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2018-08-17 | Press release European study shows diesel car emission levels An IVL-led study has compiled emissions data from over 700,000 vehicles in Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The results show that NOx emissions from diesel vehicles haven’t significantly changed... Read more
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2018-06-26 | Press release 7 600 are expected to die prematurely each year due to air pollution A study conducted by IVL Swedish Environmental Institute and Umeå University shows that, although Sweden has one of Europe's lowest levels of air pollution, about 7,600 people die prematurely each yea... Read more
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2018-06-04 | Press release Industrial symbiosis radically reduces environmental impacts An industrial network outside Norrköping can reduce environmental impacts by 170,000 tonnes carbon dioxide, 750 tonnes phosphate and 190 tonnes sulphur dioxide by adopting a so-called industrial symbi... Read more
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2018-05-24 | Press release Sweden’s first beer brewed with recycled water On Friday, May 25th, it is time for the launch of PU:REST – Sweden’s first beer brewed with recycled water. The project is a collaboration between IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, New Car... Read more
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2018-04-12 | Press release Report highlights the benefits of renewable materials in a circular economy The environmental benefits of utilising and recirculating renewables should have a more prominent role in the circular economy. This is highlighted by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute ... Read more
Publications
- Minska klimatpåverkan från nybyggda flerbostads-hus - LCA av fem byggsystem. Underlagsrapport This report is only available in Swedish. Read more
- CO2 uptake in cement-containing products - Background and calculation models for IPCC implementation Concrete is one of our most important building materials and is of great importance for the construction of our modern society structures. However, the production of concrete is energy intensive and emits CO2 during the manufacturing process. CO2 is mainly derived from the cement kiln, both from the use of fossil fuels and as CO2 from raw materials to the cement through calcination. The latter process, however, is reversible so CO2 can be taken up in the concrete. This uptake of CO2 is not normally included in the CO2 calculations for climate analyses, which the present study analyses. Read more
- Olika byggsystem av betong och trä där mix av material inklusive stål ger klimatfördelar This report is only available in Swedish. Read more
- Five myths about an EU ETS carbon price floor - Policy Brief, October 2018 This policy brief builds on the workshop EU ETS Reform: Taking Stock and Examining Carbon Price Floor Options, held at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels on July 3, 2018. Read more
- Byggnaders klimatpåverkan, timme för timme - idag och i framtiden. - En gemensam metod för energi- och miljöklassning. This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
IVL video
Sea squirts-breeding increases
the environmental benefits
The idea behind growing sea squirts started with producing natural gases. You harves sea squirts in order to putrefy them int o natural gas. Hear Anna-Sara Krång about the project.
In focus
Recycling and reuse - by hook or by crook
The production and trading of clothes, is one of the world’s largest industries and its ecological footprint is huge. And there seems to be no end to how much we consume. In Sweden we buy on average 13 kilos of clothing per person per year.