International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research
(ISAER)

The Emergy Society
Welcome to the Emergy Society Web Site!

We are an international society dedicated to the
advancement of research on emergy and transformity
as a means to accomplish better decision-making in a
complex world. This work is accomplished within the
framework of Energy Systems Theory (Odum 1994).

Our goal is to support research and communication  
that will increase the quantity and improve the quality of
emergy research throughout the world.

You can explore our website to learn more about
emergy, H.T. Odum, and our organization.

Please join ISAER, if you are interested in
accomplishing our goal
Reference:
Odum, H.T. 1994. Ecological and General Systems. University Press
of Colorado, Niwot, CO. 644. p.
Hierarchy
The Emergy Society's Logo

Please, go to the Logo page to see the Emergy
Society's Logo developed by the Logo Committee in
collaboration with Lux Design of San Francisco, CA.
Logo designs from the ISAER Logo contest are also
shown and we will use them in an artistic context to
support our mission.
Images from the 7th Biennial
Emergy Research Conference
Party at the Odum House
Photographs by Sam Hopkins
Autocatalysis
Emergy Society Home Page
Access to the Emergy Society Database

The Emergy Society Database of transformities and
other unit emergy values is administered by Brandon K.
Winfrey and it is currently open for use by all Emergy
Society members and other interested parties.

Please follow these steps to register.

1) Go to http://www.emergydatabase.org  
2) Click the "Create new account" link on the left sidebar
3) Fill out a user name and password that you will use
to sign into the website.
4) Provide an email where you can be reached so your
account can be verified.
5) Be patient. Currently, user accounts are approved
manually by the administrator.
Thanks to those of you who are paying dues during the
online meeting. Please Pay Your 2016 and 2017 Dues, if
owed

At the 5th Annual Meeting of ISAER, we approved raising the
dues for full membership to $50.00. Student membership remains
at $10.00. You can now pay dues for two or three years at one
time or sign-up for automatic annual billing. A reduced rate
membership of $25.00 is available as appropriate based on the
member's financial conditions.
A Prosperous Way Down Website and Blog

“A Prosperous Way Down” is a proposition that we can change our ways enough to gradually reduce our energy use
to fit the reduction of our resources.

The website,prosperouswaydown.com, created by Mary Odum Logan concentrates on this proposition. It supports
lively discussions on what we can do to fit the patterns of today and tomorrow.

The book , A Prosperous Way Down, by Howard T. Odum and Elisabeth C. Odum, was published in 2001 by
University Press of Colorado, 5589 Arapahoe Ave. Suite 206C, Boulder, Col. 80303.

A paper by Betty Odum summaries much of the book. The paper will be presented at a workshop at the Friends
General Conference, held at the University of Rhode Island July 1 - 7,  2012. You can download the paper by
following this link to Betty's paper.

Here is a link to a Report on the first Prosperous Way Down Workshop
Posted by Enrique Ortega 09/24/12
The World Summit on Environmental Accounting (WSEA) was held at Beijing Normal University in Beijing China
from July 4 to July 6, 2016. The conference was sponsored by ISAER and its China Chapter among other
organizations. Dr. Yang Zhifeng and his group at Beijing Normal University's School of the Environment organized
and carried out the meeting after their proposal was chosen by ISAER's International Conference Organizing
committee, chaired by Murray Patterson. A full report on the meeting will be posted soon on our new website
www.emergysociety.com.
The ISAER Monthly Newsletter

Coordinated by Enrique Ortega, President of the
International Society for the Advancement of Emergy
Research.
We are requesting that newsletters be sent to us from
Emergy Research groups around the world.
Newsletters from the UNICAMP (University of Campinas)
group in Campinas, Brazil and the Ecosystem Engineering
Design Lab at the University of Maryland, USA are now
posted. To read them follow the link to the complete
newsletters found on the In the News page. Also, directions
for sending Enrique a newsletter from your group are given
on the "In the News" page.
Report on the Ninth Annual Meeting of ISAER

The report on the 9th Annual Meeting can be read on the new
website at:
http://www.emergysociety.com/9th-annual-meeting-of-isaer
Short Course on Emergy taught in Venice, Italy a Success!

Dr. Mark Brown taught a short course in emergy theory and methods at the 2nd International School on
Emergy Accounting, Venice, Italy, 11-15 May 2015. The directirs of the School of Emergy Accounting are
Francesco Gonella - Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy and Sergio Ulgiati - Parthenope University, Naples,
Italy. We are waiting for a full report on the Course held in May of this year.

The Tenth Annual Meeting of ISAER (iSAYer) stands adjourned, May 5, 2017, 11:38 PM. Please go to the Annual
Meeting 2017 page to read the President's Closing Address and a summary of the accomplishments and action items
arising from this meeting.  A few additional comments on new business are now posted including one from
President-Elect, Simone Bastianoni. Please write your comments on the meeting in the text boxes provided and they
will be posted on the page commented on. Reminder: unsigned comments will not be posted. Someone sent in a
comment without signing it, please identify it as yours and it will be posted.

Congratulations to the new members of the ISAER Executive Council, Elliott Campbell, Feni Agostinho, Pier Paolo
Franzese, and Liu Gengyuan. See the election results here. The resumes of the candidates are posted at
http://www.emergysociety.com/executive-council/ and in the Member's Area of this website.