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  • With David Scienceman and M.T. Brown, the terms Emergy spelled with an "m," transformity, and empower were defined to avoid confusing terminology involved with "embodied energy."

    Annotated contributions of Howard T. Odum 2007

  • "Emergy" evaluation of biodiversity for ecological engineering.pp. 330-359 in Biodiversity and Landscapes - A Paradox of Humanity, ed. by K.C. Kim and R.D. Weaver.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

  • Ecology and Economy: "Emergy" Analysis and Public Policy in Texas.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

  • Emergy is an expression of all the energy and material resources used in the work processes that generate a product or service, calculated in units of one form of energy.

    Emergy 2008

  • Emergy (with an "m") analysis is a pure cost-of-production approach that measures the quality of a particular type of energy by its transformity.

    Net energy analysis 2008

  • An energy hierarchy law for biogeochemical cycles.pp. 235-248 in Emergy Synthesis: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Emergy and Energy Quality, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 1999, ed. by M.T. Brown.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

  • Calculating transformities with an eigenvalue method.pp. 265-280 in Emergy Synthesis: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Emergy and Energy Quality, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 1999, ed. by M.T. Brown.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

  • Emergy evaluation of an OTEC electrical power system.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

  • Emergy use, environmental loading and sustainability.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

  • Emergy evaluation of the environment and economy of Hong Kong.

    Howard T. Odum (publications) 2007

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