Quantified Eco-Efficiency

- Preface. List of corresponding authors

1. An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis; G. Huppes and M. Ishikawa

GENERAL METHODS

2. Maximum abatement costs for calculating cost-effectiveness of green activities with multiple environmental effects; T. Oka, Y. Fujii, M. Ishikawa, Y. Matsuno and S. Susami

3. From thermodynamic efficiency to eco-efficiency; R. Heijungs

4. The price of toxicity. Methodology for the assessment of shadow prices for human toxicity, ecotoxicity and abiotic depletion; T. van Harmelen, R. Korenromp, C. van Deutekom, T. Ligthart, S. van Leeuwen and R. van Gijlswijk

CASES IN AGRICULTURE

5. Conservation reconsidered: A modified input-output analysis of the economic impact of China's land conversion policy; F. Zhang

CASES IN INDUSTRY

6. Eco-efficiency in redesigned extended supply chains: furniture as an example; O. Michelsen

7. Practical experiences with reducing industrial use of water and chemicals in the galvanising industry; J. Fresner, J. Mair, H. Schnitzer, C. Brunner, G. Gwehenberger and M. Planasch

8. Cost-efficient solutions can speed up ecological (and social) development - A proposal; E.-J. Spindler

CASES IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

9. Environmental performance of households; M. Wier, L.B. Christoffersen, J. Munksgaard, T.S. Jensen, O.G. Pedersen and H. Keiding

10. Eco-efficiency analysis of an electrochromic smart window prototype; S. Papaefthimiou, E. Syrrakou and P. Yianoulis

11. Upgrade planning for upgradeable product design; K. Watanabe, Y. Shimomura and A. Matsuda

CASES IN RECYLING

12. A strategic policy model for promoting secondary materials use; N. Indrianti, S. Matsuoka and M. Muraki

13. Eco-efficiency analysis of the plastic recovery systems in Hyogo eco-town project; H. Yabar and T. Morioka. Index

Gjalt Huppes is head of the Industrial Ecology Department and associate professor of environmental system sciences at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University in Leiden, the Netherlands.Masanobu Ishikawa is a professor at the Graduate School of Economics at Kobe University in Kobe, Japan.