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Giannetti, F.A. Barrella, C.M.V.B. Almeida*  \nLaFTA e Laborat´orio de Fı´sico-Quı´mica Te´orica e Aplicada, Instituto de Ciˆencias Exatas e Tecnologia da Universidade  \nPaulista, R. Dr. Bacelar 1212, Cep 04026-002 Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil  \nReceived 25 March 2004; accepted 2 September 2004  \nAvailable online 07 December 2004  \nAbstract  \nTernary diagrams are presented as graphic tools to assist environmental accounting and environmental decision-making based on emergy analysis [Odum HT. Environmental accounting e emergy environmental decision making. John Wiley & Sons; 1996 . 370 pp. [1]] . Beyond the unquestionable advantages of graphic interpretation over table analysis, the use of ternary diagrams or phase diagrams, widely used for physical chemistry evaluation of three component systems, permits the use of phase diagram properties to assess the dependence of the system upon renewable and non-renewable inputs, the environmental support for dilution and abatement of process emissions and the system efficiency. The prompt visualization of the emergy accounting data makes possible to compare processes and systems with and without ecosystem services, to evaluate improvements and to follow the system performance over time. With the aim of ternary diagrams, aspects such as the interaction between systems and the interactions between systems and the environment can be readily recognized and evaluated.  \n􀀁 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.  \nKeywords: Emergy analysis; Emergetic sensibility; Graphic tool; Sustainability; Environmental indicators and ternary diagram  \n1. Introduction  \nEnvironmental indicators based on emergy accounting can be calculated and used to evaluate the relationships among components of anthropogenic systems and the resources needed to produce goods and services, such as industrial products, of these systems [1] . These indices and ratios depend upon the fraction of renewable and non-renewable inputs and on purchased inputs locally available or imported from outside the system. Taking into account the carrying capacity of the environment, indices can provide valuable information about the development and operation of economic systems within this environment. Emergy based indices  \n* Corresponding author.  \nE-mail address: [cmvbag@terra.com.br](cmvbag@terra.com.br) (C.M.V.B. Almeida) .  \n0959-6526/$ - see front matter 􀀁 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.09.002  \nprovide practical information about the quality of inputs and outputs, the thermodynamic efficiency of the system, and especially about the interaction between the system and environment in which it is inserted.  \nEnvironmental assessment based on emergy takes into account the rate of natural resources use, their efficient exploitation, the carrying capacity of the environment and the production of wastes and pollutants, which determine the global sustainability of a system. The indices and ratios that arise from emergy analysis are able to account for both ecological and economic contribution and their use may enable international comparability. However, a lack for a clear and uniform representation of these indices can make the confrontation of different data troublesome and intricate.  \nSeveral models have been proposed to represent graphically environmental indicators. The ISSE index (Integrated Italian Sustainability Index) was introduced  \n202 B.F. Giannetti et al. / Journal of Cleaner Production 14 (2006) 201e210  \nby the Institute of Sustainable Development and is based on three pillars: welfare, environmental quality and resource use [2] . A multidimensional vector presentation is used to show the role of each index component being the ISSE index the average of three values. This representa","cbCaiuyrfixf54YH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuyrfixf54YH","pdf",584384,"English","# Introduction\n## Environmental indicators and emergy-based indices\n## Graphical representations of environmental indicators","[{\"question\":\"What problem do ternary diagrams address in emergy-based environmental assessment?\",\"answer\":\"They provide a graphic way to support environmental accounting and decision-making by visualizing emergy accounting data and enabling interpretation beyond table-based analysis.\"},{\"question\":\"How do ternary and phase diagrams help assess system dependence?\",\"answer\":\"By using phase-diagram properties to evaluate how the system depends on renewable and non-renewable inputs, including dilution and abatement of process emissions and system efficiency.\"},{\"question\":\"What can be compared or tracked using the proposed graphical approach?\",\"answer\":\"Processes and systems can be compared with and without ecosystem services, improvements can be evaluated, and system performance can be followed over time.\"}]","A combined tool for environmental scientists and decision makers: ternary diagrams and emergy accounting | PDF",1792988679,25]