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Tailoring nanocatalysts and reaction interfaces for water- and CO2-electrolysis

Renewable energy sources offer a promising solution for mitigating sustainability and CO2 emissions-related issues due to their vast energy generation capacity. They enable hydrogen production via water electrolysis, as well as carbon capture and utilizati ...

EPFL2024

Data-driven optimization tool for the functional, economic, and environmental properties of blended cement concrete using supplementary cementitious materials

Hisham Tarek Mohamed Hafez

The need to produce more sustainable concrete is proving imminent given the rising environmental concerns facing the industry. Blended cement concrete, based on any of the prominent supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash, ground granul ...

ELSEVIER2023

The shaping effects of innovation and technology: from micro business model evolution to macro environment sustainability

Qinli Lu

Innovation is a prerequisite guarantee for the development of a country in this new era. It is an important driver not just for corporate growth but also for national social and economic transformation. Considering the strategic supporting role of innovati ...

EPFL2020

PROGRESS TOWARDS THE RESOURCE REVOLUTION

Based on the key outputs of the WRF 2017 conference and the work performed during and after the review process in 2018 we are proud to announce this book entitled ‘Progress Towards the Resource Revolution’ which presents innovations and approaches that sup ...

World Resources Forum2019

Public policy for innovation and urban environment

Technological innovation has become central to the development of nations. The OECD countries and developing countries have created systems to encourage innovation and dissemination of technological innovation. In macroeconomic terms, companies already rec ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Assessing sustainable limits for meals - first results from the project nahgast: developing, testing and dissemination of concepts for sustainable production and consumption in the food service sector

The food industry belongs to the most significant economic sectors worldwide. Regarding resource use, human nutrition is responsible for about 30 % of global resource consumption. In order to decrease resource consumption to a level in line with planetary ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS: THE NEED FOR A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY IN POLICY MAKING

Policy makers set out a range of initiatives with the buzzwords ‘natural resources’, ‘raw materials’, ‘resource efficiency’, and ‘sustainable management’ of natural resources and raw materials. An analysis of the practice highlights that there are quite di ...

A World Resources Forum Production2017

Energy management in manufacturing: Toward eco-factories of the future - A focus group study

The integration of environmental sustainability and eco-efficiency has been recognized as a means to foster economic and environmental performance, increase competitiveness and use it as a lever to spur innovation. Besides integrating green technologies in ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Optimal water allocation in small hydropower plants between traditional and non-traditional water users: merging theory and existing practices

Paolo Perona, Benoît Crouzy, Lorenzo Gorla

Water demand for hydropower production is increasing together with the consciousness of the importance of riparian ecosystems and biodiversity. Some Cantons in Switzerland and other alpine regions in Austria and in Süd Tiröl (Italy) started replacing the i ...

2014

On quantifying ecologically sustainable flow releases in a diverted river reach

Paolo Perona, Lorenzo Gorla

Water demand for hydropower production has been increasing along with a growing awareness of the importance of preserving riparian ecosystems and their biodiversity. Some Cantons in Switzerland have begun replacing the inadequate concept of Minimum Flow Re ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

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