Energy efficiency of high energy-consuming industries plays a significant role in social
sustainability, economic performance and environmental protection of any nation. In order to …

Circular economy (CE) offers a pathway towards sustainable, closed-loop resource systems,
but widespread adoption across industrial sectors is limited by fragmented knowledge and …

Index decomposition methodology was a technique first used in the late 1970s to study the
impact of changes in product mix on industrial energy demand. A survey in 1995 listed a …

In order to achieve equitable reduction targets, international trade has to be taken into
account when assessing nations' responsibility for abating climate change. Especially for …

Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) technologies such as Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) have
made it possible to eliminate environmentally polluting supply chain activities in the tooling …

A variety of factors affect the energy and CO2 balances of building materials over their
lifecycle. Previous studies have shown that the use of wood for construction generally results …

According to recent studies, the 20% European improvement in energy efficiency will not be
achieved with current trends, even with the adoption of present policies to reduce primary …

This paper reports on historical analysis of the steel industry in which crude steel production
trends are quantified for the period from 1950 to 2006. On the basis of this analysis, the …

Material flow analysis is an analysis of the flow of a material into and out of a particular
region. The flow analysis also includes estimation of energy expended and of environmental …

This article presents an in-depth analysis of cost-effective energy efficiency and carbon
dioxide emissions reduction opportunities in the US iron and steel industry. We show that …