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International Concrete Sustainability Conference 2013
Anne Rønning and Kari-Anne Lyng participated at the International Concrete Sustainabiity Conference in San Fransisco 6.-8. May. The conference was initiated by the American National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. Ostfold Research contributed with two presentations: Embodied energy and GHG emissions of 5 external walls for residential buildings and LCA of Low Carbon Concrete. Click the headline to read more.

11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-11) in Kyoto, Japan
Andreas Brekke, Cecilia Askham and John Baxter attended the 11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-11) in Kyoto, Japan, from 18-22 November. Held at the historic Kyoto International Conference Center (where the Protocol was signed in 1997), the conference focused on all aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The programme was packed with presentations, poster sessions and informal discussions on the technological, environmental, economic, social and political aspects of CCS. This trip was important for the EDecIDe project in order to follow technological and research developments in this field, to renew existing acquaintances and to make valuable new ones.

Linking chemical risk information with life cycle assessment in product development
This paper has just been published in the international publication Journal of cleaner production. Click on the headline to read more.

Østfoldforskning won Elretur’s 2013 Environmental Prize

 

At a breakfast meeting today, Cecilia Askham presented research supported by Elretur’s 2011 Environmental Prize. One of the highlights of the meeting was the award of the 2013 Environmental Prize. 500 000 NOK was shared between Ostfold Research and NGU (Norwegian Geological Survey). NGU won 350 000 NOK and Ostfold Research 150 000.

 

The prize will be used by Ostfold Research to build on the environmental accounting model (LCA) that Kari-Anne Lyng, John Baxter and Cecilia Askham have developed for electronic waste collection and treatment for Elretur. Three product types are included in the current model (mobile phones, fridge-freezers and LCD TVs) - however Elretur collect many more products and expanding the model to include more of the products they collect and recycle is important.

 

During the breakfast meeting, Elretur described their collaboration with Ostfold Research as successful and rewarding. They also announced the joint SmartEEre project on effective transport and logistics for electronic waste, supported by The Research Council of Norway. The proposal for SmartEEre was written by Ole Jørgen Hanssen and John Baxter, together with Elretur and partners, and supported by the Research Council’s Smarttrans program. Read more about this project here.

 

 

Rolf Tore Ottesen, NGU og Cecilia Askham, Østfoldforskning


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