Category Archives: Publications
Sustainability in urban planning, construction and living
A house has diverse meanings for people. In terms of conceptual history, it has the same root as „skin“ and therefore does not only function as protection against the outside, but shows to some extent the character of its inhabitants – after skin and clothing, the house is our “third skin”. The house offers living and [...]
Presentation and Video-Interview on Sustainable Buildings
On March 13th 2012, Fritz Hinterberger held a key note presentation at the ImmobilienForumWest 2012 in Bregenz, which can be downloaded in German language here. A video-interview [...] on the issue was published by a local newspaper (in German language).
Compendium on resource efficiency and eco-innovation
Fritz Hinterberger [...] gave a keynote speech on “Resource efficiency and eco-innovation: Opportunities and challenges for Eastern Europe and the NIS region” at the UNIDO Europe and NIS Round Table on the theme Promoting innovative industries and technologies for a sustainable future in the Europe and NIS region, held on 30 November 2011 in Vienna, during
Implications of a persistent low growth path – A Scenario Analysis
Pirgmaier, E., Stocker, A. and Hinterberger F. (2010)
This paper provides the starting point of an ongoing research project that analyses the macroeconomic implications (on employment, consumption, income, public finances, resource use, CO2-emissions etc.) of a persistent low-growth path for the Austrian economy and society.
A persistent decline in economic growth has not yet been [...]
Resource Efficiency in developing and emerging economies
SERI´s research group “Sustainable Resource Use” investigates the use of natural resources on which our societies are built. Some of the central concerns in this field include differences in extraction, consumption, trade and efficiency across different countries and world regions.
The basis of much of our work in this field is the website www.materialflows.net, an online portal for material flow data providing easy access to global data on resource extraction for more than 200 countries and the time period of 1980 to 2008, aggregated into 12 categories of material flows. The website is based on the first comprehensive and worldwide database on global resource extraction, set up and administrated by SERI in cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy.
Resource Use and Resource Efficiency in Africa
This study provides the first comparative assessment of material consumption and material productivity in Africa. Commissioned by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD ), this study reviews current trends and distributions of resource consumption and developments of resource productivity over the past 28 years across Africa.
Resource Use and Resource Efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States
This study provides a comparative assessment of material consumption and material productivity in 30 selected countries covering Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS) in the Caucasus and Central Asia between 1995 and 2008. It was also commissioned by UNIDO. To facilitate comparison, the region was divided into three geographical groups: New EU Member States (NMS), South East Europe (SEE) and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA).
Resource Use and Resource Efficiency in Emerging Economies
This study examines patterns and trends in resource use and resource efficiency in 16 emerging economies in Africa, Asia and Latin America between 1985 and 2005. It was also commissioned by UNIDO under the “Green Industry” Programme.
