Where the Power Comes From Could Decide the Carbon Cost of Your Concrete
A new spatiotemporal life cycle assessment reveals that China's provincial power grids vary so widely in carbon intensity that the ...
Tag: Life Cycle Assessment
Recycled Plastic Bags in Ghana Still Carry a Heavy Carbon Footprint, Study Finds
A life cycle assessment of recycled polyethylene carrier bags in Ghana shows that a fossil-intensive electricity grid drives most environmental ...
Baked or Beaten? Australia’s Waste Clays Reveal a Hidden Trade-Off in Green Cement
A performance-normalized life cycle assessment of five Australian waste clays shows calcined clays cut cement's carbon footprint by up to ...
Crop and Forest Waste Could Reshape the Global Energy Map, Study Finds
A new Nature Communications study projects that residue-based bioenergy could meet nearly 20 percent of Canada's energy demand by 2060, ...
Open BIM workflow weighs carbon against circularity in building design
Researchers have built a deterministic IFC-based workflow that evaluates whole-building material choices for both embodied carbon and circularity, reducing 150 ...
Rethinking America’s Hydrogen Highways: Pipelines Hold Surprises
A new Nature Communications study shows that existing models have underestimated U.S. hydrogen pipeline construction costs and that repurposing natural ...
New Framework Unites Resilience and Sustainability to Guide Ageing Infrastructure Decisions
Researchers have developed a unified optimisation framework that integrates short-term resilience recovery with long-term life-cycle sustainability metrics, showing on a ...
Lab Equipment’s Hidden Carbon Footprint: Freezers and Microscopes Under the Sustainability Spotlight
A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of more than 3,000 pieces of Government of Canada laboratory equipment finds that use-phase energy ...
The Hidden Mining Footprint Missing From Farm Animal Sustainability Studies
A scoping review of over 100 life cycle assessments finds that mineral supplements sourced from mining are excluded or misrepresented ...
Universities Can Shrink Their Carbon Footprint, New Study Shows How
A new study combining Life Cycle Assessment and Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis at the University of the Basque Country shows ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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