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Cement production is of grave concern on account of its high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission. Global cement production causes 5-10% of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Considering the adverse effect of ...

This dissertation focuses on the changes needed in energy education in order to integrate sustainability into the courses of energy degree programmes at technical universities. Education is an important driver of and energy ...

This paper focuses on development of model for calculation greenhouse gas emissions from global industrial investment projects. Model development utilized old investment project as a base project and model was developed ...

The demand for food is rising, while simultaneously the need to reduce environmental impacts to meet our planetary boundaries is present. The production of animal-proteins accounts for a large share of the total agricultural ...

Ever-increasing waste generation, resource depletion and awareness of adverse environmental impacts all factor into the growing application of life cycle assessment (LCA) as a method for evaluating the potential environmental ...

Over 100 million tons of textile fibers are consumed by the global textile industry every year. Most of these fibers are currently produced from virgin raw materials, and the environmental impacts of their production are ...

Plastics have multiple useful features which have made them indispensable in the functions of everyday life. The growth of plastic industry has only accelerated, even though it has been globally acknowledged as one of the ...

Objective of this master’s thesis is to calculate the carbon sequestration potential of willow biochar produced on marginal lands in the Häme region. The objective is reached by defining the amount of marginal lands available ...

Plastics are important materials for various applications. The rate of global plastic production is increasing rapidly to satisfy the demand of the growing population. Since the plastics industry is dominated by fossil ...

In this work, the environmental impact of a dispersion coated packaging paper is defined by means of a life cycle assessment. Effect of methodology selection is studied by identi-fying four different suitable end of life ...