Renewables based technology : sustainability assessment The contribution of renewables to society Göran Berndes The potential of renewables as a feedstock for chemistry and energy Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark Martin K. Patel André P.C. Faaij Monique M. Hoogwijk Sustainability performance indicators Alexei Lapkin Life cycle inventory analysis applied to renewable resources Niels Jungbluth Rolf Frischknecht Net energy balancing and fuel cycle analysis Hosein Shapouri Michael Wang James A. Duffield Life cycle assessment as an environmental sustainability tool Adisa Azapagic Exergy Jo Dewulf Herman Van Langenhove Material flow analysis and the use of renewables from a systems perspective Stefan Bringezu Ecological footprints and biocapacity : essential elements in sustainability assessment William E. Rees The sustainable process index (SPI) Michael Narodoslawsky Anneliese Niederl Assessment of sustainable land use in producing biomass Helmut Haberl Karl Heinz Erb Assessment of the forest products industries Klaus Richter Frank Werner Hans Jörg Althaus Assessment of the energy production industry : modern options for producing secondary energy carriers from biomass André Faaij Assessment of biofuels James A. Duffield Hosein Shapouri Michael Wang Assessment of organic waste treatment Jan Olov Sundqvist Oleochemical and petrochemical surfactants : an overall assessment Erwan Saouter Gert Van Hoof Mark Stalmans Alan Brunskill Assessment of bio based packaging materials Andreas Detzel Martina Krüger Axel Ostermayer Assessment of biotechnology based chemicals Peter Saling Andreas Kicherer Assessment of bio based pharmaceuticals : the Cephalexin case Alle Bruggink Peter Nossin