caa a22 4500 606169458 CHVBK 20210128100712.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-015-0932-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-015-0932-y Energy sustainability: consumption, efficiency, and environmental impact [Elektronische Daten] [Leisha Vance, Tarsha Eason, Heriberto Cabezas] One of the critical challenges in achieving sustainability is finding a way to meet the energy consumption needs of a growing population in the face of increasing economic prosperity and finite resources. According to ecological footprint computations, the global resource consumption began exceeding planetary supply in 1977 and by 2030, global energy demand, population, and gross domestic product are projected to greatly increase over 1977 levels. With the aim of finding sustainable energy solutions, we present a simple yet rigorous procedure for assessing and counterbalancing the relationship between energy demand, environmental impact, population, GDP, and energy efficiency. Our analyses indicated that infeasible increases in energy efficiency (over 100%) would be required by 2030 to return to 1977 environmental impact levels and annual reductions (2 and 3%) in energy demand resulted in physical, yet impractical requirements; hence, a combination of policy and technology approaches is needed to tackle this critical challenge. This work emphasizes the difficulty in moving toward energy sustainability and helps to frame possible solutions useful for policy and management. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (Outside the USA), 2015 Energy consumption nationallicence Environmental impact nationallicence Efficiency nationallicence Sustainability nationallicence Vance Leisha Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 45268, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut Eason Tarsha Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 45268, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut Cabezas Heriberto Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 45268, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/7(2015-10-01), 1781-1792 1618-954X 17:7<1781 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0932-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0932-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vance Leisha Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 45268, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eason Tarsha Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 45268, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cabezas Heriberto Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 45268, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/7(2015-10-01), 1781-1792 1618-954X 17:7<1781 2015 17 10098