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What lies beyond the era of fossil fuels? While most answers focus on different primary energy resources, Energy Systems in the Era of Energy Vectors provides a completely new approach. Instead of providing a traditional consumption analysis of classical primary energy resources such as oil, coal, nuclear power and gas, Energy Systems in the Era of Energy Vectors describes and assesses energy technologies, markets and future strategies, focusing on their capacity to produce, exchange, and use energy vectors. Special attention is given to the renewable energy resources available in different areas of the world and made exploitable by the integration of energy vectors in the global energy system. Clear definitions of energy vectors and energy systems are used as the basis for a complete explanation and assessment of up-to-date, available technologies for energy resources, transport and storage systems, conversion and use. The energy vectors scheme allows the potential realisation of a worldwide sustainable energy system to fulfil global development expectations by minimising both the impact on the environment, and the international political frictions for access to limited and concentrated resources. Energy Systems in the Era of Energy Vectors is an informative read for researchers and advanced students in industrial, energy and environmental engineering. It also contains valuable information for managers and technicians working in the energy sector

AbstractEnvironmental management systems (EMSs) have been developed to improve environmental performance of organizations towards the diffusion of sustainability in industrial production. The ISO 14000 series of International Standards is the most important reference for eco‐management of any type of organization. The EMS implementation can be developed more fluently and with less effort (in terms of human resources and costs) and time by applying, before the Environmental Review, a 'self‐diagnosis and self‐evaluation (SD&E)'. The ISO 14000 series, in fact, guides the organizations to start the system elaborating their Environmental Policy and Environmental Review.The case study described is the environmental SD&E carried out on a Valli Zabban S.p.A. industrial site. The chemical industry in question is the leader in Italy in the production of bitumen and bituminous membranes; it has already developed an advanced quality system (certified ISO 9001/94) and is now working with our environmental research group to reach the ISO 14000 certification.The most relevant convenience of introducing that step is that the company is ready, once it has completed the self‐evaluation, to start the implementation of its EMS with more awareness of the environmental situation in its various activities and to prepare a favourable 'atmosphere' and expectations company wide. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment