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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
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2018-03-23 | Press release International organisations want to speed up the fight against air pollution Outdoor air pollution is ranked as one of the ten most common causes of death around the world today. Each year, more than four million people die prematurely as a result of poor air quality. The step... Read more
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2018-03-13 | Press release The new logic of the EU emissions trading system Never before has such an important climate decision attracted so little attention. After six years of persistently low carbon prices a recent reform of the EU emissions trading system may put the sche... Read more
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2018-03-08 | Press release Old electronic products in drawers can be reused About every other Swede has electronic products they no longer use lying around their home. An equal number admit to junking their unwanted devices, despite them still being fully functional. This is ... Read more
Publications
- Stakeholder Specific Multi-Scale Spatial Representation of Urban Building-Stocks Buildings account for about 40 percent of the final energy use and 36 percent of CO2 emissions in Europe. At the same time, they provide a possibility for cost-efficient energy efficiency measures. The aim of this paper is to explore the possibilities of mapping and representing energy use of urban building-stocks at different levels of aggregation and spatial distributions, to communicate with specific stakeholders involved in the urban development process. Read more
- Stump harvesting in Picea abies stands: Soil surface disturbance and biomass distribution of the harvested stumps and roots There is an increasing interest for using renewable sources to replace a part of the fossil fuels in energy production in the European Union. In Finland, like in many forested countries, forest bioenergy is considered a sustainable and easily accessible energy resource. The aim of this study was to estimate the extent of soil surface disturbance caused by stump harvesting and how much biomass is removed from a stand in stump harvesting. Read more
- In Vitro Inhalation Bioaccessibility of Phthalate Esters and Alternative Plasticizers Present in Indoor Dust Using Artificial Lung Fluids Phthalate esters are used as plasticizers in consumer products. In this study, we proposed an in vitro method to assess the inhalation bioaccessibility of PEs and alternative plasticizers via indoor dust. Read more
- Potentials for reducing the health and climate impacts of residential biomass combustion in the Nordic countries This report presents recommendations for how to further improve national activity data collection procedures, and scenario results with estimated technical potentials for reduced emissions of SLCPs and PM2.5 from residential biomass combustion, transformed into potential impact on health and climate effects in 2035. Read more
- Obstacles getting in the way of sustainable investments within waste management in the Baltic Sea region The overall aim of the study was to identify and evaluate the problems and challenges getting in the way of sustainable investments within waste management in the Baltic Sea region and to identify possible solutions to the identified problems. The results are to be used as input to the joint strategy as part of the Reco Baltic 21 Tech project. 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.