Advanced approaches and applications of energy footprints toward the promotion of global sustainability

CHEN, Shaoqing, Ali KHARRAZI, Sai LIANG, Brian D. FATH, Manfred LENZEN and Jinyue YAN. Advanced approaches and applications of energy footprints toward the promotion of global sustainability. Applied Energy. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, vol. 261, March, p. 1-9. ISSN 0306-2619. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114415.

Basic information

• Original name: Advanced approaches and applications of energy footprints toward the promotion of global sustainability
• Authors: CHEN, Shaoqing, Ali KHARRAZI, Sai LIANG, Brian D. FATH, Manfred LENZEN and Jinyue YAN.
• Edition: Applied Energy, Oxford, Elsevier, 2020, 0306-2619.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal (not reviewed)
• Field of Study: 10511 Environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 9.746
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114415
• UT WoS: 000515117500079
• Keywords in English: Energy footprint; Life-cycle perspective; Global sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Ever-increasing energy demands pose huge environmental challenges globally. The strategies and methods that are chosen to address the energy crisis will, in part, determine the possibility of fulfilling the 1.5-degree global warming target set by the Paris Agreement, and of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goals, two vital and ambitious objectives for humans in the coming decades. While numerous inventory and modelling approaches have been developed to evaluate direct and indirect energy requirements at multiple scales from industries to cities and to the global economy, a discussion on their implications for environmental sustainability is long overdue. In this study, we provide an overview of the research paradigm and the important approaches that have been developed to address energy sustainability and review the papers included in this Special Issue, which are representative of some of the major advancements in energy, carbon, and other hybrid footprint approaches. This Special Issue aims to gather and harmonize state-of-the-art energy accounting frameworks, models, and metrics that benefit the promotion of global sustainability.