Energy and Environment Information

UNIDO/INTIB An Energy and Environment Information System for Developing Countries... 

This chapter explains the background and genesis of an energy and environment information programme operating in the Industrial and Technological Information Bank (INTIB), within the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). 

In relation to INTIB s sectoral activities, an energy and environment information programme was initiated in 1987, assisted through special financial contributions made to UNIDO by the governments of Sweden and Norway as part of their suppot to the environmental re-orientation of UNIDO. 

The Energy and Environment Information System (EEIS) Project... 

INTIB commissioned a study of the energy and environment information situation in relation to small- and medium-scale industries (SMIs) in developing countries in 1991. The Terms of Reference for this study required inter alia an analysis of ... 

The study concluded that there is a definite gap in the information flow to this target group and UNIDO/INTIB has put the Energy and Environment Information System (EEIS) project in place to address this problem. 

The PCP will be the most important node in each country for the process of disseminating energy and environment information to small- and medium-scale industries and to other end users to whom this information is of interest. 

Campagna S, Serroni S, Puntoriero E, Di Pietro C, Ricevuto V (2001) In Balzani V (ed) Electron transfer in chemistry. Molecular-level electronics, imaging and information, energy and environment. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, vol 5, p 186... 

The objective of the Energy and Environment Infomation System (EEIS) programme is to test the establishment of sustainable, cost-effective mechanisms for management of industrial environment information targeted to SMIs within developing countries. The... 

Figure 12.3 Timelines of the development of advanced ceramics for electronics, information and communication (left), and energy and environment (right) (Rodel etal., 2009). Reprinted with permission from Elsevier.

For a given potential energy function, one may take a variety of approaches to study the dynamics of macromolecules. The most exact and detailed information is provided by MD simulations in which one solves the equations of motion for the atoms constituting the macromolecule and any surrounding environment. With currently available techniques and methods it is possible... 

A life cycle assessment (LCA), also known as life cycle analysis, of a product or process begins with an inventory of the energy and environmental flows associated with a product from "cradle to grave" and provides information on the raw materials used from the environment, energy resources consumed, and air, water, and solid waste emissions generated. GHGs and other wastes, sinks, and emissions may then be assessed (Sheehan et ah, 1998). The net GHG emissions calculated from an LCA are usually reported per imit of product or as the carbon footprint. 

The information available is discussed in light of the effects of excitation energy and the environment on the photofragmentation process of several transition metal cluster complexes. The photochemical information provides a data base directly relevant to electronic structure theories currently used to understand and predict properties of transition metal complexes (1,18,19). 

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