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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
- Minskad klimatpåverkan från flerbostadshus Byggsektorn har stora möjligheter att minska sina koldioxidutsläpp oavsett vilket byggmaterial som används. Det visar en LCA-studie av klimatpåverkan från flerbostadshus, som jämför byggande i betong, massivt trä och blandkonstruktioner med betong, trä och stål. Studien baseras på ett referenshus i Hökarängen i Stockholm. I analysen ingår hela livscykeln för fem olika byggsystem – utvinning av material, materialtillverkning, byggproduktion, fast inredning, transporter, bruksskedet och en tänkt framtida rivning av byggnaden. This report is only available in Swedish. Read more
- Upplevd oenighet bland forskare som skäl att slippa personligt miljöansvar Denna rapport är en lätt redigerad version av en C- uppsats för en kandidatexamen inom psykologi – inriktning miljöpsykologi - som godkändes av institutionen den i juni 2018. This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Using hair, nail and urine samples for human exposure assessment of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances This study investigated the potential for using hair, nail and urine samples as a measure of internal exposure to an array of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in two populations with different exposure conditions. Read more
- Emissions, Transport, and Fate of Emerging Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from One of the Major Fluoropolymer Manufacturing Facilities in China PFASs are a large group of synthetic compounds that have been produced for numerous uses in consumer products and industrial processes since the 1950s. These study demonstrate that there is an array of substances being released into the environment, but the origin of these emerging PFASs in FP manufacturing and the magnitude of emissions, environmental transport and fate remain poorly understood. Read more
- Life cycle assessment calculative practices in the Swedish biofuel sector: Governing biofuel sustainability by standards and numbers This paper adopts the concepts of “governing by standards” and “governing by numbers” to understand the LCA practices of biofuel‐producing firms and assess the critical moments of friction between these alternative modes of governance. 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.