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Multi-method and Multi-scale Analysis of Energy and Resource Conversion and Use

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Energy Options Impact on Regional Security

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Optimizing the performance of a given process requires that many different aspects are taken into account. Some of them, mostly of technical nature, relate to the local scale at which the process occurs. Other technological, economic and environmental aspects are likely to affect the dynamics of the larger space and time scales in which the process is embedded. These spatial and time scale effects require that a careful evaluation of the relation between the process and its ‘surroundings’ is performed, so that hidden consequences and possible sources of inefficiency and impact are clearly identified. In this work the authors summarise a number of studies in which they applied a multi-method and multi-scale approach in order to generate a comprehensive picture of the investigated systems/processes. The benefits of such an integrated investigation approach are discussed.

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Acknowledgement

The Authors at Parthenope University gratefully acknowledge the financial support received from the European Commission within the seventh Framework Programme, Project no.217213, SMILE - Synergies in Multi-scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-social systems. Socioeconomic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Collaborative Project FP7-SSH-2007-1

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  1. Department of Sciences for the Environment, Parthenope University, Napoli, Italy

    Sergio Ulgiati & Marco Ascione

  2. Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Silvia Bargigli & Francesco Cherubini

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Mirco Federici & Pier Paolo Franzese

  4. Environmental Management Research Group - GiGa (ESCI-UPF), Barcelona, Spain

    Marco Raugei, Silvio Viglia & Amalia Zucaro

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Ulgiati, S. et al. (2010). Multi-method and Multi-scale Analysis of Energy and Resource Conversion and Use. In: Barbir, F., Ulgiati, S. (eds) Energy Options Impact on Regional Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9565-7_1

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