Sustainability Index to Assess the Environmental Impact of Heat Supply Systems

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Authors

  • Diana Hehenberger-Risse
  • Julia Straub
  • Diana Niechoj
  • Alexa Lutzenberger

A sustainable heat supply is studied by defining indicators to evaluate local heat supply systems based on renewable energies compared to fossil energy reference scenarios. Besides the energy production, the evaluation considers the heat distribution network and long-term storage. The indicators include ecological, economic, and social aspects.

Original languageEnglish
JournalChemical Engineering & Technology
Volume42
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)1923-1927
Number of pages5
ISSN0930-7516
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09.2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was carried out as a part of the Ph. D. thesis “Nachhaltigkeitsanalyse – Entwicklung verschiedener Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren zur umwelttechnischen Analyse und Bewertung von Nahwärmeversorgungsnetzen auf Basis regenerativer Energien im Vergleich zu fossilen Energieträgern“ by Prof. Dr. Diana Hehenberger-Risse under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ruck, Leuphana University of Lüneburg and Prof. Dr. Harry Lehmann, German Environment Agency (UBA) Dessau. The authors have declared no conflict of interest.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

    Research areas

  • Biomass, Heat generation, Heat supply system, Renewable energy, Sustainability index
  • Chemistry

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