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2019-04-10 | News Camp for Indian and Chinese students IVL, together with Swedish institute, arranges the two-week SEK City Elite Scholarship Camp in Sweden for students from India and China. In the camp they will learn more about sustainable development. Read more
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2019-02-01 | Press 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. ... Read more
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2019-01-24 | Press 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 ... Read more
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2019-01-23 | News 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 with... Read more
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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
Publications
- Införande av läkemedelsrening vid Himmerfjärdsverket This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Lustgasutsläpp från behandlingen av rejektvatten vid Slottshagens reningsverk i Norrköping This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Miljövärdering av energilösningar i byggnader This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Jämförelse av tekniker för klimatsmarta tunga godstransporter This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Policy Brief: Emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) Emission factors, scenarios and reduction potentials This policy brief presents a summary of results and highlights from four reports produced in a project to improve the Nordic emission inventories of SLCP. The brief cover results from a measurement program that provided SLCP and PM2.5 emission factors for typical Nordic residential biomass combustion technologies, it covers emission scenarios and efficient measures to reduce emissions of SLCPs beyond current projections and presents results from estimating the potential for reducing the health and climate impact of residential biomass combustion. Read more
IVL video
Research and innovation for clean water
Lack of fresh water is a growing problem in many parts of the world. At Hammarby Sjöstadsverk in Sweden we develop techniques that will make it possible to reuse treated wastewater.
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.