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News
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2019-01-09 | Press release Smart City Sweden is expanding The Swedish Energy Agency has given IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute the mission to develop Smart City Sweden, the national demonstration platform for smart and sustainable city solutions.... Read more
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2018-12-05 | Press release The impact of shipping on the Baltic Sea Ant-fouling paints, underwater noise, emissions of air pollutants, greenhouse gases and pollutants to water - the environmental impacts of both commercial shipping and small boats on the Baltic Sea ar... Read more
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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
Publications
- Verktyg för beräkning av resors klimatpåverkan - Användning, metod och beräkningsförutsättningar This report is only available i Swedish. Read more
- Utvärdering av rötkammaromrörning This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Q metadata for EPD Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method used to quantitatively describe a building's total environmental impact "from the cradle to the grave". LCA calculations in the early stages are done with generic data, but the longer one gets in the construction process instead one wants to have supplier-specific LCA environmental data. These LCA-based environmental performance is obtained by manufacturers supplied Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). When EPDs are to be used for comparative purposes, there is currently no documentation on the quality of these data required, which makes it uncertain whether they really have such a quality that they can be used for a direct comparison between different suppliers. To make this possible, this document proposes a number of metadata describing the quality (Q) of the EPD has. These Q metadata complement the finished EPD. Read more
- Nulägesanalys av energibranschens flöde av miljödata This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Fullskaleförsök av vatten och partikeltransport i en dag- och bräddvattenanläggning Kungälv/Ytterby This report is only abailable 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.