Streamlining environmental footprinting by utilising corporate footprints

Session WE.2.D || Business Life Cycle Networks Authors Williams, Ellie; Vieira, Marisa Abstract When a company undergoes environmental footprinting, they usually only have access to their own data, meaning that when extending the scope beyond their own operations, the data is difficult to collect and is often not available at all. Consequently, data gaps are [...]

Streamlining environmental footprinting by utilising corporate footprints2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Business Models for a Circular Economy – Challenges and opportunities for Data Centre Industry

Authors Wynne, Astrid; Chenadec, Julie; Andrews, Deborah; Adibi, Naeem; Workum, Arjen; van der Veer, Martijn Abstract Adoption and use of digital technology (which includes smart phones, PC and other computers) has spread extensively and in 2021 60% of the global population are ‘connected’. The data centre industry serves this increased digital demand and is predicted [...]

Business Models for a Circular Economy – Challenges and opportunities for Data Centre Industry2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Developing a Circular Economy for the Data Centre industry – how the CEDaCI project contributes to sustainable decision making

Authors Kristina, Kerwin; Andrews, Deborah; Adibi, Naeem; Whitehead, Beth; Bienge, Katrin; Szablewski, Carolina; Chenadec, Julie; Ponugubati, Manoj Abstract Data centres house data processing and storage equipment. The data centre industry (DCI) has evolved very rapidly since launch of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. Numerous different sectors have evolved in line with and [...]

Developing a Circular Economy for the Data Centre industry – how the CEDaCI project contributes to sustainable decision making2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Remanufacturing business model cases for a Circular Economy

Session WE.3.A || Business Models for a Circular Economy Authors Oiko, Olívia Abstract Nowadays, there is a considerable search for creating business models for circularity and sustainability. Remanufacturing is an industrial process whereby used products are restored to “as new” functional state. It was already considered “the ultimate form of recycling” and also, an essential [...]

Remanufacturing business model cases for a Circular Economy2021-09-30T20:00:59+00:00

Green Steel LCA – Direct Reduction

Authors Möller, Lisa; Schwalb, Michael; Garvens, Hans J.; Wohlgemuth, Volker Abstract Hydrogen is a promising possibility to decarbonize many industrial processes including steel production. Since the ability to use hydrogen in the blast furnace process is limitied new installations have to be set up. The direct reduction route was evaluated against the conventional blast furnace [...]

Green Steel LCA – Direct Reduction2021-09-30T20:00:58+00:00
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