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Sara Malmheden
Press officer
Phone: +46(0) 10-788 65 10
E-mail: sara.malmheden@ivl.se
Press releases and news
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2019-03-07News
A trend break is necessary if road traffic climate goals are to be met
The transport sector gives rise to significant carbon emissions. Unlike private motoring where policy instruments are starting to have some effect heavier vehicles emission reductions are coming alon...
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2019-02-26Press release
The ’Million’ programme is being updated to accommodate both the climate and tenants
Homes built under the Swedish ‘Million’ public housing programme can be retrofitted to more or less the same energy standard that new buildings are compelled to meet – while simultaneously maintainin...
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2019-02-01Press release
Record number of EPD registrations
A record number of 270 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) were published in the International EPD System in 2018, breaking the previous record with 85 additional registrations in a single year....
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2019-01-24Press release
Circular Electronics Day aims to extend the lifespan of electronics
Today’s extensive consumption of electronics lead to alarming amounts of waste and the release of substances hazardous to human health and the environment. Finite natural resources are extracted from...
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2019-01-23News
Report from breakfast seminar: The climate summit in Katowice
The climate summit, COP 24, in Polish Katowice last November was an important milestone in the climate negotiations following the Paris agreement in 2015. Particularly successful was the progress wit...
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2019-01-09Press 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...
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2018-12-12Press release
New initiative to reduce takeaway litter
Reusable containers or packaging deposit systems – is there a way to cut down on waste caused by our penchant for takeaway food? A newly started test project currently underway at the property compan...
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2018-12-05Press 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 a...
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