Helge Brattebø
Helge Brattebø
Professor, Director NTNU Sustainability
Department of Energy and Process Engineering Faculty of EngineeringBackground and activities
Work areas:
Brattebø is Professor of Industrial Ecology, Director NTNU’s thematic strategic area Sustainability, and workpackage leader in ZEN Research Centre.
Experience:
Brattebø is MSc (1977) and PhD (1983) in Environmental Engineering from NTH (Norwegian Institute of Technology; today NTNU). He has a background as researcher in the Water Treatment Group at NTH/SINTEF, chief engineer at Reinertsen Consulting Engineers, and Region Manager at Østlandskonsult Consulting Engineers (today COWI). Brattebø has been at NTNU since 1989, first as co-ordinator of the Programme for Environmental Technical Sciences, then from 1992 Associate Professor and Head of Environmental Studies Division at the Center for Environment and Development (SMU). He was one of the initiators and the first Director of the Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol) from 1998 to 2003. From 1998 he was professor and Department Head (2005-2010) at the Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, incl. two years as visiting professor at the Centre for Industrial Ecology at Yale University, U.S.A. (2003/04) and at the MIT Portugal Programme, Instituto Superior de Tecnico, Lisbon (2010/11). Brattebø serves as Editor of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, and have had different roles with the International Society for Industrial Ecology. Since January 2013 his has been professor of Industrial Ecology at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, and since 2017 Director of NTNU Sustainability and Co-PI in the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods at NTNU.
Brattebø has been teaching numerous courses in the fields of Environmental Engineering and Industrial Ecology. In research he started his carrier working on processes for water and wastewater treatment, and methods for industrial cleaner production. During recent years his research is in the field of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, applied to various infrastructure systems, such as for waste recycling, water supply and sanitation, road bridges, building stocks, and district heating. An important research issue has been to examine how such systems perform with respect to environment and economy in a life cycle perspective, and what are the critical factors for improvements. This research includes model development, dynamic simulation and systems analysis of material, energy and waste flows, as well as their consequences with respect to emissions, environment and cost. As an example he is currently leading the work on life cycle assessment (LCA) modelling in the Zero Emission Neighbourhood in Smart Cities research centre.
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Courses
- TEP4285 - Material Flow Analysis
- EP8122 - Material Flow Analysis, Resources and Recycling, PhD
- TEP4310 - Solid Waste Technology and Resource Recovery
- TEP5100 - Industrial Ecology, Project
- TEP4930 - Industrial Ecology, Master's Thesis
- IØ8504 - Theory and Methods in Systems Approaches to Sustainability
- TEP4295 - Sustainable enginering
- TEP4290 - Modeling of Built Environment Systems
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2022) Towards a LCA Database for the Planning and Design of Zero-Emissions Neighborhoods. Buildings. vol. 12 (5).
- (2022) The effect of building attributes on the energy performance at a scale: an inferential analysis. Building Research & Information.
- (2021) A systematic approach for data analysis and prediction methods for annual energy profiles: An example for school buildings in Norway. Energy and Buildings. vol. 247.
- (2021) Analysis of electricity use and economic impacts for buildings with electric heating under lockdown conditions: examples for educational buildings and residential buildings in Norway. Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS). vol. 74.
- (2021) Environmental co-benefits and trade-offs of climate mitigation strategies applied to net-zero-emission neighbourhoods. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. vol. 26.
- (2021) LCA and scenario analysis of a Norwegian net-zero GHG emission neighbourhood: The importance of mobility and surplus energy from PV technologies. Building and Environment. vol. 189.
- (2021) Estimating dynamic climate change effects of material use in buildings — Timing, uncertainty, and emission sources. Building and Environment. vol. 187.
- (2021) Large potentials for energy saving and greenhouse gas emission reductions from large-scale deployment of zero emission building technologies in a national building stock. Energy Policy. vol. 152.
- (2021) Top-down spatially-explicit probabilistic estimation of building energy performance at a scale. Energy and Buildings. vol. 238.
- (2020) Waste prevention, energy recovery or recycling - Directions for household food waste management in light of Circular Economy policy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. vol. 160 (104908).
- (2020) Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method for assessing the sustainability of end-of-life alternatives for waste plastics: A case study of Norway. Science of the Total Environment. vol. 719 (C).
- (2020) A life-cycle assessment model for zero emission neighborhoods. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 24 (3).
- (2020) Temporal analysis of the material flows and embodied greenhouse gas emissions of a neighborhood building stock. Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- (2020) Life cycle assessment as decision-support in choice of road corridor: case study and stakeholder perspectives. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.
- (2020) Embodied emission profiles of building types: Guidance for emission reduction in the early phases of construction projects. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 410 (1).
- (2020) An analytical method for evaluating and visualizing embodied carbon emissions of buildings. Building and Environment. vol. 168.
- (2020) GHG emission requirements and benchmark values in Norwegian building codes. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 588.
- (2019) A review of environmental impacts of winter road maintenance. Cold Regions Science and Technology. vol. 158.
- (2019) Life cycle assessment of winter road maintenance. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
- (2019) Reducing fuel consumption and emissions through optimization of the vertical alignment of a road: A case study of a heavy-duty truck on the Norwegian Highway Route E39. European Transport / Trasporti Europei. vol. 71.
- (2019) Road Planning and Route Alignment Selection Criteria in the Norwegian Context. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. vol. 471 (5).
- (2019) Optimizing Road Gradients Regarding Earthwork Cost, Fuel Cost, and Tank-to-Wheel Emissions. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A: Systems. vol. 146 (3).
- (2019) A method to extract fishers’ knowledge (FK) to generate evidence for sustainable management of fishing gears. MethodsX. vol. 6.
- (2019) Using Material Flow Analysis (MFA) to generate the evidence on plastic waste management from commercial fishing gears in Norway. Resources, Conservation & Recycling: X. vol. 5.
- (2019) Energy analysis and energy planning for kindergartens based on data analysis. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 352 (1).
- (2019) LCA modelling for Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in early stage planning. Building and Environment. vol. 149.
- (2019) LCA of the Zero Emission Neighbourhood Ydalir. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 352 (1).
- (2019) Exploring the pathway from zero-energy to zero-emission building solutions: A case study of a Norwegian office building. Energy and Buildings. vol. 188-189.
- (2019) Future energy pathways for a university campus considering possibilities for energy efficiency improvements. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 352 (1).
- (2019) A Norwegian zero emission neighbourhood (ZEN) definition and a ZEN key performance indicator (KPI) tool. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 352 (1).
- (2019) OmrådeLCA, assessment of area development: Case study of the Zero-Emission Neighbourhood Ydalir. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 352 (1).
- (2019) Built Stock Explorer – an interactive platform for data-driven energy planning. REHVA European HVAC Journal. vol. 56 (5).
- (2019) Control strategy for battery-supported photovoltaic systems aimed at peak load reduction. E3S Web of Conferences. vol. 111.
- (2019) Influence of emerging technologies deployment in residential built stock on electric energy cost and grid load. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES). vol. 352 (1).
- (2018) Is a net life cycle balance for energy and materials achievable for a zero emission single-family building in Norway?. Energy and Buildings. vol. 168.
- (2018) Performing quantitative analyses towards sustainable business models in building energy renovation projects: Analytic process and case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. vol. 199.
- (2018) The Potential Of Co-Benefits In Climate Change Mitigation Strategy: An opportunity for Environmental and Social Justice. Journal of Social Sciences Naresuan University. vol. 14 (1).
- (2017) Winners of the 2016 Graedel Prizes: The Journal of Industrial Ecology Best Paper Prizes. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 21 (6).
- (2017) Metabolism-modelling approaches to long-term sustainability assessment of urban water services. Urban Water Journal. vol. 14 (1).
- (2017) Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge with grease trap sludge and municipal solid waste as co-substrates. Environmental Research. vol. 155.
- (2017) Recycling potential of secondary phosphorus resources as assessed by integrating substance flow analysis and plant-availability. Science of the Total Environment. vol. 575.
- (2017) Erratum to: A multi-regional soil phosphorus balance for exploring secondary fertilizer potential: the case of Norway (Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst, (2016), 104, (307?320), 10.1007/s10705-015-9721-6). Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. vol. 109 (2).
- (2017) Choice of mineral fertilizer substitution principle strongly influences LCA environmental benefits of nutrient cycling in the agri-food system. Science of the Total Environment. vol. 615.
- (2017) Redistributing Phosphorus in Animal Manure from a Livestock-Intensive Region to an Arable Region: Exploration of Environmental Consequences. Sustainability. vol. 9 (4).
- (2017) Sewage sludge disposal strategies for sustainable development. Environmental Research. vol. 156.
- (2017) Comparative emission analysis of low-energy and zero-emission buildings. Building Research & Information. vol. 46 (4).
- (2017) Combining life cycle environmental and economic assessments in building energy renovation projects. Energies. vol. 10 (11).
- (2017) Using a segmented dynamic dwelling stock model for scenario analysis of future energy demand: The dwelling stock of Norway 2016–2050. Energy and Buildings. vol. 146.
- (2016) Winners of the 2015 Graedel Prizes: The JIE Best Paper Prizes. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 20 (6).
- (2016) Investigating cross-sectoral synergies through integrated aquaculture, fisheries and agriculture phosphorus assessments: A case study of Norway. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 20 (4).
- (2016) Sustainable business models for deep energy retrofitting of buildings: state-of-the-art and methodological approach. Energy Procedia. vol. 96 (C).
- (2016) Quantifying energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions of road infrastructure projects: An LCA case study of the Oslo fjord crossing in Norway. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research. vol. 16 (3).
- (2016) Dynamic building stock modelling: Application to 11 European countries to support the energy efficiency and retrofit ambitions of the EU. Energy and Buildings. vol. 132.
- (2016) Explaining the historical energy use in dwelling stocks with a segmented dynamic model: case study of Norway 1960-2015. Energy and Buildings. vol. 132.
- (2016) Dynamic building stock modelling: General algorithm and exemplification for Norway. Energy and Buildings. vol. 132.
- (2015) Introducing First Winners of the Graedel Prize - The JIE Best Paper Prizes. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 19 (2).
- (2015) Winners of the 2014 Graedel Prizes: The JIE Best Paper Prizes. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 19 (4).
- (2015) Assessment of food waste prevention and recycling strategies using a multi-layer systems approach. Environmental Science and Technology. vol. 49.
- (2015) A multi-regional soil phosphorus balance for exploring secondary fertilizer potential: the case of Norway. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. vol. 104 (3).
- (2014) Exploring urban mines: pipe length and material stocks in urban water and wastewater networks. Urban Water Journal. vol. 11 (4).
- (2014) Urban water system metabolism assessment using WaterMet2 model. Procedia Engineering. vol. 70.
- (2014) WaterMet2: a tool for integrated analysis of sustainability-based performance of urban water systems. Drinking Water Engineering and Science (DWES). vol. 7 (1).
- (2014) Dynamic material flow analysis for PCBs in the Norwegian building stock. Building Research & Information. vol. 42 (3).
- (2014) Dynamic-MFA examination of Chilean housing stock: long-term changes and earthquake damage. Building Research & Information. vol. 42 (3).
- (2014) Studying the demand-side vis-à-vis the supply-side of urban water systems –Case study of Oslo, Norway. Environmental technology. vol. 35 (18).
- (2014) Understanding the water-energy-carbon nexus in urban water utilities: Comparison of four city case studies and the relevant influencing factors. Energy. vol. 75.
- (2014) Dynamic metabolism modeling of urban water services - demonstrating effectiveness as a decision-support tool for Oslo, Norway. Water Research. vol. 61.
- (2014) Dynamic metabolism modeling as a decision-support tool for urban water utilities applied to the upstream of the water system in Oslo, Norway. Procedia Engineering. vol. 89 (C).
- (2014) Consideration of life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in road infrastructure planning processes: Examples of Sweden, Norway, Denmarks and The Netherlands. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. vol. 16 (4).
- (2014) Sensitivity analysis in long-term dynamic building stock modeling - Exploring the importance of uncertainty of input parameters in Norwegian segmented dwelling stock model. Energy and Buildings. vol. 85.
- (2014) Using a dynamic segmented model to examine future renovation activities in the Norwegian dwelling stock. Energy and Buildings. vol. 82.
- (2014) Life cycle assessment of the water and wastewater system in Trondheim, Norway - A case study. Urban Water Journal. vol. 11 (4).
- (2014) Life cycle energy and GHG emission within the turin metropolitan area urban water cycle. Procedia Engineering. vol. 89 (C).
- (2013) Typifying cities to streamline the selection of relevant environmental sustainability indicators for urban water supply and sewage handling systems - a recommendation". Environment, Development and Sustainability. vol. 15.
- (2013) Environmental life cycle assessment of bridges. Journal of Bridge Engineering. vol. 18 (2).
- (2013) Carbon Emissions of Infrastructure Development. Environmental Science and Technology. vol. 47 (20).
- (2013) Influence of assumptions about household waste composition in waste management LCAs. Waste Management. vol. 33 (1).
- (2012) Comparing CO2 and NOx emissions from a district heating system with mass-burn waste incineration versus likely alternative solutions - City of Trondheim, 1986-2009. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. vol. 60.
- (2012) Assessment of environmental impacts of an ageing and saturated water supply pipeline network - City of Oslo, 1991-2006. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 16 (5).
- (2012) Environmental impact analysis of chemicals and energy consumption in water treatment plants: Case study of Oslo, Norway. Water Science and Technology : Water Supply. vol. 12 (2).
- (2012) Looking for order in the maze of urban water and wastewater pipeline networks. Arquitectura, Ciudad y Entorno. vol. 7 (20).
- (2012) Analysis of energy and carbon flows in the future Norwegian dwelling stock. Building Research & Information. vol. 40 (2).
- (2012) LCA for household waste management when planning a new urban settlement. Waste Management. vol. 32 (7).
- (2011) Analysis of chemicals and energy consumption in water and wastewater treatment, as cost components: Case study of Oslo, Norway. Urban Water Journal. vol. 8 (3).
- (2011) Energy consumption, costs and environmental impacts for urban water cycle services: Case study of Oslo (Norway). Energy. vol. 36 (2).
- (2011) Environmental impact analysis of chemicals and energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants: Case study of Oslo, Norway. Water Science and Technology. vol. 63 (5).
- (2011) TESTING THE POWER LAW ON URBAN WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPELINE NETWORKS. Vatten. vol. 67 (3).
- (2011) Methodology for determining life-cycle environmental impacts due to material and energy flows in wastewater pipeline networks: A case study of Oslo (Norway). Urban Water Journal. vol. 8 (2).
- (2011) Historical energy analysis of the Norwegian dwelling stock. Building Research & Information. vol. 39 (1).
- (2010) Asset Management for Urban Wastewater Pipeline Networks. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. vol. 16 (2).
- (2010) Historical analysis of blockages in wastewater pipelines in Oslo and diagnosis of causative pipeline characteristics. Urban Water Journal. vol. 7 (6).
- (2009) Exploring built environment stock metabolism and sustainability by systems analysis approaches. Building Research & Information. vol. 37 (5-6).
- (2009) Changes in material flows, treatment efficiencies and shifting of environmental loads in the wastewater treatment sector. Part I: Case study of the Netherlands. Environmental technology. vol. 30 (11).
- (2009) Changes in material flows, treatment efficiencies and shifting of environmental loads in the wastewater treatment sector. Part II: Case study of Norway. Environmental technology. vol. 30 (11).
- (2009) Combined MFA-LCA for Analysis of Wastewater Pipeline Networks Case Study of Oslo, Norway. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 13 (4).
- (2008) Towards modelling of construction, renovation and demolition activities: Norway's dwelling stock, 1900-2100. Building Research & Information. vol. 36 (5).
- (2008) Dynamic Eco-Efficiency Projections for Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Strategies at the City Level. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 12 (1).
- (2008) Sustainable management of combustible household waste - Expanding the integrated evaluation model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. vol. 52 (8-9).
- (2008) Importance of investment decisions and rehabilitation approaches in an ageing wastewater pipeline network. A case study of Oslo (Norway). Water Science and Technology. vol. 58 (12).
- (2007) Projection of Construction and Demolition Waste in Norway. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 11 (3).
- (2007) Projection of Waste Amounts from the C&D-Industry in Norway. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 11 (3).
- (2007) Dynamic material flow analysis for Norway's dwelling stock. Building Research & Information. vol. 35 (5).
- (2006) Systems analysis as support for decision making towards sustainable municipal waste management - a case study. Waste Management & Research. vol. 24.
- (2005) Toward a Methods Framework for Eco-efficiency Analysis?. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 9 (4).
- (2003) Sustainable management of demolition waste - an integrated model for the evaluation of environmental, economic and social aspects. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. vol. 38.
- (2002) Industrial Ecology As a Strategic Instrument for Sustainability. The International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Production. vol. 4 (2).
- (2002) Industrial Ecology and Education. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 5 (3).
- (2001) Industrial Ecology as an Instrument of Sustainability. Sustainable Environment.
- (2001) Industrial Ecology As a Strategic Instrument for Sustainability. The International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Production. vol. 4 (2).
- (2000) Teaching Industrial Ecology to Graduate Students - Experiences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 3 (4).
- (2000) Teaching Industrial Ecology to Graduate Students. Experiences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 3 (No 4).
- (1997) Industrial Economics and Systems-Based Concepts on Clean Technology. EMERGO : Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies. vol. 4 (3).
- (1995) New Technologies for Small Wastewater Treatment Plants. New World Water.
- (1989) Removal of Humic Substances by Ion Exchange. Advances in Chemistry Series.
- (1987) Ion Exchange and the Removal of Humic Acids in Water Treatment. Water Research. vol. 21 (9).
- (1986) Phosphorous Removal by Granular Activated Alumina. Water Research. vol. 20 (8).
- (1986) Advanced Techniques for the Removal of Humic Substances in Potable Water. Water Supply. vol. 4.