Exergy, Life and Sustainable Development
Göran Wall
Exergy.se, Öxbo gård, SE-443 92 Lerum (Sweden)
Abstract
Humankind faces the most serious challenge ever – sustainable development. A new paradigm based on respect of nature and awareness of natural mechanisms is needed. The concept of exergy and exergy based methods offers a unique potential to support this. Applications to real problems and possible solutions are presented and applied to living systems and the process of sustainable development. In particular, implications on the educational systems are addressed.
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exergy, sustainable developmentReferences
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