TY - JOUR AU - Cucek, Lidija AU - Klemeš, Jiri Jaromir AU - Varbanov, Petar AU - Kravanja, Zdravko TI - Significance of environmental footprints for evaluating sustainability and security of development JF - CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY J2 - CLEAN TECHNOL ENVIRON POLICY VL - 17 PY - 2015 IS - 8 SP - 2125 EP - 2141 PG - 17 SN - 1618-954X DO - 10.1007/s10098-015-0972-3 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/3025533 ID - 3025533 AB - This contribution presents the selected categories of environmental footprints related to the planetary boundaries and threats to human security. The analysis covers the footprint family of indicators that usually consists of ecological, carbon or more precisely greenhouse gas and water footprints and also sometimes the energy footprint. The other assessed footprints that are important for ecosystem health in regard to water, health, food, and land and species security are nitrogen, phosphorus, biodiversity and land footprints, which have already transgressed the planetary boundaries and are therefore outside the safe operating space. The importance of the various footprints is discussed and the simultaneous analysis of footprints is emphasised as a major direction of research and practice. The comprehensive set of environmental impacts, e.g. set of presented footprints in this contribution, should be considered and should incorporate the burdening and unburdening concept from the life cycle perspective. Some applications of the presented environmental footprints are offered, and conclusions and remarks provided for future observation. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Szabó, György Emőd AU - Fazekas, István AU - Szabó, Szilárd AU - Szabó, Gergely AU - Buday, Tamás AU - Paládi, Mónika AU - Kisari, Krisztián AU - Kerényi, Attila TI - The carbon footprint of a biogas power plant JF - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT JOURNAL J2 - ENVIRON ENG MANAG J VL - 13 PY - 2014 IS - 11 SP - 2867 EP - 2874 PG - 8 SN - 1582-9596 DO - 10.30638/eemj.2014.322 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2799908 ID - 2799908 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Čuček, L AU - Klemeš, Jiri Jaromir AU - Kravanja, Z TI - A review of footprint analysis tools for monitoring impacts on sustainability JF - JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION J2 - J CLEAN PROD VL - 34 PY - 2012 SP - 9 EP - 20 PG - 12 SN - 0959-6526 DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.036 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2199074 ID - 2199074 N1 - Research Institute of Chemical and Process Engineering, Centre for Process Integration and Intensification CPI 2, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ul. 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia Cited By :674 Export Date: 16 October 2023 CODEN: JCROE Correspondence Address: Čuček, L.; Research Institute of Chemical and Process Engineering, Egyetem u. 10, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary; email: cucek@cpi.uni-pannon.hu Funding details: Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS, ARRS, P2-0032 Funding text 1: The authors are grateful for financial support from the Hungarian project Társadalmi Megújulás Operatív Program (TÁMOP) “Tudományos képzés műhelyeinek támogatása” TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0025 , and from the Slovenian Research Agency (Program No. P2-0032 ). The authors would also like to thank to the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. AB - This study presents an overview of footprints as defined indicators that can be used to measure sustainability. An overview of the definitions and units of measurement associated with environmental, social, and economic footprints is important because the definitions of footprints vary and are often expressed unclearly. Composite footprints combining two or more individual footprints are also assessed. These combinations produce multi-objective optimisation problems. Several tools for footprint(s)' evaluation are presented, including some of the numerous carbon footprint calculators, available calculators for other footprints, some ecological footprints-based, graph-based, and mathematical programming tools. A comprehensive overview is offered of footprint-based sustainability assessment. Copyright © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Perry, S AU - Klemeš, Jiri Jaromir AU - Bulatov, I TI - Integrating waste and renewable energy to reduce the carbon footprint of locally integrated energy sectors JF - ENERGY J2 - ENERGY VL - 33 PY - 2008 IS - 10 SP - 1489 EP - 1497 PG - 9 SN - 0360-5442 DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2008.03.008 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/1674688 ID - 1674688 N1 - Centre for Process Integration, CEAS, The University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom FIT, University of Pannonia, Egyetem ut 10, H - 200, Veszprém, Hungary Cited By :351 Export Date: 17 October 2023 CODEN: ENEYD Correspondence Address: Perry, S.; Centre for Process Integration, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom; email: simon.perry@manchester.ac.uk Funding details: European Commission, EC, EMINENT2 – TREN/05/FP6EN/ S07.56209/019886, MEXC-CT-2003-042618 Funding text 1: The financial support from the EC projects EMINENT2 – TREN/05/FP6EN/ S07.56209/019886 and Marie Curie Chair (EXC) MEXC-CT-2003-042618 are gratefully acknowledged. AB - Energy use continues to rise and with it the emissions of CO2. Energy efficiency methods have been applied across sectors. Efficiency gains and energy use per manufactured unit have fallen, particularly in relation to the processing industry. Residential, work place, leisure, and service sectors still use large amounts of energy and produce large emissions of CO2 despite efficiency gains. Successful strategies used in the processing industry for integrating energy systems, namely Total Site targeting, have been applied to locally integrated energy sectors. The method shows that it can be successfully applied to integrate renewables into the energy source mix and consequently reduce the carbon footprint of these locally integrated energy sectors. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -