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View article: Extending the TPB of residential waste sorting with situational factors using a data-driven approach: The case of Gothenburg, Sweden
Extending the TPB of residential waste sorting with situational factors using a data-driven approach: The case of Gothenburg, Sweden Open
Waste separation at source is perceived as an effective Municipal Waste Management strategy, and the success depends on understanding the drivers of proper waste sorting behaviour. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) has been extensively…
View article: Exploring urban scenarios of individual residential waste sorting using a spatially explicit agent-based model
Exploring urban scenarios of individual residential waste sorting using a spatially explicit agent-based model Open
Managing the diverse waste fractions generated by households presents a significant environmental and logistical challenge. One widely adopted solution is waste sorting at the source, where residents are required to separate their waste in…
View article: Are ABMs the right framework to model the environmental impacts of the construction and demolition sector? Technical and methodological challenges of modelling
Are ABMs the right framework to model the environmental impacts of the construction and demolition sector? Technical and methodological challenges of modelling Open
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View article: Circularity Tools and Frameworks for New Buildings
Circularity Tools and Frameworks for New Buildings Open
The assessment of circularity in new building projects necessitates consideration of diverse factors such as material choice, design strategies, construction methods, operational efficiency, and end-of-life practices. Various tools and met…
View article: Circularity Tools and Frameworks for Existing Buildings
Circularity Tools and Frameworks for Existing Buildings Open
As the world embraces sustainable practices, the concept of circularity has become increasingly important, especially in the context of existing buildings. This chapter comprehensively analyses circularity tools and methods, focusing on th…
View article: Circular Building Strategies: A Categorization Framework
Circular Building Strategies: A Categorization Framework Open
The concept of Circular Economy (CE) has been gaining increasing attention in the context of the built environment in recent years. Many different circular strategies for buildings, such as reusing structures, Design for Disassembly and Ad…
View article: Revealing patterns in household product consumption and sharing: An approach to support urban governance towards a sustainable sharing economy
Revealing patterns in household product consumption and sharing: An approach to support urban governance towards a sustainable sharing economy Open
To accomplish the sustainability potential of the sharing economy (SE), there is a need for proactive governance of the SE. In this paper, we aim to generate knowledge on household product consumption and sharing to support SE governance i…
View article: Regional Metabolism: A Material and Product Flow Accounting Model for Trentino, Italy
Regional Metabolism: A Material and Product Flow Accounting Model for Trentino, Italy Open
Material flow accounting (MFA) can be applied to systematically quantify material inputs, outputs and throughputs to and from a geographical area, providing particularly relevant insights into managing resource flows and stocks, and identi…
View article: Consequence CO2 footprint analysis of circular economy scenarios in cities
Consequence CO2 footprint analysis of circular economy scenarios in cities Open
Cities concentrate a large amount of people and activities thus being responsible for large amounts of resources being consumed which generate significant impact footprints contributing to climate change both directly and indirectly. In th…
View article: The material footprints of cities and importance of resource use indicators for urban circular economy policies: A comparison of urban metabolisms of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Gothenburg
The material footprints of cities and importance of resource use indicators for urban circular economy policies: A comparison of urban metabolisms of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire and Gothenburg Open
Material consumption has been increasing steadily since the beginning of the 20th century. The urban metabolism field of research is one of the fields that focuses on understanding and measuring this increase at the city level. Many studie…
View article: How is the construction sector addressing the Circular Economy? Lessons from current practices and perceptions in Argentina
How is the construction sector addressing the Circular Economy? Lessons from current practices and perceptions in Argentina Open
The Construction and demolition (C&D) sector mobilise a significant number of resources and at the same time is responsible for a large fraction of waste worldwide (40%-60%). Although, the environmental impact of these by-products is low, …
View article: Method for identifying industrial symbiosis opportunities
Method for identifying industrial symbiosis opportunities Open
Industrial Symbiosis (IS) can reduce industrial waste and the need for virgin material extraction by utilizing waste generated by one industry as a raw material for another. Input-output matching is a commonly used approach for identifying…
View article: Machine learning‐based stocks and flows modeling of road infrastructure
Machine learning‐based stocks and flows modeling of road infrastructure Open
This paper introduces a new method to account for the stocks and flows of road infrastructure at the national level based on material flow accounting (MFA). The proposed method closes some of the current shortcomings in road infrastructure…
View article: Energy-Efficient Retrofit Measures (EERM) in Residential Buildings: An Application of Discrete Choice Modelling
Energy-Efficient Retrofit Measures (EERM) in Residential Buildings: An Application of Discrete Choice Modelling Open
Cross-country evidence on the adoption of energy-efficient retrofit measures (EERMs) in residential buildings is critical to supporting the development of national and pan-European policies aimed at fostering the energy performance upgrade…
View article: Methods for Downscaling National Material Consumption Data to the Regional and Municipal Levels
Methods for Downscaling National Material Consumption Data to the Regional and Municipal Levels Open
Decision makers are looking to reach consumption-based environmental impact targets like Sustainable Development Goal 12, Responsible Consumption and Production. These goals require multifaceted action at municipal, regional, and national …
View article: Drivers and barriers to energy-efficient technologies (EETs) in EU residential buildings
Drivers and barriers to energy-efficient technologies (EETs) in EU residential buildings Open
To achieve carbon targets, the European Union (EU) aims to promote nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB). To enable the necessary transition, technical solutions need to converge with socio-economic factors, such values and awareness of stak…
View article: Key Decision-Makers and Persuaders in the Selection of Energy-Efficient Technologies in EU Residential Buildings
Key Decision-Makers and Persuaders in the Selection of Energy-Efficient Technologies in EU Residential Buildings Open
With regard to residential energy use in the European Union (EU), most studies consider potential adopters of the technology (e.g., private owners) as being the sole decision-makers in the technology selection. However, during an integrate…
View article: Informing Sustainable Consumption in Urban Districts: A Method for Transforming Household Expenditures into Physical Quantities
Informing Sustainable Consumption in Urban Districts: A Method for Transforming Household Expenditures into Physical Quantities Open
Interventions targeted at district-level are a potentially effective way to reduce consumption-based urban impacts; however, a systematic method for accounting these impacts at district scale has not yet been developed. This article outlin…
View article: Method for Quantitative Evaluation of Sustainability Measures: A Systems Approach for Policy Prioritization
Method for Quantitative Evaluation of Sustainability Measures: A Systems Approach for Policy Prioritization Open
Decision makers are tasked with defining and implementing measures that can meet established environmental targets. However, it is not always clear how effective the measure(s) will be in meeting the specified goals and which measures shou…
View article: Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools
Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools Open
The paper provides an overview of the literature on Circular Economy (CE) theoretical approaches, strategies and implementation cases. After analyzing different CE approaches and the underlying principles the paper then proceeds with the m…
View article: Prioritizing Countries and Regions for Carbon Capture and Utilization in Europe
Prioritizing Countries and Regions for Carbon Capture and Utilization in Europe Open
In recent years several strategies have been developed and adopted to reduce the levels of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions emitted to the atmosphere. In the last decade Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) has been rapidly developing worldwid…
View article: Climate-Smart Stormwater Management
Climate-Smart Stormwater Management Open
Increased precipitation and risk of flooding are major effects due to climate change that Swedish municipalities need to consider, while facing an ongoing growth in population and densification of urban areas. In this context, urban stormw…