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Grunwald and Rösch Energy, Sustainability and Society 2011, 1:3 http://www.energsustainsoc.com/content/1/1/3 ORIGINAL Open Access Sustainability assessment of energy technologies: towards an integrative framework Armin Grunwald* and Christine Rösch Abstract To be able to design and use energy technologies with regard to the needs of sustainable development, sustainability assessments are necessary prior to the respective decisions. However, as is known, they pose methodological problems: from the difficulties of anticipation of future developments via the determination of assessment criteria through to the necessity to define sustainable development accurately enough. In this contribution, we will introduce an integrative sustainability concept which has hardly been discussed in the energy context | Grunwald and Rõsch Energy Sustainability and Society 2011 1 3 http www.energsustainsoc.eom content 1 1 3 D Energy Sustainability and Society a SpringerOpen Journal ORIGINAL Open Access Sustainability assessment of energy technologies towards an integrative framework Armin Grunwald and Christine Rosch Abstract To be able to design and use energy technologies with regard to the needs of sustainable development sustainability assessments are necessary prior to the respective decisions. However as is known they pose methodological problems from the difficulties of anticipation of future developments via the determination of assessment criteria through to the necessity to define sustainable development accurately enough. In this contribution we will introduce an integrative sustainability concept which has hardly been discussed in the energy context. We will analyse this concept with respect to deriving general principles for the sustainability assessment of energy technologies. As a case study we consider in particular the field of the use of grassland for biomass production for energetic purposes. The integrative concept is shown to provide an overall framework to carry out comprehensible and above all comparative sustainability assessments. More or less as a by-product it can be demonstrated that sustainability means also in the energy sector much more than just environmental compatibility. Keywords energy futures sustainability assessment energy policy grassland Energy technology assessment for energy policies The vision of sustainable development must by definition include both long-term considerations and the global dimension 1 2 . Pursuing this vision implies that societal processes and structures should be re-orientated so as to ensure that the needs of future generations are taken into account and to enable current generations in the southern and northern hemispheres to develop in a manner that observes the issues of equity and participation 3 4 . Since a .
