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The term '[[Emergy]] [[Synthesis]]' was introduced by Dr. D.M. Scienceman, the author of the [[Emergy]] nomenclature. It has been subsequently developed and extended by the late H.T.Odum and colleagues most notably the Emergy Systems school at the University of Florida.

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[[Synthesis]] in this sense, is, to paraphrase the emergy systems school, 'the act of combining elements into coherent wholes rather than dissecting and breakings systems apart'. Through the act of combining emerged new concepts and methods used for energy-based evaluations of human and environmental systems, and new corrolaries to the principles of energetics. It is hoped that these[[emergy evaluation]] can help form a quantitative basis for sustainable public policy decision making.

But perhaps one of the most outstanding features of emergy synthesis is in terms of psychology.