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Downscale methodology: EUCalc to CityCalc
The report describes the implementation of the procedure in EUCalc (KNIME) to develop SwissCalc, ParisCalc and LausanneCalc. The goal is to downscale levers already in EUCalc like biophysical calorie demand per person, daily calories of food wasted and the ...
Zenodo2023Aldehyde-Assisted Fractionation Enhances Lignin Valorization in Endocarp Waste Biomass
Jeremy Luterbacher, Jean Thierry C Behaghel de Bueren, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Graham Reid Dick, Raymond Gérard Buser, Chloé Wegmann
Endocarp biomass, which forms much of the inedible portion of nuts and stone fruits, is a promising feedstock for aromatic chemical production due to its high lignin content and because it is a food industry waste. Here, we tested the nut shells and fruit ...
AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020Critical overview of biomass feedstocks as sustainable substrates for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
Edgard Gnansounou, Ranjna Sirohi
Polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) are a class of biopolymers produced by different microbial species and are biodegradable and biocompatible in nature as opposed to petrochemically derived plastics. PHBs have advanced applications in medical sector, packaging in ...
ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020Waste to wealth: valorization of food waste for the production of fuels and chemicals
Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran
Food waste is becoming a major global concern especially in developing and underdeveloped countries. Vegetable and food waste biomass is continuously generated in huge amounts. Its major impact on the environment is the generation of greenhouse gases. Food ...
Elsevier2020Regional waste heat valorisation: a mixed integer linear programming method for energy service companies
François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Alberto Mian, Alexandre Suzanne Jean-Marie Bertrand, Riad Aggoune
A Mixed Integer Linear Programming method for the optimal valorisation of regional waste heat, formulated for energy service companies, is proposed in this work. The model provides a framework to simultaneously optimise the multi-period exchange of waste h ...
2019Sustainable Food Supply
In the context of a growing world population, the fundamental need for foodstuff makes a sustainable management of the food supply an imperative. Sustainability issues in the food supply chain range from responsible use of limited resources, safe and secur ...
EPFL2017Waste heat valorisation at multiple scales
Alexandre Suzanne Jean-Marie Bertrand
Considering current environmental issues (e.g. climate change, air pollution) related to energy consumption, this thesis focuses on data characterisation and integrated optimisation methods for waste heat valorisation at the building, city and regional sca ...
EPFL2017Applying value chain analysis to informal sector recycling: A case study of the Zabaleen
A methodology has been developed to apply value chain analysis (VCA) to the informal recycling sector, and demonstrated using the Zabaleen in Cairo, Egypt as a case study. The VCA methodology provides a ⿿toolkit⿿ comprising four stages. The first involves ...
Elsevier2016Food waste in Abu Dhabi's hospitality industry: how much is too much?
The hospitality sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is forecasted to grow at more than 10% annually over the next four years. The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) aims to reduce the amount of hotel waste going to landfills by 20% as a first step in ...
Villigen PSI, World Resources Forum, printed by Paul Scherrer Institute2015Multi – objective, integrated, regional energy system optimisation
François Maréchal, Alexandre Suzanne Jean-Marie Bertrand, Riad Aggoune
INSPIRATION In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to improve resource use, the European Commission published in 2012 a new directive on energy efficiency (2012/27/EU). Among other measures, it requires member states to conduct cost-benefit an ...
2015