02.01.2024. New publication which addresses a fundamental challenge related to geological stock accounting. Solving this problem is essential for creating transparency in global raw material use and associated environmental and social conflicts.

Figure: Mark U. Simoni/NTNU

07.12.2023. Archetype-based energy and material use estimation for the residential buildings in Arab Gulf countries. This paper explores the characteristics of residential buildings in the GCC region and their effects on energy and material use.

Figure: Sahin Akin/NTNU

22.11.2023. Francesca Verones and Martin Dorber have written the ‘Biodiversity’ chapter, part of the book 'Engineering and Ecosystems'. Read more about the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainable energy.

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July 2023. In this Review article, we discuss the role of LCA in evaluating and shaping strategies on the decarbonization of energy systems, circular economy, sustainable consumption, and sustainable finance.

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01.03.2023. Net Climate Effects of Moose Browsing in Early Successional Boreal Forests by Integrating Carbon and Albedo Dynamics. New publication co-authored by Xiangping Hu, Cristina Maria Iordan and Francesco Cherubini.

Photo: Colourbox

October 2022. ALIGNED PROJECT will advance the scientific field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and collaborate with industries and representatives from five bio-based sectors: construction, woodworking, textile, pulp and paper, and bio-chemicals.

Photo: Aligned project website

1.12.2022. Paved roads provide a lot of services such as enabling us to travel and move goods. This study, published in Environmental Science & Tenchnology, assesses the global road material stock and the emissions associated with materials’ production. 

Figure: Lola S. A. Rousseau

February 2021. LCA and scenario analysis of a Norwegian net-zero GHG emission neighbourhood: The importance of mobility and surplus energy from PV technologies. C.Lausselet, K.M.Lund and H.Brattebø. Published at Building and Environment

Photo: Asplan Viak and Elverum vekst.

15.01.2024. LiB costs could be reduced by around 50 % by 2030 despite recent metal price spikes.
Cost-parity between EVs and internal combustion engines may be achieved in the second half of this decade.
Improvements in scrap rates could lead to significant cost reductions by 2030.

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25.11.2023. Bio-based products are one of possible alternatives to defossilize the economy. New publication: "Integrating ex-ante and prospective life-cycle assessment for advancing the environmental impact analysis of emerging bio-based technologies"

Figure : Nariê Rinke Dias de Souza/ NTNU

21.11.2023. From 2000 to 2019, the metal footprint of machinery capital stock expanded twice as fast as economic growth. Our article, "Material and Carbon Footprints of Machinery Capital", delves into the overlooked impact of machinery in industrial ecosystems.

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05.07.2023. A successful IS4IE conference in Leiden, Netherlands, ended with Nils Dittrich and Jiajia Li being receiving awards for best posters on sustainable urban systems. In addition, Elisa Pastor Valles was runner-up for the Best overall Poster Award. 

Photo: Francesca Verones/NTNU

October 2022. BAMBOO PROJECT will provide comprehensive and detailed knowledge of the effects of biomass trade from land and sea on biodiversity and ecosystem services and an improved way of identifying leverage points.

Photo from kick-off meeting in Leiden (The Netherlands) on bamboo website. 

18.02.2021.  New publication at Nature Sustainability: The land–energy–water nexus of global bioenergy potentials from abandoned cropland. Authors: Jan Sandstad Næss, Otavio Cavalett & Francesco Cherubini.

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21.05.2021. Is crushed Norwegian rock the solution to the global sand crisis? A new publication Sustainability of the global sand system in the urban era co-authored by Mark Simoni and Daniel Müller in One Earth.

Photo: Mark Simoni/NTNU
 

People's demands for buildings are changing with demographic changes. It's vital to identify which types of buildings are decreasing in demand and which are seeing an increase, says PhD candidate Jiajia Li. Photo: Maren Agdestein/NTNU  (30.08.2023)

The MariTeam model is a tool that combines data from various sources to calculate, track and report emissions from ships across the world fleet. Anders H. Strømman and Helene Muri presented the tool at Ocean Week in Trondheim. Photo: Colourbox (03.05.2023)

Addressing the energy crisis while delivering on EU’s climate objectives. This is the latest report by the EU's climate advisory board. 
Prof. Edgar Hertwich has been selected to be member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. Photo: Colourbox (07.02.2023)
 

Tiny homes to fix the climate? New blog post by Prof. Edgar Hertwich (12.12.2020)

Fewer cows, more trees and bioenergy. Francesco Cherubini serves as lead author of Chapter 6 for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land.
(08.08.2019)

Using the hypothetical extraction method to understand the role of materials and manufacturing. 
This webinar seeks to clarify the relationship of the hypothetical extraction method, linkage analysis, and the supply chain impact approach. Photo: Colourbox. (05.06.2023)
 

Energy & Data Science for the Just Transition with keynote speaker Daniel M. Kammen.
Panel discussion on the Just Transition to a Zero-Carbon Energy System with Francesca Verones, Magnus Korpås, Edgar Hertwich, Helge Brattebø. Photo: Triantafyllia Pappa/NTNU (08.02.2023)

The Industrial Ecology Digital Lab provides sustainable digital solutions for sustainability research. (01.01.2021)

Losing ground in biodiversity hotspots worldwide: Agriculture is eating into areas that are important in protecting some of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. Most of this new agricultural land is being used to grow cattle feed. (29.10.2020)