The food sector includes several large industries such as canned food, pasta, flour, frozen
products, and beverages. Those industries transform agricultural raw materials into added …

Around the world, interest is growing in the circular economy in response to the current
unsustainable model of production and consumption based on increased use and depletion …

Circular economy (CE) as a new model of economic development promotes the maximum
reuse/recycling of materials, goods and components in order to decrease waste generation …

A circular economy offers solutions for global sustainability challenges through the transition
from the linear take-make-use-dispose economy to a better organisation of resources …

Abstract A Carbon Emission Emergy Factor (Em-CEF) accounting model was constructed by
combining the carbon emission factor and emergy analysis methods. The Em-CEF model …

In this paper, a circular-economy framework is applied to the prefabricated building sector to
explore the environmental advantages of prefabrication in terms of reduction, reusability …

Additive manufacturing (AM) of metal materials has attracted widespread attention and is
shifting the conventional manufacturing landscape toward free-form processes. With …

The concept of emergy defined as the available energy (or exergy) of one form used up
directly and indirectly to produce an item or action (Odum, Environmental Accounting …

The carbon emission emergy factor (Em-CEF) model is applied to evaluate the carbon
emissions associated with the traditional concrete production method, fly ash concrete …

We present in this article, a brief historical overview of the development of the concepts and
theories of energy quality, and net energy that were the precursors to emergy. The concepts …