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Environmental sustainability of the work from home lifestyle, opportunities and pitfalls.

Session TU.1.B || Future Sustainable Lifestyles – Individual Choices Authors Beloin-Saint-Pierre, Didier; Lasvaux, Sébastien Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes in our society like the transition to increased activities in home offices. At first glance, this organizational shift seems to bring environmental benefits because of the reduced commuting needs, but this lifestyle revolution [...]

Environmental sustainability of the work from home lifestyle, opportunities and pitfalls.lcm20212021-09-30T20:01:05+00:00

Integrating design for environment to achieve carbon neutral mobility

Session MO.1.B || Transformation Towards Future Mobility Authors Forell, Alexander; Danzer, Christoph Abstract Decarbonizing mobility, especially individual mobility and heavy duty transportation, is a challenging endeavor. Studies have shown that a close to net zero use stage can be achieved with any powertrain (ICEV – eFuels, FCEV – hydrogen electrolysis, BEV – direct renewable electricity). [...]

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Improving runoff water quality through an innovative and sustainable drainage system

Authors Arias, Andrea; Arufe, Sainza; Recarey, Montse; Fierro, Julio; Martínez, Cristina; Fernández, Isaac Abstract Diffuse pollution is caused by anthropogenic activities that have no specific point of discharge, such as agriculture, transport, forestry… Pollutants deposited on to impervious surfaces (e.g. roads or pavements) are washed out by runoff water, such as metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [...]

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Environmental assessment of weight-optimized components with complex geometries for trucks and other heavy machinery in the transport sector.

Authors Arcos, Raul; Berzosa, Joan; Espí, José Jorge; Parareda, Sergi; Clarens, Frederic; Larsson, Jan; Sieurin, Henrik Abstract Warmlight project aims at enabling weight-optimized components with complex geometries. The components are manufactured with a thermo-mechanical forming process (warm forming) and, as a result, the weight reduction of some parts made from AHSS is estimated at 20%. [...]

Environmental assessment of weight-optimized components with complex geometries for trucks and other heavy machinery in the transport sector.lcm20212021-09-30T20:01:04+00:00

LCAs of different powertrains as basis for decarbonisation

Session MO.2.B || Decarbonized Mobility Along the Value Chain Authors Schüler, Maximilian; Gernuks, Marko; Plaga, Benjamin; Hentschel, Jan Abstract Since 2018 Volkswagen is committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and aims to be net carbon neutral by 2050. Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) have long been a part of Volkswagen’s environmental activities. With the shift towards [...]

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