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Socioeconomic indicators for sustainable design and commercial development of algal biofuel systems
Social and economic indicators can be used to support design of sustainable energy systems. Indicators representing categories of social well-being, energy security, external trade, profitability, resource conservation, and social acceptability have not yet been measured in published sustainability...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Rebecca A. Efroymson , Virginia H. Dale , Matthew H. Langholtz
Ecological objectives can be achieved with wood‐derived bioenergy
Renewable, biomass-based energy options can reduce the climate impacts of fossil fuels.
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Virginia H Dale , Keith L Kline , Gregg Marland , Reid A Miner
Assessing multimetric aspects of sustainability: Application to a bioenergy crop production system in East Tennessee
This article connects the science of sustainability theory with applied aspects of sustainability deployment. A suite of 35 sustainability indicators spanning 12 environmental and socioeconomic categories has been proposed for comparing the sustainability of bioenergy production systems across...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Esther S. Parish , Virginia H. Dale , Burton C. English , Samuel W. Jackson , Donald D. Tyler
Incorporating bioenergy into sustainable landscape designs
The paper describes an approach to landscape design that focuses on integrating bioenergy production with other components of environmental, social and economic systems. Landscape design as used here refers to a spatially explicit, collaborative plan for management of landscapes and supply chains....
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Dale VH , KL Kline , MA Buford , TA Volk , CT Smith , I Stupak
Transatlantic wood pellet trade demonstrates telecoupled benefits
Synthesis manuscript for an Ecology & Society Special Feature on Telecoupling: A New Frontier for Global Sustainability Abstract: European demand for renewable energy resources has led to rapidly increasing transatlantic exports of wood pellets from the southeastern United States (SE US) since...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Esther Parish, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Anna Herzeberger, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University , Colin Phifer, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University , Virginia Dale, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Simulated Response of Avian Biodiversity to Biomass Production
Simulated Response of Avian Biodiversity to Biomass Production. 2017. Chapter 10 in R.A. Efroymson et al. eds., 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, Volume 2: Environmental Sustainability Effects of Select Scenarios from Volume 1. ORNL/TM-2016/727. Oak...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Henriette I. Jager , Gangsheng Wang , Jasmine Kreig , Nathan Sutton , Ingrid Busch
Water Quality Responses to Simulated Management Practices on Agricultural Lands Producing Biomass Feedstocks in Two Tributary Basins of the Mississippi River
Jager, H. I., M. Wu, M. Ha, L. Baskaran and J. Krieg. 2017. Water Quality Responses to Simulated Management Practices on Agricultural Lands Producing Biomass Feedstocks in Two Tributary Basins of the Mississippi River, in R.A. Efroymson et al. eds., 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Henriette I. Jager
2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy Volume 2: Environmental Sustainability Effects of Select Scenarios from Volume 1
With the goal of understanding environmental effects of a growing bioeconomy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, and U.S. Forest Service research laboratories, together with academic and industry collaborators, undertook a study to estimate environmental effects of...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: R. A. Efroymson , M. H. Langholtz , E. Johnson , B. J. Stokes
Selecting indicators of changes in ecosystem services due to cellulosic-based 1 biofuel in the midwestern US
Abstract: Cellulosic-based biofuels are needed to help meet energy needs and to strengthen rural investment and development in the midwestern United States (US). This analysis identifies 11 categories of indicators to measure progress toward sustainability that should be monitored to determine if...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Virginia H. Dale , Keith L. Kline , Tom L. Richard , Doug L. Karlen
A High Spatiotemporal Assessment of Consumptive Water Use andWater Scarcity in the Conterminous United States
There is an inextricable link between energy production and food/feed/fiber cultivation with available water resources. Currently in the United States, agriculture represents the largest sector of consumptivewater usemaking up 80.7%of the total. Electricity generation in the U.S. is projected to...
Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Authors: Brandon C. Moore
Advancing Sustainable Bioenergy: Evolving Stakeholder Interests and the Relevance of Research
The sustainability of future bioenergy production rests on more than continual improvements in its environmental, economic, and social impacts. The emergence of new biomass feedstocks, an expanding array of conversion pathways, and expected increases in overall bioenergy production are connecting...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Timothy Lawrence Johnson
A framework for selecting indicators of bioenergy sustainability
A framework for selecting and evaluating indicators of bioenergy sustainability is presented. This framework is designed to facilitate decision-making about which indicators are useful for assessing sustainability of bioenergy systems and supporting their deployment. Efforts to develop...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Virginia Dale
Environmental indicators for sustainable production of algal biofuels
For analyzing sustainability of algal biofuels, we identify 16 environmental indicators that fall into six categories: soil quality, water quality and quantity, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, and productivity. Indicators are selected to be practical, widely applicable,...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: R. A. Efroymson
Global simulation of bioenergy crop productivity: analytical framework and case study for switchgrass
A global energy crop productivity model that provides geospatially explicit quantitative details on biomass potential and factors affecting sustainability would be useful, but does not exist now. This study describes a modeling platform capable of meeting many challenges associated with global-...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: SHUJIANG KANG
Take a Closer Look: Biofuels Can Support Environmental, Economic and Social Goals
The US Congress passed the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) seven years ago. Since then, biofuels have gone from darling to scapegoat for many environmentalists, policy makers, and the general public. The reasons for this shift are complex and include concerns about environmental degradation,...
Organization: Center for BioEnergy Sustainability, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs—Workshop Two: Agricultural Landscapes
The Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop on Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs on June 24-26 in partnership with Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Landscape design offers a promising means for sustainably increasing bioenergy production while...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Authors: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs Workshop Series
The Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted two workshops on Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs with Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories. The first workshop focused on forestry landscapes and was held in New Bern, NC, from March 4-6, 2014. The second workshop focused on...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs—Workshop One: Forestry Landscapes
The Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop on Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs on March 4-6 in partnership with Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories. Landscape design offers a promising means for sustainably increasing bioenergy production while maintaining...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Authors: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Social Aspects of Bioenergy Sustainability Workshop Report
The Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office held a workshop on "Social Aspects of Bioenergy" on April 24, 2012, in Washington, D.C., and convened a webinar on this topic on May 8, 2012. The workshop addressed questions about how to measure and understand the social...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Authors: Bioenergy Technologies Office
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