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Photovoltaic technology: solutions to optimise its carbon footprint and environmental performance
A clean, green, carbon-free energy… Photovoltaics can cut the carbon footprint of a building or other types of infrastructure during the use phase, but how can the impacts generated during the production, renewal and
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Joint interview: on the road to biodiversity
The development and maintenance of the road network have been associated with revegetation initiatives for forty years now. These practices are constantly changing to meet environmental challenges, but also to involve
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Joint interview: ecodesign applied to off-site construction
Forward-planning, cost control and performance management: the specific expertise and benefits of off-site construction are also an opportunity to improve a building’s environmental footprint. The design phase is
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[Position paper] Dynamic life cycle assessment explained
A “simplified” dynamic approach was proposed under the 2020 French environmental regulation (RE2020). This shift in methodology opens the debate on the shortcomings of static LCA that can be overcome through a
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Editorial: why a practical guide to rooftop vegetable gardens?
Historically, agriculture has forged our societies, in terms of both their social and spatial organisation. While the development of agriculture has led to sedentarisation and so the establishment of cities, the urban
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