Buildings consume nearly 40% of global energy annually in their production, operation,
maintenance, replacement and demolition stages. Energy consumed in their life cycle …

Ecological economics was formally established in 1989 with the ambitious vision of
developing a new economic paradigm embedding the social and economic systems in the …

Abstract Achieving the Paris Agreement will require massive deployment of low-carbon
energy. However, constructing, operating, and maintaining a low-carbon energy system will …

A novel methodology is developed to dynamically assess the energy and material
investments required over time to achieve the transition from fossil fuels to renewable …

Since the Pennsylvania oil rush of 1859, petroleum has quickly become the dominant fuel of
industrial society. The “Peak Oil” debate focused on whether or not there was an impending …

Fossil fuels face resource depletion, supply security, and climate change problems;
renewable energy (RE) may offer the best prospects for their long-term replacement …

All forms of economic production and exchange involve the use of energy directly and in the
transformation of materials. Until recently, cheap and seemingly limitless fossil energy has …

The near-and long-term societal effects of declining EROI are uncertain, but probably
adverse. A major obstacle to examining social implications of declining EROI is that we do …

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) for fossil-fuel power plants is perceived as a critical
technology for climate mitigation. Nevertheless, limited installed capacity to date raises …

Looking ahead to 2050 many countries intend to utilise wind as a prominent energy source.
Predicting a realistic maximum yield of onshore and offshore wind will play a key role in …