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Ribbon-cutting for the low-energy renovation of the agricultural education center near Urumqi/China
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First side-by-side comparison of several LCA studies on beverage packaging
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12.05.2010 Numerous life cycle assessments (LCAs) exist on environmental impacts of food and beverage packaging, which makes it worthwhile to conduct comprehensive evaluations of the existing studies. A first opportunity to develop a methodology for this purpose arose with the ‘Meta analysis: LCA studies on beverage cartons and alternative packaging’ , completed by IFEU in November 2009. This evaluation, commissioned by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), aimed at (1) providing a structured overview of LCAs on beverage cartons and alternative packaging systems and (2) determining whether general conclusions could be drawn regarding the relative environmental performance of beverage cartons. More information ... |
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Comparative Environmental Assessment of Coaches |
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Climate Partnership Final Workshop USA |
10.03.2010 In February 2010 the American final workshop took place in Chicago of the project that IFEU is conducting together with the European Climate Alliance on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt). Seven german cities now met their US twin cities to exchange and debate their experiences, approaches and achievements in local climate policies. The study tour started with an expert meeting of all cities on 22 to 23 February 2010, hosted by the City of Chicago. |
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Solid Waste Management GHG Calculator for developing and emerging countries |
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31.05.2010 The Ecological Transport Information Tool (EcoTransIT) calculates environmental impacts of any freight transport. Thereby it is possible to determine the energy consumption, CO2 and exhaust emissions transported by rail, road, ship and aircraft in any combination. - The new version which exists since end of May was commissioned by UIC (worldwide organisation of cooperation for railway companies), DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG and some other European Railway Companies. The scientific support was again given by IFEU und for the first time by Öko-Institut concerning aviation and maritime shipping.
31.05.2010 On 27 May 2010, the construction in Nanshan near Urumqi, the capital of the Chinese province of Xinjian was started with the goal to reduce the heat energy demand in the 15-year old building by 80 %. IFEU has supported the planning process with the help of Culturebridge Architects (Grünstadt/Beijing) as part of a research project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF). The Chinese project partners are the Construction Committee of the City of Urumqi, die Environmental Protection Bureau of the province as well as the University of Xinjiang. 
12.04.2010 Coach buses are not generally known to be environmentally friendly, though they have the advantage of being a sector of public transport with high occupancy rates and often efficient vehicles. However, most coach buses have diesel engines which emit nitrogen oxides and particles. Already in 2004 IFEU has compared coaches with passenger cars, trains and aircraft for the International Coach Tourism Federation (RDA): The analysis showed a good environmental performance of coaches. Now an updated version of this"'comparative environmental assessment of coaches" ("Vergleichende Umweltbilanz des Reisebusses") is available which takes into account the improved fuel consumption and emission behaviour of the different transport modes.
26.01.2010