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Sustainability Indicators related to Energy and Material Flow

Sustainability Indicators related to Energy and Material Flow. Koji Amano, Ritsumeikan University Misato Ebihara, IBM Japan, Ltd. Katsutoshi Tobe, NTT DATA Corporation Masahiko Harada, Shiga Prefectural Government. Backgrounds.

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Sustainability Indicators related to Energy and Material Flow

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  1. Sustainability Indicators related toEnergy and Material Flow Koji Amano, Ritsumeikan University Misato Ebihara, IBM Japan, Ltd. Katsutoshi Tobe, NTT DATA Corporation Masahiko Harada, Shiga Prefectural Government

  2. Backgrounds Toward a sustainable society considering “trilemma” between energy/resource , environment and economy Objectives Eco-efficiency evaluation as sustainability Indicator used for environmental management #1 analyzing energy flow characteristics in detail #2 combining energy flow and material flow

  3. Recycled energy Primary energy Material input Material output Including product and waste Recycled material Material flow Energy flow Estimating energy and material flows in each region and industrial sector to evaluate regional and industrial eco-efficiency Environmental load Region or Industrial sector Net energy (demand) use

  4. 47 prefectures in JapanPopulation:0.6 - 12(avg. 2.7)millionsArea:1.9 - 83 (avg. 7.8)103km2Distance from Tokyo:up to 2,200km HOKKAIDO KYOTO TOKYO AICHI OSAKA OKINAWA

  5. Applied Data *Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport **Ministry of Public Management ***National Institute for Environmental Studies ****The Institute of Energy Economics

  6. I-O table for each prefecture AOMORI I-O OKINAWA I-O HOKKAIDO I-O ・・・ Industrial product table 3EID based on national I-O 1995 national I-O table for mass balance Physical distribution census Industrial waste statistics Comprehensive energy statistics －energy balance table－ Calculation flow Several energy flow, the material flow and environmental load emissions in each region and industrial sector

  7. Analyzing energy flow characteristics in detail Recycled energy: Novel energy use by recycling waste including biomass and tire waste

  8. Environmental load CO2 emission CO2 emission ＝ × Energy input Material input × × Product output Product output Energy and resource Economy Sustainability in energy and material flow … considering trilemma between environment, energy and economy Energy input Material input

  9. Ratio of carbon dioxide emission to primary energy input

  10. Ratio of nitric oxide emission to primary energy input

  11. Environmental load CO2 emission CO2 emission ＝ × Energy input Material input × × Product output Product output Energy and resource Economy Sustainability in energy and material flow … considering trilemma between environment, energy and economy Energy input Material input

  12. #1 〔thermal unit〕 〔mass unit〕 #2 Net energy use Product output #3 #5 #4 Primary energy input Recycled energy input Net energy use Primary energy input Total material input Product output Recycled material input Total material input Eco-intensity based on energy and material flow

  13. Ratio of primary energy input to total material input (RPM)

  14. Relationship between RPM and population Optimal population size? Relationship between primary energy input / total material input of the service industry and population of each prefecture

  15. Relationship between RPM and GDP Optimal GDP magnitude? Relationship between primary energy input / total material input of the service industry and GDP of each prefecture

  16. Ratio of net energy use to product output (RNP) *16.97

  17. Relationship between RNP and Dist. from Tokyo Distance degrades eco-efficiency? Relationship between net energy use / product output of the service industry and Dist. from Tokyo of each prefecture

  18. Relationship between RNP and Dist. from Tokyo DTM: distance from Tokyo metropolitan area Distance improves eco-efficiency? Relationship between net energy use / product output of the chemical industry and Distance from Tokyo of each prefecture

  19. Summary Simple ratios ( “CO2 / energy”, “energy / flow”, and “flow / GDP” ) could be utilized as a kind of sustainability indicators to evaluate eco-efficiencies of local regions or industrial sectors. Those ratios could be compared in each region and industrial sector for comprehensive sustainability evaluation. Several relationships between the “primary energy input / total material input ” ratio and regional or industrial characteristics were obtained, and some optimal population size or economic growth potential could be presented. Another relationship between the “net energy use / product output ” ratio and regional or industrial characteristics were also obtained, such as distance from major markets.

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