In daily life, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from building heating, cooling and electricity consumption accounts for 47% of the total building carbon dioxide emissions. This makes people pay too much attention to energy conservation and emission reduction, which leads to the neglect of a pleasant …

Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). Limestone is, among many applications, used as a raw material for the manufacture of quicklime. When limestone is heated, the stone calcinates and quicklime is formed. The primary use of quicklime is in the steel and …

By 2050, the world population will have increased to 9 billion (Bongaarts, 2009). This increase will lead to significant growth in waste. Construction is one of the largest raw material users (Bribian et al., 2011), and this sector consumes about 40% of the energy-related CO2 emissions (Dean et al., …

The neighborhood of Houtlaan in Assen, the Netherlands, has ambitious targets for reducing the neighborhood’s carbon emissions and increasing their production of their own, sustainable energy. Specifically, they wish to increase the percentage of houses with a heat pump, electric vehicle (EV) and solar …

For centuries, natural gas has been one of humanity’s main energy sources. The gas sector is still heavily reliant on natural gas production; however, as natural gas fields contain only a finite quantity of gas, its continued extraction is leading to the resource’s depletion. Furthermore, natural gas …

Dairy farmers nowadays are under a lot of pressure due to the transition to sustainability goals, low milk price, reduction of carbon emissions, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This gives the dairy farmer a lot of pressure and stress. Because of all this, the amount of Dutch dairy farmers is decreasing every …

Over the last decades, the increased demand in beef by the growing population led to an industrialization and intensification of the production systems. This resulted in many issues such as environmental impact, animal welfare, consumers acceptability, resource-use efficiency, growing reliance on edible …

Introduction • CO2 emissions of SMEs in the tertiary sector (such as butchers, barbers, small food shops, restaurants and pubs) are significant. • Initiatives to reduce CO2 by SME in tertiary sector exist but apply only for basic energy technologies (e.g., normal insulation). Efforts for innovative …

EU president Ursula von der Leyen wants Europe to tap into its inner avant-garde. In her inaugural State of the Union speech from September 16, 2020, she pledged to revive the historical Bauhaus - the experimental art school that married artistic form with functional design, founded a century ago in …

Climate change is undermining the importance and sustainability of cooperatives as important organizations in small holder agriculture in developing countries. To adapt, cooperatives could apply carbon farming practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance their business by increasing yields, …