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Tool Summary Tool Characteristics Tool Application Source of Tools Opinion of Tools

Source of tools

Name of the tool
Sustainable Process Index (SPI)

Where is tool available from
Christian KROTSCHECK et Michael NARODOSLAWSKY “The sustainable process index a new dimension in ecological evaluation” Ecological Engineering 6 (1996) 241-258

M. Narodoslawsky, C. Krotscheck “Integrated ecological optimization of processes with the sustainable process index” Waste management 20 (2000) 5999-603

braunegg@glvt.tu-graz.ac.at

When was the tool produced
1996

Is support provided
No

Organisation/s that developed the tool and country of origin
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology

Funded by:
• Authors organisation
• EU project “operational indicators for progress towards sustainability" (EV-5V- CT94-0374- coord. J. Kozer, TME, The Netherlands)
• Brite EuRam II Project “design and simulation of integrated biochemical processes” (8138,BRE2-CT94-0623 – coord D. Bogle, Univ College London)

Is the tool newly developed or based on an exisiting tool
No But it presents some similarities with “ecological footprint”.

Cost of the full tool
Paper is available from:

Christian KROTSCHECK et Michael NARODOSLAWSKY “The sustainable process index a new dimension in ecological evaluation” Ecological Engineering 6 (1996) 241-258

M. Narodoslawsky, C. Krotscheck “Integrated ecological optimization of processes with the sustainable process index” Waste management 20 (2000) 5999-603

braunegg@glvt.tu-graz.ac.at