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Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of Renewable Biomass Fuels: An Environmental and Financial Approach

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The Open Knowlege Society. A Computer Science and Information Systems Manifesto (WSKS 2008)

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European countries have recently been required to conform with the European legislation relating to the introduction of biofuels at local and national levels. In order to permit wider implementation of biofuels, the present study explored the use of life cycle analysis (LCA) as a potential tool for analyzing the use of biomass resources for domestic fuel. The LCA performed in this study used the RETScreen International software developed by Natural Resources Canada. This tool embodies a simplified form of the LCA methodology for simulating space heating of houses and domestic water heating. The financial feasibility and environmental sustainability of each proposed project was investigated.

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    Grigorios Kyriakopoulos

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Miltiadis D. Lytras John M. Carroll Ernesto Damiani Robert D. Tennyson David Avison Gottfried Vossen Patricia Ordonez De Pablos

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Kyriakopoulos, G. (2008). Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of Renewable Biomass Fuels: An Environmental and Financial Approach. In: Lytras, M.D., et al. The Open Knowlege Society. A Computer Science and Information Systems Manifesto. WSKS 2008. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87783-7_16

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