In this work thermoeconomics is applied to a central thermal system covering three buildings that consists of cogeneration engine, an aerothermal heat pump and natural gas condensing boiler. Cogeneration systems integrated with renewable energy technologies are very attractive solutions in the building sector. Nevertheless, use together active envelope solutions, such as one encountered work, s...

Physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? (1945) has inspired many subsequent efforts to explain biological evolution, especially the evolution of complex systems, in terms of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the concepts of "entropy" and "negative entropy." However, the problems associated with this paradigm are manifold. Some of these problems will be highlighted in the first part of th...

This work develops a software to control and diagnose building thermal facilities based on thermoeconomics. It is tested with the data obtained from three blocks in Basque Country (northern Spain) aim of detecting potential energy saving points mitigating environmental impacts. Some obstacles, solved, are related insufficient number probes inherent errors sensors. Besides, new methodologies for...

Industrial Ecology involves the transformation of industrial processes from linear to closed loop systems: matter and energy flows which were initially considered as wastes become now resources for existing or new processes. In this paper, Thermoeconomics, commonly used for the optimization and diagnosis of energy systems, is proposed as a tool for the characterization of Industrial Ecology. Th...