@inproceedings{e86fa21830af4db59f80d025b9475673,
title = "Preliminary thoughts on the application of thermodynamics to the development of sustainability criteria",
abstract = "In this paper we address the problem of taking the general notion of sustainability as reported in the Brundtland Report and later in Arrow et al approach and interpreting it from a thermodynamics point of view, with a goal of developing operational principles of sustainability in terms of physical principles that complement economic views.",
keywords = "Metrics, Sustainability, Thermodynamics",
author = "Gutowski, \{Timothy G.\} and Sekulic, \{Dusan P.\} and Bakshi, \{Bhavik R.\}",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156699",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424434565",
series = "2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS",
booktitle = "2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS",
note = "2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS ; Conference date: 18-05-2009 Through 20-05-2009",
}