Energy
Waste
Water and Sewage
Transport
Green Blue
Buildings & land use
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Tool summary

Name of the tool
ORWARE (Organic Waste Research)

Description of the tool
In the beginning ORWARE was focused on environmental aspects of treatment of organic (biodegradable) wastes, hence the chosen name of the model. Today it includes all kinds of municipal solid waste, as well as submodels for calculation of economic aspects. The current ORWARE model handles several treatment methods such as anaerobic digestion, composting, landfilling, incineration, thermal gasification, sewage water treatment and transports.
Source: http://www.ima.kth.se/im/orware/English/orwmod.htm

Specific topic
Waste, waste systems and organic waste

Sector/s of use

Waste

Energy

Water

Transport

Green/Blue

Building & Land use

M

0

0

0

0

0

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component

Building

Neighbourhood

City

Region

0

0

1

1

1