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.


Keywords:

exergy, sustainable development

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2013-01-02

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Wall, G. (2013). Exergy, Life and Sustainable Development. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 8(1), 27–41. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4858

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Göran Wall 

Exergy.se, Öxbo gård, SE-443 92 Lerum Sweden

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