SCHEDULE OF PAPERS
THIRD BIENNIAL EMERGY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 

January 29, 30, 31, 2004
Gainesville, Florida

Thursday, January 29

8:00  Registration

8:30 - 10: 35  Session 1 ~ Theories, Applications, and Comparisons
Opening Remarks: Emergy Synthesis 3
Mark Brown
Protecting Environmental Welfare: Comparison of Emergetic and Economic Valuation
Tingting Cai, T.W. Olsen, and D.E. Campbell
The Rising Value of the Water Due to Scarcity
Maria Silvia Romitelli
Emergy, Transformity and Network Analysis of Everglades Ecosystems
Matthew Cohen, Eliana Bardi, Mark Brown and Wes Ingwersen
Moral Codes II
Dennis Collins
Differential Bases of Emergy Algebra
Corrado Giannantoni

10:35 - 11:05  Break

11:05 - 12:45  Session 2 ~ Case Studies
Investigating a 20-Year National Economic Dynamics By Means of Emergy-Based Indicators
Catia Cialani, Daniela Russi, and Sergio Ulgiati
Emergy Analysis of the Salt Production Process at the Se_Ovlje Saltpans, Slovenia
Jana Babič
Emergy Evaluation of the Swedish Economy Since The 1950’s
Peter Hagström and Per Olov Nilsson
An Evaluation of Dredging Vs. River Diversion for Reconstruction of Eroded Coastland in Louisiana Using Economic, Energy and Emergy Analyses
Jae-Young Ko and Charles A. S. Hall

12:45 - 1:45  Lunch

1:45 - 3:50  Session 3 ~ Sustainability, Carrying Capacity, and Models
Emergy-Based Productivity Measures to Promote Sustainable Business Practice
Donald L. Adolphson
An Emergy-Based Model for Diver Carrying Capacity on Coral Reefs
Ramy Serour and Patrick Kangas
Emergy Evaluation of Welfare. A Case Study in Italy
E. Tiezzi, Federico. M. Pulselli, F. Mapelli and L. Fugaro
Energetics Mechanisms and Development of Urban Landscape System
Shu-Li Huang
Sustainability of Wastewater Treatment with Microalgae in Cold Climate, Evaluated with Emergy and Socio-Ecological Principles
Erik Grönlund, Anders Klang, Stefan Falk & Jörgen Hanæus

3:50 - 4:20  Break

4:20 – 6:20  Poster Session 1
Emergy "Yield" Ratio – problems and misapplications
Marco Raugei, Silvia Bargigli and Sergio Ulgiati
Emergy Evaluation as a Sustainability Indicator
Ricardo Vieira, Tiago Domingos and Ana Simões
Emergy Analysis of Three Types of Forest Economical Activities in Taiwan
Chung-Hsin Juan, and Yu-Fung Chang
Emergy Analysis of selected Local and National Transport Systems in Italy
M. Federici, F. Ruzzenenti, Sergio Ulgiati, and R. Basosi
Quantifying the Role of Exports in Pennsylvania’s Economy Using Emergy
David Riposo and Sherry Brandt
The Use of Emergy in Organic Certification: Difficulties and Potential
Consuelo L. Pereira, E. Ortega, O. Cavalett, D. Kamiya, F. Agostinho
Direct Measurement of Carbon Sequestration Via Remote Sensing: Measuring the "real time" binding of carbon by photosynthesis
Jeffrey Luvall and Doug Rickman
Spirulina Economy: a microcosm evaluation
K.L. Cozza, AL Philomena & JAV Costa
Emergy Monitor for Urban Sustainable Development
Hong-fang Lu and Shao-lin Peng
Emergy Evaluation of Air Biofilters for Carbon Monoxide Removal
Priti Ganeshan and David Tilley
Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Economic and Ecological Systems with Application to the U.S. Economy
Nandan U. Ukidwe and Bhavik R. Bakshi
A Swedish emergy website looking for an international network
Erik Grönlund

6:25 – 8:00  Open House hosted by Center for Environmental Policy - Phelps Lab

Friday, January 30

8:30 - 10:35  Session 4 ~ Environmental Accounting
Combining the Art of Bookkeeping and Emergy Flows Diagrams
Enrique Ortega, P. B. Maffei de Souza, and O. Sarcinelli
Vivantary Responsibility and Emergy Accounting
Eldon H. Franz and Daniel E. Campbell
Using Financial Accounting Methods to Further Develop and Communicate Environmental Accounting Using Emergy
Daniel E. Campbell
Solar Transformities of Modern Technologies Estimated From Historical Emergy Use in The United States
David R. Tilley
Has Emergy Lost Its Memory?
Silvia Bargigli, Marco Raugei and Sergio Ulgiati

10:35 - 11:05  Break

11:05 - 12: 45  Session 5 ~ Case Studies, Theories and Applications
A Comparative Emergy Evaluation of 500-year Traditional Temples and Houses in Thailand.
Vorasun Buranakarn
Nested Comparative Emergy Assessments Using Milk Production as the Case Study
Sherry Brandt and Charlotte Lagerberg Fogelberg
Emergy and Material Synthesis of An Agro-forest Restoration Model in Low Subtropical China
Shao-Lin Peng and Hong-Fang LU
Matrix Reloaded: The Emergy View
Antonio L Philomena and KL Cozza

12:45 - 1:45  Lunch

1:45 - 3:25  Session 6 ~ Methodology, Theory, and Applications
Making Emergy Analysis More Popular for Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing - Challenges and Opportunities
Jorge L.Hau and Bhavik R. Bakshi
A New Embodied Solar Energy Indicator Based on Odum’s Emergy
Ricardo Vieira and Tiago Domingos
Current Technical Problems in Emergy Analysis
Daniel E. Campbell, S.L. Brandt-Williams, T.T. Cai
Splits and Co-Products in Emergy Analysis: Theoretical and Practical Aspects
Ludovico Susani, Ilaria Principi N. Marchettini and Simone Bastianoni

3:25 - 3:55  Break

3:55 - 5:55  Poster Session 2
Emergy Synthesis on the Farming System of Sanshui City in the Pearl River Delta of China
Feipeng Chen, Shengfang Lan, Jiacai Tu, and Hongfang Lu
H.T. Odum and Emergy Research in China
Han-e Li and Shengfang Lan
Emergy Synthesis and GIS for environmental sustainability assessment. The case study of the Roccamonfina Natural Park, Italy.
Pier Paolo Franzese, S. Dumontet, A. Scopa, and S. Ulgiati
Emergy and Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Three Sugar Factory Effluent Treatment Systems In Western Kenya.
Erik Grönlund, Charlotte Billgren, Karin Tonderski, Charles Owelle, Phillip Raburu
Emergy-Based Spatial Decision Support Methods for Watershed Scale Landuse Allocation in Tropical Africa
Matthew Cohen
Emergy of Algae Revisited: Comparisons of Algal-Based Wastewater Treatment Systems
David Blersch, Walter Mulbry, and Patrick Kangas
Emergy Analysis of Bolivian Natural Gas
José-Luis Izursa and David R. Tilley
It’s About Getting Value For Your Money – But How Fair Are The Resource Flows?
Torbjörn Rydberg and Margarita Cuadra
Emergy Synthesis of Socio-Economic Metabolism
Chun-Lin Lee and Shu-li Huang
How Many “Fourth” Principles Are There In Thermodynamics?
Corrado Giannantoni
The Use of Emergy Indices In The Environmental Certification of A Territory
R. Ridolfi, Niccolucci V., Pulselli R.M. and Simone Bastianoni
Emergy Synthesis of the Ecological Flows in Urban Complex Ecosystem in Zhongshan City
Xinfeng Zhao, Hongfang LU Shengfang Lan and Lie Chen

7:00 – 9:30  Open House – Betty Odum’s House

Saturday, January 31

MEET IN NEB 201

9:00 -10:40  Session 7 ~ Case Studies
Emergy Analysis of Lacandon Maya Agroforestry in Chiapas, Mexico
Stewart Diemont and Jay Martin
Comparing the Resources and Sustainability of Three Agricultural Methods with Emergy Analysis.
Jay F. Martin, Diemont, S.A.W., Powell, E., Stanton, M., Levy-Tacher, S.
Jau’s National Park, Central Brazilian Amazon Emergy And Socio-Environmental Assessment Of Resident Riverine Population
Vito Comar
Emergy, Emformation(?) and Ecosystem Health
Mark Brown

10:40 - 12:00  Discussion Session

7:00 – 00:00  Party at Mark Brown and Carol Binello’s House

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