Abstract
In this chapter, we consider exergy as the confluence of energy, environment, and sustainable development. The basis for this treatment is the interdisciplinary character of exergy and its relation to each of these disciplines. There has recently been an increasing number of works on the linkage between exergy and the environment. Many suggest that mitigating the environmental impact of energy resource utilization and achieving increased resource-utilization efficiency are best addressed by considering exergy. The relations between exergy and both energy and the environment make it clear that exergy is directly related to sustainable development. There is a case study presenting the exergetic dimension of sustainable development. Furthermore, this chapter also presents a unified exergy-based structure that provides useful insights and direction to those involved in exergy, environment, and sustainable development for appropriately analyzing and addressing each of these areas using exergy.
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