2025 is the year when we move the industrial ecology data commons prototype, launched in […]
Category: Industrial Ecology
Socio-Economic Metabolism – An Overview
Materials are at the basis of human society [1]. Urbanization, industrialization and growing consumption drive […]
From knowledge to action – climate protection in everyday life
Veggie burgers, cargo bikes, packaging-free living – there are plenty of ideas and products to […]
Half-day research seminar on sufficiency and inequality, January 26, 2024 @Uni Freiburg & online
Half-day research seminar on sufficiency and inequality The topics of sufficiency (reduction in consumption) and […]
Research travel-related GHG emissions of our group
Industrial Ecology Freiburg is an international research group with collaborations across many countries and several […]
Major update of the industrial ecology data commons
The industrial ecology data commons (iedc) is a prototype for an industrial ecology community database. […]
How much materials are needed to provide a decent living for all?
Alongside climate change, eradicating poverty and hunger, reducing inequalities, and increasing access to basic needs, […]
How will a sustainable circular economy look like?
Sustainability, with its environmental, social, and economic dimension, needs to be made tangible and operational […]
Seminar on Sustainable Development Beyond Green Growth
We know that a ‘greening’ of current economic practices will not suffice to achieve global […]
A dialogue with ChatGPT on stocks and flows
Describing phenomena in a system definition is a basic step for understanding, assessing, and modelling […]
Scientists Urge to Integrate Energy-Metal Nexus into Carbon Neutrality Pledges
Carbon neutrality requires systematic transformations and revolutions of both energy and metal systems. Countries, cities, […]
Sustainability and Transitions Research: Taking the High Road
In a recent opinion paper, [1] Julian Kirchherr complains about that “up to 50% of […]
Chancen und Grenzen der Ressourceneffizienz
Der Lebensstil der Mittelklasse in den reichen Industrienationen ist mit derzeitigen Konsummustern und industriellen Technologien […]
Material flow accounting and material footprints: System definition and data sources
Material flow accounting (MFA) (Fischer-Kowalski et al. 2011) is a method to systematically compile data […]
Studie zu Materialverbrauch, Energiebedarf und Klimaauswirkungen des geplanten Stadtteils „Dietenbach“ in Freiburg
Klimawandel und Wohnungsmangel machen die Untersuchung der Klimaauswirkungen von Neubauprojekten zu einem wichtigen Thema. Der […]
Direct air capture of CO2 – A potential building block but not a wildcard
As I am writing these lines, the supposed climate leaders of the world meet at […]
Vom Wissen zum Handeln – Klimaschutz im Alltag
Veggie-Burger, Lastenfahrräder, verpackungsfrei leben – Ideen und Produkte, unseren Alltag klimafreundlich zu gestalten, gibt es […]
New Guidelines for Data Modeling and Data Integration for Material Flow Analysis
Material flow analysis (MFA) is booming. A large number of datasets are being compiled and […]
Treibhausgasbilanz der Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2017
Der Klimawandel ist eine der großen globalen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Anstatt staatliche Maßnahmen (Gebote, Verbote, […]
Short lifetime of metals in the anthroposphere illustrates the challenge of closing material cycles
“Metals can be recycled indefinitely.” That marketing phrase of the metal producers sounds plausible, as […]