Addressing climate change requires accelerating the development of sustainable alternatives to energy- and water-intensive technologies, particularly for rapidly growing infrastructure such as data ...

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This study integrates high-resolution thermal and biological modeling with techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment to evaluate and compare two different microalgae biorefinery ...

Date: 19 November 2024Time: 14h-15h30 CETRegistration closedThis webinar introduced A Policymakers' Guide to Life Cycle Assessment, demonstrating how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can support effective ...

Architects can compare the carbon impact of more than 250,000 construction products side by side in what’s thought to be the world’s largest life-cycle assessment database. The Materials Compass was ...

Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) provides a systematic approach to assess the total cost associated with owning, operating, and maintaining assets throughout their entire life. BIM empowers architects ...

For example, a paper published in a 2023 issue of The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, by researchers from the University of Surrey’s (Guildford, U.K.) Centre for Environment and ...

Innovative approaches in sustainable wastewater management are vital in addressing climate change. This study introduces a novel assessment of solar-integrated ecotechnologies, focusing on the ...

Life cycle analysis encourages the automotive industry to invest in more sustainable technologies and materials. While the benefits in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency ...

Nuclear light-water reactors had a life cycle emissions factor of 13 g CO 2 e/kWh. Natural gas, oil, and coal had much higher medians, ranging from 486 to 1,001 g CO 2 e/kWh.