
10:30-12:10	Session 7: Power Generation Systems 2 (concurrent with Session 8) Emergy evaluation of the tidal power plant in Saemanguem, Korea - Laura Hija J. Kim, Sukmo Lee Emergy synthesis of E-Macrosystem Comprehensive Renewable Energy Power Plant Deployment Proposal for the people of the Republique d'Haiti - Brent Ritzel Macroalgae - an environmental problem or a resource from an eMergy perspective? - Michele Seghetta, Hanne Østergård and Simone Bastianoni
10:30-12:10	Session 8: Food Production Systems 2 (Rm. 284, concurrent with Session 7) Future agriculture - a donor based value activity - Torbjörn Rydberg and Lennart Salomonsson Sustainability assessment of farming in perspective of diminishing global emerge flows - A case study - Mads Ville Markussen and Hanne Østergård Emergy-based sustainability assessment and perspectives of regional agriculture in Northern and Southern Italy - Patrizia Ghisellini, Amalia Zucaro and Sergio Ulgiati Emergy evaluation of a mountain socioeconomic system and traditional agroproduction - a case study in Indian Trans-Himalaya - Federico M. Pulselli and Vladimiro Pelliciardi
12:10-13:10	Lunch
13:10-15:40	Session 9: Urban, Regional and National Analysis Solar emergy evaluation of Portuguese economy - Carlos Oliveira, Cecília Martins, José Gonçalves Emergy accounting of Brazilian states and regions - F.J.C. Demétrio, B.F. Giannetti, S.H. Bonilla and C.M.V.B. Almeida Spatial emergy synthesis of the environmental impacts from the agricultural production system change - a case study of Taiwan - Ying-Chen Lin and Shu-Li Huang Emergy analysis of land eco-economic system at the county level in China from 1996 to 2008 - Yang Gao Emergy-based urban dynamic modeling of long-run resource consumption, economic growth and environmental impact: conceptual considerations, calibration and scenario analysis - Gengyuan Liu, Zhifeng Yang, Bin Chen, Sergio Ulgiati Study of the environmental sustainability of São Caetano do Sul using eMergy synthesis - Fábio Sevegnani, C.M.V.B. Almeida, B.F. Giannetti, S.H. Bonilla
15:40-16:00	Break
16:00-17:40	Session 10: Architecture and Sustainable Infrastructure Architecture and power: forms of emergy - William W. Braham An emergy-based sustainability rating system for Canadian construction projects - Navid Hossani and Kasun Hewage Renewable Substitutability Index for built environments - Ravi S. Srinivasan, Daniel E. Campbell, Wei Wang Urban infrastructure adaptations to maximize sustainability based on renewable Emergy fingerprint: New Orleans, Louisiana USA - Eldon C. Blancher, II and J. O. Evans, III
19:00-22:00	Dinner and Open House at Betty Odum's House - hosted by Betty Odum

Saturday, January 14, 2012
8:25-10:30	Session 11: Ecology and Ecosystem Services Self-Organization of Function, Structure, and Efficiency in Subtropical Forests - Hongfang Lu, Shuhua Liu, Daniel E. Campbell The emergy of ecological corridors - Vito Comar and David Tilley Fair payment prices and public values of ecosystem services based on emergy synthesis - Elliott Campbell and David Tilley Assessing investments and benefits of nature conservation in natural parks: an ecological-economic approach - Silvio Viglia, Pier Paolo Franzese, Andrzej Nienartowicz, Sergio Ulgiati Can resource pulsing improve emergy efficiency? - Seungjun Lee
10:3-10:55	Break
10:55-13:25	Session 12: Theory and Conceptual Frameworks Toward a mathematical origin of species - Dennis Collins Taking it to the streets: A framework for sustainable communities - John M. Murray Understanding the green economy and its institutions - Enrique Ortega, I. Alcoforado, J.M.G. Ferraz, V. Salek Conversation in Cycles: The dynamics of culture sharing - Thomas Abel The relevance of emerging solutions for thinking, decision making and acting: the case of Smart Grids - Corrado Giannantoni Unforgettable transformity: scrutinizing a marvelous system-property - David Tilley
13:30	Lunch and meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research (ISAER), lunch provided by ISAER
19:00	End-of-conference party - hosted by Mark Brown and Carol Binello at their home

7th Biennial Conference

January 12-14, 2012

University of Florida
J. Wayne Reitz Union
Rm. 282
Gainesville, Florida

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Past Proceedings

9th (2016)	8th (2014)
7th (2012)	6th (2010)
5th (2008)	4th (2006)
3rd (2004)	2nd (2001)
1st (1999)