Today, you can buy a pair of sneakers partially made from carbon dioxide pulled out of the atmosphere. But measuring the carbon-reduction benefits of making that pair of sneakers with CO 2 is complex.

Life cycle assessments (LCA) are one tool OEMs, fabricators and suppliers can use to understand – and improve – the environmental impact of composite parts and materials. Examples shown include an LCA ...

A recently released primer for the use of a life-cycle assessment approach to analyze the environmental impacts of buildings is considered a small but necessary step toward the ambitious goal of ...

Life cycle assessment of carbon capture at incineration plants shows that despite some drawbacks, the net result is a clear advantage for the climate. In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

Teijin previously calculated the carbon footprint of its carbon fibers used in sports, recreational and industrial applications and more recently its carbon fiber filaments used in aircraft ...

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the availability of integrated workflows for lifecycle assessment (LCA) and embodied carbon calculation ...

The Fisker Ocean has the lowest published carbon footprint of any electric SUV. LCA highlights unprecedented sustainability through 5 phases of the vehicle’s life cycle, from raw materials to vehicle ...

The recent study by Swerea IVF, a leading Swedish industrial research institute, shows conclusively that Midsummer’s flexible thin film solar cells have much lower CO2 emission equivalents than almost ...

A research team developed an integrated digital framework combining Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to quantify ...

In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture is mentioned as a possible technology. CO2 can, for example, be captured from large industrial companies and from incineration plants.