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Since a few decades our planet has been loaded with billion tons of synthetic polymer-based materials, commonly named plastics. The large scale of plastic production, associated with its limited recyclability, are the driving force for the accumulation of ...

EPFL2021

Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: a case study

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Endrit Hoxha, Catherine Elvire L. De Wolf

The building industry is responsible for 35% of all solid waste in Europe and more than a third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To address this, applying circular economy principles to the building sector is crucial, for example by reusing building elem ...

2020

A Review of Evaluation, Optimization and Synthesis of Energy Systems: Methodology and Application to Thermal Power Plants

François Maréchal, Ligang Wang, Shivom Sharma, Alberto Mian, Tzu-En Lin

To reach optimal/better conceptual designs of energy systems, key design variables should be optimized/adapted with system layouts, which may contribute significantly to system improvement. Layout improvement can be proposed by combining system analysis wi ...

2018

Entrepreneurial Behavior: A Reconceptualization and Extension Based on Identity Theory

Marc Gruber

Research summaryEntrepreneurial behavior is core to our understanding of entrepreneurship. Yet, research progress is hindered because most studies adopt a traditional perspective of the construct that is embedded in economic rationality and focused on for- ...

Wiley2017

Towards responsible prosperity: progressing a circular economy in Australia

In China, Japan and Europe circular economy concepts are being adopted as a mechanism for utilising resources to support long term economic, social and environmental benefit. Australia’s unique economic environment will affect the way circular economy conc ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

PUTTING CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE

Circular economies produce virtually no waste, as materials are re-used and recycled continuously. It’s a dramatic shift from the current linear economy in which we take, make, consume and dispose – drawing regularly on natural resources to create products ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Mortgage Default in an Estimated Model of the U.S. Housing Market

Luisa Lambertini, Pinar Uysal, Victoria Nuguer

This paper models the housing sector, mortgages and endogenous default in a DSGE setting with nominal and real rigidities. We use data for the period 1981-2006 to estimate our model using Bayesian techniques. We analyze how an increase in risk in the mortg ...

2017

MUNICIPAL WATER/WASTEWATER AGENCY SERVICES: SHIFTING FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR

Municipal water/wastewater agencies play an essential role in community well-being. Traditionally, municipal water/wastewater agencies have followed a linear (“take, make, dispose“) mode of thinking based on resource extraction. Often, the model follows th ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Reindustrializing Europe

Roberto Sega, Ianira Vassallo

“For a European Industrial Renaissance” it’s the title of the European Commission Communication in January 2014 which promotes the reintroduction of production of goods and services in Europe and wants to implement a solid industry base through specific po ...

2016

Multi-objective Optimization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell–Gas Turbine Hybrid Cycle and Uncertainty Analysis

François Maréchal, Shivom Sharma, Emanuela Peduzzi

Chemical process optimization problems often have multiple and conflicting objectives, such as capital cost, operating cost, production cost, profit, energy consumption and environmental impact. There are several conversion technologies that can convert Sy ...

University of Ljubljana2016

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