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Introduction to star-tup creation for the smart ecoefficient built environment
This chapter starts by briefly reviewing worrying evidence concerning Earth?s environment. The importance of entrepreneurship is highlighted as a way not only to mobilize the energy of young people in developed countries for a sustainability based new economy. But also to tackle the despair of young people in poor countries that could end in terrorist actions. Dynamics of start-up creation are briefly reviewed. The stigma on startup failure is also briefly addressed. The importance of start-up creation for the smart eco-efficient built environment is highlighted. An outline of the book is included
Method to identify opportunities for CCU at regional level â Matching sources and receivers
Carbon Capture and Utilization is an attractive strategy not only due to its potential for CO2 emissions reduction but also because it enables the creation of valuable products. The development of CO2-based industrial symbiosis partnerships can contribute significantly towards achieving the goals of GHG emissions reduction on a European level by 2030, while at the same time it leads to an increased added value through the development of new production lines and carbon neutral products. The presented article focuses on identifying potential partnerships between companies that produce CO2 and companies that may reuse CO2 as input for their industrial process. A novel methodological framework is presented based on developing generic matrices for CO2 sources and receivers and matching the industrial units based on geographical and technical criteria. Moreover, the paper provides the technical requirements of 17 CO2 utilization technologies with relatively high technology readiness level, including the CO2-to-product ratio, the required purity, pressure, temperature and the presence of a catalyst, as well as potential synergies and additional requirements. The methodology has been applied to the VÀstra Götaland region in West Sweden and the most promising CCU symbiosis have been identified. These include mineral carbonation (annual uptake: 59,600 tCO2), greenhouses (26,000 tCO2), algae production, methanol production (85,500 tCO2), power to gas (66,500 tCO2), pH control, lignin production, polymers synthesis and concrete curing (96,000 tCO2). If all of them could be applied, the total annual CO2 reduction would exceed 250,000 tCO2 per year
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Commercial application of accelerated carbonation: Looking back at the first year
Carbon8 Systems is a university spin-out company developing and applying accelerated
carbonation for the commercial production of aggregates from waste. Hazardous wastes can
be converted into construction products that meet the regulatory requirements for âend of
wasteâ using carbonation. hen the accelerated carbonation process is applied to municipal
solid waste incineration (MSWI) air pollution control residues (APCr), the ash is solidified and
stabilised in carbonate-cemented pellets. The pelletised products have mechanical and
chemical properties that make them suitable for use in concrete blocks. In early 2012,
following the success of a series of pilot and full-scale trials, a full scale carbonation plant was
built and commissioned at Brandon in Suffolk, UK. This plant is the first of its kind in the world.
The aggregate plant has now been operating for about a year and is producing a consistent
product. Continued monitoring of the incoming APCr, and the outgoing aggregate product has
dramatically increased the knowledge of processing this troublesome material. In addition to
rigorous independent third party and in-house testing, the physical and chemical properties of
the product are routinely examined to meet quality control criteria, and to ensure compliance
with the âend-of-wasteâ status approved by the UK Environment Agency.
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