GX & Decarbonization Research

Pizzol, Massimo; id_orcid 0000-0002-7462-2668, Ghose, Agneta; id_orcid 0000-0003-1972-1433, Løkke, Søren; id_orcid 0000-0002-4544-1788 +9

This paper presents deliverable D1.2 of the Horizon Europe project ALIGNED, proposing a scientific framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) of bio-based products. It includes methods for dynamic background systems, market constraints on bi…

Feng Xu, Ke Fang, Dong Xiang +1

With the EU Battery Regulation and Digital Battery Passport (DBP) implementation, accurate carbon footprint (CFP) accounting for lithium-ion batteries containing recycled lithium is critical. This paper proposes a carbon-activity-based gran…

Welker, Fabian, Faruss, Tim

This paper presents a shared cloud database for Life Cycle Inventories of energy and process systems, built on Brightway. It streamlines data submission, integration, and retrieval with structured templates and metadata, addressing academic…

Danella Yaoxin Foo, Pei Kee Poh, Eugene H. Liu +1

This study from National University Hospital Singapore assesses the carbon footprint of an anaesthesia department, identifying inhalational anaesthetics and electricity as major contributors. By reducing desflurane use by over 80%, they ach…

Jian Liu, Yu Zhang, Cun Chang +5

This study assesses the export-attributed carbon footprint of cotton production in arid China using life cycle assessment and driver analysis. It identifies emission drivers in production stages and clarifies the structure of environmental …

Nobutaka Odake, Anshuman Khare

This paper addresses the business aspects of carbon footprint (CFP) assessment in the context of carbon neutrality. It likely discusses practical implementation, market opportunities, and integration into corporate strategy. Details are unc…

Petra Zsuzsa Lévay, Josefine Vanhille, Tim Goedemé +1

This study combines Belgian household consumption data with an environmentally extended input-output model to quantify the relationship between household carbon footprints and socio-economic characteristics. It finds that lower-income house…

Dongmei Tang

This dataset provides a global, gridded product of consumption-based deforestation carbon emissions for seven major countries (CHN, DEU, FRA, GBR, JPN, KOR, USA) from 2001 to 2020 at ~1 km resolution. It integrates MRIO trade statistics wit…

Qiansi Tu, Chengjie Wu, Dianjun Fang +4

This paper proposes a cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation method using trusted data space technology to address fragmented data and cross-organizational exchange challenges. It designs a credible PCF exchange architect…

Jacob Fry, Angie Bone, Keiichiro Kanemoto +2

Healthcare systems contribute 4-5% of global GHG emissions, largely from supply chains. This primer introduces environmental footprinting methods (LCA, EE-IOA, hybrid) for healthcare, emphasizing system boundaries and indirect emissions. It…

Alessandro Flammini, Hanif Adzmir, Kevin Karl +1

This study quantifies GHG emissions from non-renewable woodfuel harvesting for residential use, estimating 745 Mt CO2eq in 2019, a 6% increase from 1990. Regional trends show increases in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, and Latin America…

Jemyung Lee, Yosuke Shigetomi, Keiichiro Kanemoto

This study estimates household carbon footprints for 83 macro-regions across 27 EU countries for 2010 and 2015, using multi-regional input-output tables and micro-consumption data. Structural decomposition analysis identifies five driving f…

Jozef Čapla, Peter Zajác, Jozef Čurlej +1

This review examines carbon footprint quantification methods (GHG Protocol, ISO, LCA) in the agri-food industry, using a wheat-to-bread case study. It identifies challenges like data gaps, standardization issues, and SME financial constrain…

Thomas Lützkendorf, Maria Balouktsi

This paper explains the significance of embodied carbon in buildings, noting it can represent about 50% of life-cycle carbon in new energy-efficient buildings. It reviews methods, data, tools, and benchmarks for assessing and reducing embod…

Clara Lenk, Rosalie Arendt, Vanessa Bach +1

This study applies and compares territorial-based and consumption-based carbon footprint methods for the Berlin-Wedding district. Results were nearly identical (about 400,000 t CO2-eq), not supporting the hypothesis that consumption-based f…

Aaron Taylor, Stephanie Au, Barbora Krivankova +2

This study quantifies the carbon footprint of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy (LRH) in a single hospital, analyzing four cases. Mean emissions were 22.81 kgCO2e per case, with single-use consumables manufacturing contributing 54%. It highl…

Jan Niklas Buescher, Victoria Pohl, Daniel Ditterich +6

This paper explores how data space-based condition monitoring can enhance circular economy strategies and sustainability in industrial production, using the RIF Cyber Physical Brewhouse as a case study. Drawing on a literature review and qu…

Alessandro Flammini, Hanif Adzmir, Kevin Karl +1

This paper estimates GHG emissions from non-renewable wood fuel harvesting for household cooking, by country and globally. In 2019, annual emissions were about 745 Mt CO2 eq, with uncertainty from -63% to +64%. Increases in sub-Saharan Afri…

Steffen Wurm, Adrian Kasner, Oliver Petrović +1

This paper proposes a modular system architecture for automated Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation in manufacturing, using the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) as a digital twin. It defines four functional layers (Sources, Network, …

Soheil Kazemian, Rashid Zaman, Behzad Foroughi +1

This study analyzes the carbon footprint of Australia's utility services sector (electricity, gas, water, waste) from 2013-2017 using input-output analysis and the IELab framework. It finds the sector accounted for 43.1% of national carbon …