“Recycling advanced materials like carbon fiber composite is one of the strongest actions we can take to accelerate the decarbonization of the manufacturing sector,” declared Ben Saada, Fairmat’s CEO ...

Life cycle assessments (LCA) are one tool OEMs, fabricators and suppliers can use to understand – and improve – the environmental impact of composite parts and materials. Examples shown include an LCA ...

Sharmon Lebby is a writer and sustainable fashion stylist who studies and reports on the intersections of environmentalism, fashion, and BIPOC communities. The Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, is a ...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become a pivotal tool in evaluating the environmental performance of lightweight automotive design. By examining the entire lifespan of a vehicle—from raw material ...

Life cycle assessment is needed to evaluate fully the impact of materials substitution on vehicle emissions, to avoid unintended consequences. Based on this study, it was inferred that the lowest mass ...

In our modem society, all products and services are based on the use of energy and material resources. While the products and services of stone-age hunter-gatherers or a primitive village economy may ...

[The following article is an excerpt from “Aluminium Recyclability and Recycling: Towards Sustainable Cities,” written by Michael Stacey and published by Cwningen Press in 2015. The document can be ...

Researchers in Australia have conducted a ‘cradle to grave’ life cycle assessment (LCA) of the four most widely used PV technologies. The academics say that cadmium telluride solar modules have the ...

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The global surge in electric vehicle (EV) production is driving significant changes in supply chains, particularly in North America, where new lithium-ion battery (LIB) ...

Stroll through any aisle in the grocery store today and it won’t take long to find products that claim to be sustainable. Some brands might profess how much energy was offset to make a product, while ...

McGill engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. natural gas supply chains and ...