01492nas a2200145   4500008004100000245005700041210005500098260001200153520103000165100002401195700002001219700001801239700002001257856006901277       2014                        eng d00aWell-being and resource-efficiency at the meso level0 aWellbeing and resourceefficiency at the meso level  aLeipzig3 aA resource efficient society should provide high well-being at a low cost to the environment while preserving the natural system/natural resources for future generations. Traditionally, well-being has always been assessed on the national level. In contrast, the economic system consists of specific sector with specific functions for the society ranging from providing food to education to health services. The DESIRE project will test the assumption that the performance of sectors is more relevant for attainment of welfare of nations and the well-being of its citizens than the gross output of economies (GDP) or value added of sectors. This calls for other measures of sector performance than value added. Resource use and environmental impacts of sectors can then be related to this new sector performance measures and thus allow evaluating the resource efficiency of services to society provided by the sectors. This will further contribute to the discussion in the “Resource efficiency beyond GDP” special session.1 aStadler, Konstantin1 aHertwich, Edgar1 aWood, Richard1 aPauliuk, Stefan  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/3665