Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Hertwich, Edgar G."
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Life-cycle assessment of carbon dioxide capture for enhanced oil recovery
Hertwich, Edgar G.; Aaberg, Martin; Singh, Bhawna; Strømman, Anders H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)The development and deployment of Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is a cornerstone of the Norwegian government's climate strategy. A number of projects are currently evaluated/planned along the Norwegian ... -
Linking Housing Policy, Housing Typology, and Residential Energy Demand in the United States
Berrill, Peter; Gillingham, Kenneth T.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Residential energy demand can be greatly influenced by the types of housing structures that households live in, but few studies have assessed changes in the composition of housing stocks as a strategy for reducing residential ... -
Mandatory disclosure is key to address climate risks
Carattini, Stefano; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Melkadze, Givi; Shrader, Jeffrey G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Investors have known about climate change for decades. Yet it is only recently that several countries—including France, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—have developed policies requiring large public companies ... -
Mapping the carbon footprint of EU regions
Ivanova, Diana; Vita, Gibran; Steen-Olsen, Kjartan; Stadler, Konstantin; Melo, Patricia C; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)While the EU Commission has encouraged Member States to combine national and international climate change mitigation measures with subnational environmental policies, there has been little harmonized effort towards the ... -
Material flows and GHG emissions from housing stock evolution in US counties, 2020–60
Berrill, Peter; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
Material Stock and Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Global and Urban Road Pavement
Rousseau, Lola Sylvie Annie; Kloostra, Bradley; AzariJafari, Hessam; Saxe, Shoshanna; Gregory, Jeremy; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Roads play a key role in movements of goods and people but require large amounts of materials emitting greenhouse gases to be produced. This study assesses the global road material stock and the emissions associated with ... -
Mitigating life cycle GHG emissions of roads to be built through 2030: Case study of a Chinese province
Huang, Yuqiao; Wolfram, Paul; Miller, Reed; Azarijafari, Hessam; Guo, Fengdi; An, Kangxin; Li, Jin; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Gregory, Jeremy; Wang, Can (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The expansion of road networks in emerging economies such as China causes significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This development is conflicting with China's commitment to achieve carbon neutrality. Thus, there is a ... -
More caution is needed when using life cycle assessment to determine energy return on investment (EROI)
Arvesen, Anders; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Cumulative energy demand (CED) estimates from life cycle assessments (LCAs) are increasingly used to determine energy return on investment (EROI), but the difference in indicators can lead to a misclassification of energy ... -
Multiregional environmental comparison of fossil fuel power generation - Assessment of the contribution of fugitive emissions from conventional and unconventional fossil resources
Bouman, Evert; Ramirez, Andrea; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)In this paper we investigate the influence of fugitive methane emissions from coal, natural gas, and shale gas extraction on the greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of fossil fuel power generation through its life cycle. A ... -
Pricing indirect emissions accelerates low—carbon transition of US light vehicle sector
Wolfram, Paul; Weber, Stephanie; Gillingham, Kenneth T.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
Prioritizing Consumption-Based Carbon Policy Based on the Evaluation of Mitigation Potential Using Input-Output Methods
Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel; Stadler, Konstantin; Ivanova, Diana; Steen-Olsen, Kjartan; Tisserant, Alexandre; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Carbon footprints aim to engage consumers in contributing to climate‐change mitigation. Consumption‐oriented policy measures attempt to cause voluntary or incentivized interventions that reduce environmental impact through ... -
Review of Urban Building Types and Their Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in Life-Cycle Analyses from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Iyer, Aishwarya V.; Rao, Narasimha D; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Urbanization, slum redevelopment, and population growth will lead to unprecedented levels of residential building construction in “low- and middle-income” (LMI) countries in the coming decades. However, less than 50% of ... -
Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030–2050
Cartalis, Constantinos; Dessai, Suraje; Diaz Anadon, Laura; Edenhofer, Ottmar; Eory, Vera; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Jacobsen, Jette bredahl; Kitzing, Lena; Lopez-Gunn, Elena; Nilsson, Lars J.; Riahi, Keywan; Rogelj, Joeri; Schrijver, Nicolaas; Soussana, Jean-Francois; Van Aalst, Maarten (Book, 2023)In the report ‘Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030–2050’, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change provides EU institutions with a ... -
The Aluminium Industry - Environment, Technology and Production
Bergsdal, Håvard; Strømman, Anders H.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Reports from Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol), 1501-6153; 2004:8, Research report, 2004)Aluminium resources are abundant and will cover the world demand for several hundred years. Production of primary aluminium is increasing worldwide, and the same holds for secondary aluminium, at an even higher rate. ... -
The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences
Vita, Gibran; Lundström, Johan R.; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Quist, Jaco; Ivanova, Diana; Stadler, Konstantin; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The sustainability transformation calls for policies that consider the global consequences of local lifestyles. We used stakeholders' visions of sustainable lifestyles across Europe to build 19 scenarios of sufficiency ... -
The growing importance of scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from industry
Hertwich, Edgar G.; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Carbon reporting is increasingly focussing on indirect emissions that occur in the supply chain of establishments. The GHG protocol, a corporate standard, distinguishes scope 2 (emissions associated with electricity ... -
The Importance of Ships and Spare Parts in LCAs of Offshore Wind Power
Arvesen, Anders; Birkeland, Christine; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We develop and assess life cycle inventories of a conceptual offshore wind farm using a hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Special emphasis is placed on aspects of installation, operation, and maintenance, as ... -
The “Bad Labor” Footprint: Quantifying the Social Impacts of Globalization
Silva Simas, Moana; Golsteijn, Laura; Huijbregts, Mark A. J,; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The extent to what bad labor conditions across the globe are associated with international trade is unknown. Here, we quantify the bad labor conditions associated with consumption in seven world regions, the “bad labor” ... -
Towards EU climate neutrality: Progress, policy gaps and opportunities
Cartalis, Constantinos; Dessai, Suraje; Diaz Anadon, Laura; Edenhofer, Ottmar; Eory, Vera; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Jacobsen, Jette bredahl; Kitzing, Lena; Lopez-Gunn, Elena; Nilsson, Lars J.; Riahi, Keywan; Rogelj, Joeri; Schrijver, Nicolaas; Soussana, Jean-Francois; Van Aalst, Maarten (Book, 2024)Based on an assessment of more than 80 indicators, we found that more efforts are needed across all sectors to achieve the EU climate objectives from 2030 to 2050, and particularly in buildings, transport, agriculture and ... -
When do allocations and constructs respect material, energy, financial, and production balances in LCA and EEIO?
Majeau-Bettez, Guillaume; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Conservation of mass and energy are essential to physical accounting, just as price and market balances are essential to economic accounting. These principles guide data collection and inventory compilation in industrial ...