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Project BioMates
Runtime 10/2016 – 03/2022
The four-year project aims at manufacturing intermediate products made from wood-like or stalk-like non-food biomass, e.g. from agricultural residues and perennial grasses, which are suitable for...
moreProject (Bulk) purchase of bio-based plastic products in the public and entrepreneurial sectors – criteria, selection, incentives
Runtime 09/2016 – 08/2018
The project explores the potential to implement the instrument of ‘sustainable and innovative procurement’ for bio-based plastics, or to enable implementation to facilitate market launch.
morePublication Produkte aus biobasierten Kunststoffen im öffentlichen und unternehmerischen (Groß-)Einkauf - Kriterien, Auswahl, Anreize
Projektbeschreibung
Year:
2016
Project Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Tetra Pak® carton packages and alternative packaging systems for liquid food on the Nordic market
Runtime 05/2016 – 04/2017
The LCA of Tetra Pak carton packages and alternative packagings on the Nordic market aims to provide an up-to date knowledge regarding the environmental performance of carton packages and alternative...
moreProject Bio-based plastics for foodstuff packaging
Runtime 04/2016 – 04/2018
The study "Bio-Based plastics for foodstuff packaging", commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture and carried out by ifeu in collaboration with the Fraunhofer-Institut für...
morePublication LCA of perennial grasses
Biobased Future, No. 5, p. 20, 2016
Authors:
Nils Rettenmaier,
Tobias Schmidt
Year:
2016
Publication Life Cycle Assessment of Bioenergy and Bio-Based Products from Perennial Grasses Cultivated on Marginal Land in the Mediterranean Region
BioEnergy Research, Special Issue on Optimization of Perennial Grasses for Biomass Production in the Mediterranean Area, Vol. 8(1), pp. 1548-1561, Springer, 2015
Agricultural systems in the Mediterranean region are increasingly getting under pressure due to both global warming and the aggravating competition for agricultural land. Perennial…
Authors:
Tobias Schmidt,
Ana Luisa Fernando,
Andrea Monti,
Nils Rettenmaier
Year:
2015
Publication Life cycle assessment of bioenergy and bio-based products from perennial grasses cultivated on marginal land
OPTIMA project reports, supported by the EU’s FP7 under GA No. 289642, ifeu, Heidelberg, Germany, 2015
Authors:
Nils Rettenmaier,
Sven Gärtner,
Heiko Keller,
Maria Müller-Lindenlauf,
Guido Reinhardt,
Tobias Schmidt,
Achim Schorb
Year:
2015
Publication Integrated sustainability assessment of bioenergy and bio-based products from perennial grasses cultivated on marginal land
OPTIMA project reports, supported by the EU’s FP7 under GA No. 289642, ifeu, Heidelberg, Germany, 2015
Authors:
Heiko Keller,
Nils Rettenmaier,
Guido Reinhardt
Year:
2015
Publication Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment – A practical approach applied to biorefineries
Applied Energy, Vol. 154, pp. 1072–1081
Politics and industry increasingly request comprehensive ex-ante decision support from a sustainability perspective in complex strategic decision situations. Several approaches…
Authors:
Heiko Keller,
Nils Rettenmaier,
Guido Reinhardt
Year:
2015
Topics
- Energy 481
- Methods & Tools 7
- Mobility 227
- Nutritional transition 103
- Resources 219
- Industry and products 108
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Biomass
335
- Bioenergy 171
- Biobased materials 94
- Land use 141
- International Cooperation (Biomass and food) 8