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Emergy is short for Embodied energy
Embodied energy

Embodied energy refers to the quantity of energy required to manufacture, and supply to the point of use, a product, material or service. .Traditionally considered, embodied energy is an accounting methodology which aims to find the sum total of the energy necessary - from the raw material extraction, to transport, manufacturing, assembly,...
. It is defined as the available energy that was used in the work of making a product and expressed in units of one type of energy - usually sunlight.








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Emergy is short for Embodied energy
Embodied energy

Embodied energy refers to the quantity of energy required to manufacture, and supply to the point of use, a product, material or service. .Traditionally considered, embodied energy is an accounting methodology which aims to find the sum total of the energy necessary - from the raw material extraction, to transport, manufacturing, assembly,...
. It is defined as the available energy that was used in the work of making a product and expressed in units of one type of energy - usually sunlight.

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    Systems ecology

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