The Ecological Scarcity Method for the European Union - A Volkswagen Research Initiative: Environmental Assessments

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This report transfers the Ecological Scarcity Method (ESM) to the EU and its 28 member states. It provides a powerful tool for unbiased environmental assessments in enterprises and surveys the current impacts and the targets published by environmental authorities, specifically the European Environment Agency. ESM assesses environmental impacts of manufacturing sites and production processes. Developed in 1990 in Switzerland, ESM has already gained regulatory status in proving entitlements for tax exemptions. The method assesses all important impacts in air, water, energy consumption, waste generation and freshwater consumption and also supports environmental investment decisions.

List of contents

Methodological Basics.- Data Research and Results.- Eco Factors for EU28.

About the author

Dr. Stephan Ahbe is initiator and author of Swiss Ecological Scarcity Method published in 1990 and today develops Environmental Management Systems at SYRCON in Darmstadt, Germany.

Dr. Simon Weihofen is Environmental and Energy Manager in Group Management at E.ON SE in Essen, Germany.

Dr. Steffen Wellge is an Environmental and Energy Management Specialist at the Volkswagen Group Research, Wolfsburg, Germany.

Summary

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This report transfers the Ecological Scarcity Method (ESM) to the EU and its 28 member states. It provides a powerful tool for unbiased environmental assessments in enterprises and surveys the current impacts and the targets published by environmental authorities, specifically the European Environment Agency. ESM assesses environmental impacts of manufacturing sites and production processes. Developed in 1990 in Switzerland, ESM has already gained regulatory status in proving entitlements for tax exemptions. The method assesses all important impacts in air, water, energy consumption, waste generation and freshwater consumption and also supports environmental investment decisions.

Product details

• Authors: Stepha Ahbe, Stephan Ahbe, Simo Weihofen, Simon Weihofen, Steffen Wellge
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783658195052
• ISBN: 978-3-658-19505-2
• No. of pages: 93
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 10 mm x 250 mm
• Weight: 166 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 93 p. 5 illus.
• Series: AutoUni - Schriftenreihe; AutoUni - Schriftenreihe; AutoUni – Schriftenreihe
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Nachhaltigkeit, B, Sustainability, Open Access, Sustainable Development, Environmental Social Sciences, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution, Environmental Management, Umweltverschmutzung und Gefahren für die Umwelt, Environmental Sciences, Pollution prevention, Pollution control, Industrial Pollution Prevention