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Environmental and Economic Assessment of Reclaimed Polyurethane Panels: The Case of Diverting Decommissioned Cold Storage Panels From Landfills and Recycling Into Three Forms of Insulative Building Materials
(2015-10-27)
This study investigates the long-term thermal performance of polyurethane insulated cold storage panels and the environmental and economic impact of recycling such panels when taken out of service in lieu of discarding ...
An Envision Rating System Approach to Sustainable Infrastructure in Latin American and the Caribbean. Infrastructure 360 Awards, Lessons Learned.
(2016-11-10)
The infrastructure spending required to supply global demand (the infrastructure gap) has been estimated at US$3.7 trillion annually worldwide. Considering this demand and the vast amount of social and environmental capital ...
What Are the Greenhouse-Gas-Emission Impacts Associated With Vegan, Vegetarian, and Meat Diets in the United States?
(2016-03-25)
The United Nations estimates that the growing human population will reach approximately 9.6 billion by 2050. In order to accommodate the subsequently higher demand for food and related strain on resources, careful consideration ...
Identifying and Rank-Ordering Large Volume Leaks in the Underground Natural Gas Distribution System of Massachusetts
(2018-05-28)
Rising methane in earth’s atmosphere accelerates climate change, and natural gas is a major driver of that increase. In 2016, Massachusetts passed a law requiring that ‘environmentally significant’ leaks in the aging ...