Differing interpretations, perspectives and expectations on the term sustainability exist. To take sustainability as an action guiding mandate for implementation it needs to be concrete and measurable as well it should weigh pros and cons. But how can such an integrated measurement in the field of renewable energy be conducted balancing the trade-offs between opposing indicators? Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy provides a thorough overview on the generic principles of sustainability assessment, including projective, thresholding and systemic principles and summarizes five common approaches for a holistic measurement. Approaches such as multi criteria decision analysis, ecological footprint analysis and normative-functional concepts are applied to different case studies in developed-, emerging and developing countries to cover a wide bandwidth of various renewable energy carriers under various conditions. Each case study includes 2 boxes illustrating the scheme behind the approach and exemplary calculations to allow a systematic comparison and a critical reflection of the methods applied. Compiling results on renewable energy assessment of the last decades, Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy gives researchers, students, consultants, politicians and entrepreneurs the tools to advance their oriental and instructional knowledge on sustainability and sustainability measurement, to reflect their decisions and tools for analysis and to transfer this knowledge into problem-solving.

Differing interpretations, perspectives and expectations on the term sustainability exist. To take sustainability as an action guiding mandate for implementation it needs to be concrete and measurable as well it should weigh pros and cons. But how can such an integrated measurement in the field of renewable energy be conducted balancing the trade-offs between opposing indicators? Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy provides a thorough overview on the generic principles of sustainability assessment, including projective, thresholding and systemic principles and summarizes five common approaches for a holistic measurement. Approaches such as multi criteria decision analysis, ecological footprint analysis and normative-functional concepts are applied to different case studies in developed-, emerging and developing countries to cover a wide bandwidth of various renewable energy carriers under various conditions. Each case study includes 2 boxes illustrating the scheme behind the approach and exemplary calculations to allow a systematic comparison and a critical reflection of the methods applied. Compiling results on renewable energy assessment of the last decades, Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy gives researchers, students, consultants, politicians and entrepreneurs the tools to advance their oriental and instructional knowledge on sustainability and sustainability measurement, to reflect their decisions and tools for analysis and to transfer this knowledge into problem-solving.

Das Buch gibt Antworten auf die Frage, wie Warmeenergie in Privathaushalten nachhaltig genutzt werden kann. Hierzu wird das Thema entlang des Dreiklangs von Suffizienz-, Konsistenz- und Effizienzstrategien interdisziplinar beleuchtet. Die Autoren zeigen sowohl von der Warmeenergienutzerseite, als auch von der technologischen Seite Anreize und Hemmnisse fur eine nachhaltige Nutzung der Warmeenergie in Privathaushalten auf. Die umfassende und interdisziplinare Darstellung des Themas bietet sowohl Nutzern als auch Fachleuten einen umfassenden Einblick in das Themenfeld der Warmeenergienutzung in Privathaushalten."

Till Jenssen setzt sich intensiv mit der raumlichen Dimension der Bioenergie auseinander und zeichnet ein umfassendes Bild dieses klassischen Energietragers. Ausgehend von einer theoriegeleiteten Reflektion der Infrastrukturversorgung spannt er einen Bogen von Angebot und Verteilung energetisch nutzbarer Biomasse, uber oekonomische und oekologische Bilanzen typischer Technologien und Siedlungsformen bis hin zur Akzeptanz der Nutzer.