Toward a sustainable biorefinery using high‐gravity technology

A Review of Membrane Technology for Integrated Forest Biorefinery

More recently, the concept of integrated forest biorefinery (IFBR) has received much attention as a promising solution for the struggling forest industry in North America and Europe to overcome its difficult financial period and competes globally. This new business paradigm offers a broad range of potentially attractive products, from bioenergy to value-added green organic chemicals in addition...

Lignocellulosic Biomass Utilization Toward Biorefinery Using Meshophilic Clostridial Species

Commercializing Biorefinery Technology: A Case for the Multi-Product Pathway to a Viable Biorefinery

While there may be many reasons why very interesting science ideas never reach commercial practice, one of the more prevalent is that the reaction or process, which is scientifically possible, cannot be made efficient enough to achieve economic viability. One pathway to economic viability for many business sectors is the multi-product portfolio. Research, development, and deployment of viable b...

Using persuasive technology to encourage sustainable behavior

In this paper sustainable consumption is conceptualized as the result of various types of interactions between users and systems. We review attempts to promote sustainable behavior and discuss contributions by using persuasive technology. In particular, we focus on the appraisal of climate risks and interactive approaches to influence energy consumption in households.

Toward a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development

Toward a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development T current economic crisis has tended to sap the policy momentum that had developed during 2006 and 2007 behind public R&D programmes and institutional initiatives to expand the portfolio of affordable technological means of controlling global warming. This is unfortunate, since the international negotiations about ...