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Development of an extrudable paste to build mycelium-bound composites

Materials & Design, 2020
Mycelium-bound composites are promising materials for sustainable packaging, insulation, fashion, and architecture. However, moulding is the main fabrication process explored to date, strongly limiting the ability to design the complex shapes that could ...
Eugene Soh, Zhi Yong Chew, Nazanin Saeidi, Alireza Javadian, Dirk Hebel, Hortense Le Ferrand   +5 more
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Urban Wind: An Alternative for Sustainable Cities

Energies, 2022
The climate emergency has intensified the search for the generation of electricity from renewable energies in order to turn cities into sustainable cities. Small-scale wind power offers new opportunities for decentralized electricity production, avoiding
Isabel Cristina Gil-García, María Socorro García-Cascales, Angel Molina-García   +2 more
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Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction [PDF]

Human Geography, 2010
The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent. In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies, debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on disaster reduction. But a paradox remains that despite advances in technology, disasters continue
Gaillard, Jean-Christophe, Ben, Wisner, Djillali, Benouar, Terry, Cannon, Creton, Laurence, Dekens, Julie, Maureen, Fordham, Gilbert, Claude, Kenneth, Hewitt, Ilan, Kelman, Allan, Lavell, Morin, Julie, Abdoulaye, N'Diaye, Phil, O'Keefe, Anthony, Oliver-Smith, Cecile, Quesada, Revet, Sandrine, Karen, Sudmeier-Rieux, Pauline, Texier, Vallette, Cloé   +19 more
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Alternative Mulches for Sustainable Greenhouse Tomato Production

Agronomy, 2022
Soil mulching has advantages for horticultural crops, from both agronomic and phytosanitary points of view. The most common material used is polyethylene (PE); however, promising alternatives from the circular economy exist, such as straw (ST) and ...
Jose Ignacio Marín-Guirao, Emilio Martín-Expósito, María del Carmen García-García, Miguel de Cara-García   +3 more
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Reduction of conflictivity as a prerequisite for sustainable construction [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The transformation of project management approaches and business processes organization in crisis conditions requires rethinking and supplementing the concept of sustainable construction in terms of the socio-economic component, taking into account an ...
Zaytseva L.I.
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Assessing Mg84Cu16 as a novel PCM for high-temperature energy storage: Focus on thermal stability and material compatibility [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The development of efficient latent heat storage materials for high-temperature thermal energy systems is essential to improving the performance and reliability of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
El Karim Yassine, Faik Abdessamad, Grosu Yaroslav, Lbibb Rachid   +3 more
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Life cycle assessment of Brazilian bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp: Integrating bleaching processes and biogenic carbon impacts

Cleaner Environmental Systems
Bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp dominates global pulp production, yet the environmental impacts of its bleaching sequences in Brazil are not fully explored.
Rhonald Ortega, Naycari Forfora, Isabel Urdaneta, Ivana Azuaje, Keren A. Vivas, Ramon E. Vera, Jorge Franco, Ryen Frazier, Camilla Abbati, Daniel Saloni, Hasan Jameel, Richard Venditti, Ronalds Gonzalez   +12 more
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Comparative life cycle assessment of bamboo-containing and wood-based hygiene tissue: Implications of fiber sourcing and conversion technologies

Cleaner Environmental Systems
This study assesses the environmental impact of producing consumer bath tissue (CBT) in the United States using Brazilian bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) and Canadian northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) market pulps, in comparison to bamboo-based CBT
Naycari Forfora, Rhonald Ortega, Isabel Urdaneta, Ivana Azuaje, Keren A. Vivas, Hasan Jameel, Richard Venditti, Ronalds Gonzalez   +7 more
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Sustainable cooling alternatives for buildings [PDF]

Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2011
Four sustainable alternative-energy cooling system options are investigated to quantify the actual energy that may be saved when employed in conjunction with conventional air conditioning systems. The four systems considered are active mass cooling, night flushing, roof-spraying and a roof-pond. A one-room building configuration is assumed of which the
Vorster, Jaco, Dobson, Robert
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Are Cave Houses a Sustainable Real Estate Alternative?

Land, 2022
The high level of energy consumption of buildings has outlined the need for more sustainable and environmentally friendly constructions, which has led to cave houses now being more highly valued.
Maria-Francisca Cespedes-Lopez, Raul-Tomas Mora-Garcia   +1 more
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