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How much do we spend to save? Calculating the embodied carbon costs of retrofit [PDF]

, 2012
The drive to reduce carbon emissions from domestic housing has led to a recent shift of focus from new-build to retrofit. However there are two significant differences.
Moncaster, Alice, Sahagun, Daniela
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Electrically Assisted Thermal Stamping of Tunable Carbon‐Based Nanofilms for Direct Fabrication of Hydrophobic, Energy Harvesting, and Sensing Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the electrically assisted thermal stamping (EATS) method for direct fabrication of carbon‐based nanofilms and their multifunctional applications. Localized Joule heating triggers simultaneous exfoliation, reduction, and fluoropolymer incorporation under ambient conditions, yielding tunable carbon‐based thin‐film coatings ...
Byungseok Seo, Yong Choi, Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Minjoong Shin, Kunmo Koo, Xiaobing Hu, Jiheon Kim, Wonjoon Choi, Xinqi Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid   +9 more
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ZERO WASTE APPROACH IN SUSTAINABLE FASHION DESIGN: DESIGNER PERSPECTIVE FOR PRE-CONSUMER WASTE MANAGEMENT

Tekstil ve Mühendis
In recent years, the climate crisis that humanity has faced has increased the importance of sustainability discussions, bringing the issue of waste reduction and solutions in textiles and ready-to-wear to the forefront. In the fashion sector, many designers, engineers, and brands, both from within and outside the industry, are developing methods to ...
Hale Yılmaz Gözene, Havva Halaçeli Metlioğlu   +1 more
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Aspects of sustainability and design engineering for the production of interconnected smart food packaging [PDF]

, 2019
In the present work, the problem of food wastage and the concept of sustainability are studied. An analysis of Life Cycle Assessment as a tool and of the innovative concept of Cradle to Cradle is also carried out, together with an exhaustive comparison
Aguayo-González, Francisco, Aguayo-González, Francisco (Coordinador), Cabot, María Inés, Heras García de Vinuesa, Ana de las, Luque Sendra, Amalia   +4 more
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Soft Ionic and Electronic Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Toward Attachable and Implantable Biomedical Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)–based biomedical applications by classifying studies into electronic and ionic systems across attachable and implantable platforms. It summarizes key material choices, device structures, and working mechanisms that characterize current TENG‐based research, and outlines six future ...
Kyongtae Choi, Jimin Park, Won Jun Song, Soohwan An, Seonggyu Choe, Byeong‐Rak Keum, Min Young Kim, Dae Hee Hwang, Young‐Geun Park, Sung‐Won Kim, Sangyul Baik, Gwang‐Bum Im, Younghoon Lee   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recycled Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Incorporated in Mortar for Improved Mechanical Performance [PDF]

, 2017
Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) recycled from retired wind turbines was implemented in mortar as a volumetric replacement of sand during the two phases of this study.
Englund, Karl, Fakron, Osama, Li, Hui, Nassiri, Somayeh, Rodin, Harry   +4 more
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Single‐Atom Photocatalyst as Floatable Artificial Leaf for Upcycling Oceanic Plastic Waste

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
To resolve the catastrophic disaster of oceanic plastic pollution, the novel Ru single atom loaded ZnIn2S4 photocatalysts, in the forms of powder or floatable artificial leaf, were prepared for direct conversion of raw polypropylene plastic into valuable chemicals. The optimized catalyst exhibits exceptional performance, with a total formic/acetic acid
Amin Talebian‐Kiakalaieh, Xin Xu, Wenzhong Ji, Yun Liu, Bingquan Xia, Jingrun Ran, Shi‐Zhang Qiao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program [PDF]

This paper uses the housing market to develop estimates of the local welfare impacts of Superfund sponsored clean-ups of hazardous waste sites.We show that if consumers value the clean-ups, then the hedonic model predicts that they will lead to increases
Gallagher, Justin, Greenstone, Michael
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Circular economy for climate neutrality: Setting the priorities for the EU. CEPS Policy Brief No 2019/04, 22 November 2019 [PDF]

, 2019
The previous Commission policy on resources management was part of the priority for jobs and growth and economic competitiveness. The circular economy will be no less important for the new political priority of climate neutrality; it will become one of ...
Egenhofer, Christian., Elkerbout, Milan, Rizos, Vasileios   +2 more
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Self‐Assembled Monolayers in p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells: Molecular Design, Interfacial Engineering, and Machine Learning–Accelerated Material Discovery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights the role of self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) in perovskite solar cells, covering molecular engineering, multifunctional interface regulation, machine learning (ML) accelerated discovery, advanced device architectures, and pathways toward scalable fabrication and commercialization for high‐efficiency and stable single‐junction and
Asmat Ullah, Ying Luo, Stefaan De Wolf
wiley   +1 more source