Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a detailed method used to quantify and assess the material and energy flows, as well as emissions, throughout the life cycle stages of PV systems. These stages include ...
Global urbanization is accelerating, and it is estimated that by 2050, up to 68 percent of the population will reside in urban regions. Cement, clay brick, ceramics, mortar, wood, plastic, and steel ...
A new life cycle assessment of Australia’s live cattle export industry has provided fresh insights into where emissions occur ...
Balancing the sustainability of these items with the benefits they seem to offer society, which range from convenience to sterility, has never been easy, and is even more difficult now. First, there’s ...
Trisia Farrelly receives funding from Massey University, the Ryoichi Sasakawa Foundation, and Environmental Investigation Agency International. She is affiliated with Massey University, New Zealand ...
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), in conjunction with a group of major U.S. paper purchasers, recently conducted a life-cycle-based study of various grades of paper. This 28-month effort, called ...
To initiate change of any kind, one must first be aware of the problem at hand. In the construction industry –which is responsible for 39% of global greenhouse gas emissions and countless other ...