News in sustainability
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Research Maps Policy, Technology Path for Bolivian Biogas
Published Sep 04, 2012KTH researchers work with local partners to help the Bolivian cities of La Paz and El Alto develop strategies for biogas recovery from organic waste. The technical, social and economic challenges are ...
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KTH Hosts Gathering of Building Efficiency Experts
Published Aug 31, 2012The International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB’12) comes to Stockholm Sept. 3-5.
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Success story - KTH trio shines in Desertec project
Published Aug 15, 2012Three young KTH Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) alumni with a passion for a better world have been independently developing different solar technologies within three different companies, towards ...
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Study Calls on China to Modernise Cooking Fuels
Published Aug 07, 2012In a new study of access to energy supplies used for cooking in China, KTH researcher Brijesh Mainali calls for a transition to improved stoves and clean, modern fuels in the world’s most populous nat...
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KTH's lunches become sustainable energy
Master's student Janet Eustasie (on the right) and researcher Anders Malmquist are operating a biogas plant that transforms KTH's lunch leftovers to electricity and heat. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Jun 19, 2012The leftovers of your lunch that you leave on your plate are now being transformed into biogas at a research facility at the edge of the wood on Brinellvägen on KTH's campus. The experiment may become...
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New Study Measures Life Cycle Social Impacts
Published Jun 11, 2012A KTH research group has completed a Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) of a laptop computer. Going beyond the traditional LCA’s focus on environmental impacts over a product’s lifetime, this emergi...
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The environmental issue to be included in all programmes
“It is great that the course in sustainable development comes in at an early stage of the programme,” says computer engineering student Alexander Solsmed. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published May 28, 2012KTH is now making an extra effort with their educational programmes about environmental and sustainable development. Among other things, computer engineering students will be able to study a new cours...
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Road2Science: Researching Stronger, Safer, Smarter Infrastructure
Published May 24, 2012Infrastructure research can be as mundane as finding better ways to make asphalt concrete from crushed rock and oil refinery sludge, and it can be as exotic as designing road surfaces that charge your...
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Jake mixes science and politics
Jake Whitehead has political ambitions with his research – to contribute to decisions that are of benefit to the environment. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published May 16, 2012He is passionate about change and says that the ecological arguments must be more important than the financial with regard to growth. Jake Whitehead is at present working on two doctoral theses at the...
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Renewable Energy Research to Focus on Africa
Published May 15, 2012In partnering with the International Renewable Energy Agency, KTH positions itself to create a range of new research and internship opportunities. Professor Mark Howells, point man for the relationshi...
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A Range Tracker for Electric Cars
Published May 11, 2012A major shortcoming of electric cars is drivers’ uncertainty over how far the vehicle can be driven before the battery dies, a phenomenon known as “range anxiety.” But a new Web-based tool developed b...
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BRISK Accepting Proposals for Biofuels Research
Published Apr 25, 2012The KTH-led, 26-member consortium BRISK has begun accepting proposals from researchers studying improved production methods for biofuels and thermal biomass conversion. Financed by €11 million in EU r...
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Save the City, Save the Planet
Published Apr 20, 2012Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond: Rethinking Cities for the Future Edited by Tigran Haas, Published: April 3, 2012, Publisher: Rizzoli, New York ISBN: 978-0-8478-3836-3
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Breakthrough in Artificial Photosynthesis Could Boost Solar Future
Published Apr 11, 2012Researchers at the KTH Department of Chemistry have designed a molecular catalyst able to convert water into oxygen and protons at speeds similar to natural photosynthesis. The rapidly advancing field...
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Telecom Research Aims at Climate Protection
Published Apr 04, 2012Sibel Tombaz is still two years away from completing her PhD in Radio Communication Systems, but her work on improving the energy efficiency of mobile phone networks is already on the verge of showing...
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Reawakening for local environmental work
The environmental work has become clearer and more targeted, says Holger Berling, environmental delegate at the School of Biotechnology. (Photo: Christer Gummeson) Published Feb 20, 2012Over a period of three years, a new, certifiable system designed to manage environmental issues will be built at KTH. This focus has led to a reawakening of the environmental work and has provided the...
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Carbon Dioxide Puts Waste Heat to Work
Published Feb 08, 2012Yang Chen’s PhD research shows the promise of carbon dioxide as a working medium for turning low-grade waste heat into power to drive electric turbines, refrigerators and heat pumps.
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KTH Broadens Commitment to Sustainability Education
Published Feb 06, 2012KTH’s focus on environmental issues — underlined in 2011 with the appointment of a vice-president for sustainability — is gaining momentum with new targeted investments in education. The university’s ...
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High-Speed Train Research Pulls into the Station
Published Feb 02, 2012The Gröna Tåget (Green Train) study is approaching its final destination. The potential benefits of future high-speed trains presented by researchers include increased revenue for train operators, few...
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KTH to Host New Smart Grids Centre
Published Jan 13, 2012KTH has been selected to anchor the new Swedish Centre for Smart Grids and Energy Storage (SweGRIDS), bringing academia together with industry and public utilities to tackle the European Union’s ambit...
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