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Research article
Published: 07 April 2021 in Environmental Science & Technology
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China’s rapid growth was fueled by investments that grew more than 10-fold since 1995. Little is known about how the capital assets acquired, while being used in productive processes for years or decades, satisfy global final consumption of goods and services, or how the resource use and emissions that occurred during capital formation are attributable to past or future consumption. Here, enabled by a new global model of capital formation and use, we quantify the linkages over the past 2 decades and into the future between six environmental pressures (EPs) associated with China’s capital formation and attributable to Chinese as well as non-Chinese consumption. We show that only 35% of the capital assets acquired by China from 1995 to 2015, representing 32–39% of the associated EPs (e.g., water consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and metal ore extractions), have been depreciated, while the majority rest will serve future production and consumption. The outsourcing of capital services and the associated EPs are considerable, ranging from 14 to 25% of depending on the EP indicators. Without accounting for the capital–final consumption linkages across time and space, one would miscalculate China’s environmental footprints related to the six EPs by big margins, from −61% to +114%.

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Quanliang Ye; Edgar G. Hertwich; Maarten S. Krol; David Font Vivanco; Amanda W. Lounsbury; Xinzhu Zheng; Arjen Y. Hoekstra; Yutao Wang; Ranran Wang. Linking the Environmental Pressures of China’s Capital Development to Global Final Consumption of the Past Decades and into the Future. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55, 6421 -6429.

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Quanliang Ye, Edgar G. Hertwich, Maarten S. Krol, David Font Vivanco, Amanda W. Lounsbury, Xinzhu Zheng, Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Yutao Wang, Ranran Wang. Linking the Environmental Pressures of China’s Capital Development to Global Final Consumption of the Past Decades and into the Future. Environmental Science & Technology. 2021; 55 (9):6421-6429.

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Quanliang Ye; Edgar G. Hertwich; Maarten S. Krol; David Font Vivanco; Amanda W. Lounsbury; Xinzhu Zheng; Arjen Y. Hoekstra; Yutao Wang; Ranran Wang. 2021. "Linking the Environmental Pressures of China’s Capital Development to Global Final Consumption of the Past Decades and into the Future." Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 9: 6421-6429.

Research and analysis
Published: 21 November 2018 in Journal of Industrial Ecology
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Prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) needs to deal with the large epistemological uncertainty about the future to support more robust future environmental impact assessments of technologies. This study proposes a novel approach that systematically changes the background processes in a prospective LCA based on scenarios of an integrated assessment model (IAM), the IMAGE model. Consistent worldwide scenarios from IMAGE are evaluated in the life cycle inventory using ecoinvent v3.3. To test the approach, only the electricity sector was changed in a prospective LCA of an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) and an electric vehicle (EV) using six baseline and mitigation climate scenarios until 2050. This case study shows that changes in the electricity background can be very important for the environmental impacts of EV. Also, the approach demonstrates that the relative environmental performance of EV and ICEV over time is more complex and multifaceted than previously assumed. Uncertainty due to future developments manifests in different impacts depending on the product (EV or ICEV), the impact category, and the scenario and year considered. More robust prospective LCAs can be achieved, particularly for emerging technologies, by expanding this approach to other economic sectors beyond electricity background changes and mobility applications as well as by including uncertainty and changes in foreground parameters. A more systematic and structured composition of future inventory databases driven by IAM scenarios helps to acknowledge epistemological uncertainty and to increase the temporal consistency of foreground and background systems in LCAs of emerging technologies.

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Angelica Mendoza Beltran; Brian Cox; Chris Mutel; Detlef P. Van Vuuren; David Font Vivanco; Sebastiaan Deetman; Oreane Y. Edelenbosch; Jeroen Guinée; Arnold Tukker. When the Background Matters: Using Scenarios from Integrated Assessment Models in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2018, 24, 64 -79.

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Angelica Mendoza Beltran, Brian Cox, Chris Mutel, Detlef P. Van Vuuren, David Font Vivanco, Sebastiaan Deetman, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Jeroen Guinée, Arnold Tukker. When the Background Matters: Using Scenarios from Integrated Assessment Models in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2018; 24 (1):64-79.

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Angelica Mendoza Beltran; Brian Cox; Chris Mutel; Detlef P. Van Vuuren; David Font Vivanco; Sebastiaan Deetman; Oreane Y. Edelenbosch; Jeroen Guinée; Arnold Tukker. 2018. "When the Background Matters: Using Scenarios from Integrated Assessment Models in Prospective Life Cycle Assessment." Journal of Industrial Ecology 24, no. 1: 64-79.

Forum
Published: 28 June 2018 in Journal of Industrial Ecology
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The emergence of increasingly complex data in industrial ecology (IE) has caused scholarly interest in interactive visualization (IV). IV allows users to interact with data, aiding in processing and interpreting complex datasets, processes, and simulations. Consequently, IV can help IE practitioners communicate the complexities of their methods and results, shed light on the underlying research assumptions, and enable more transparent monitoring of data quality and error. This can significantly increase the reach and impact of research, promote transparency, reproducibility, and open science, as well as improve the clarity and presentation of IE research. A review of current IV applications reveals that, while data exploration has received some attention among IE practitioners, IV applications in scientific communication are clearly lacking. With the help of a working example, we explore the value of IV, discuss its operationalization, and highlight challenges that the IE community must face during IV uptake. Such challenges include technical and knowledge limitations, limits on user interaction, and implementation strategies. With these challenges in mind, we outline key aspects needed to lift the IE field to the forefront of scientific communication in the coming years. Among these, we draft the basic principles of a “Hub for Interactive Visualization in Industrial Ecology” (HIVE), a point of encounter where IE practitioners could find an array of data visualization tools that are geared toward IE datasets. IV is here to stay, and its inceptive stage presents many opportunities to IE practitioners to shape its operationalization and benefit from early adoption.

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David Font Vivanco; Paul Hoekman; Tomer Fishman; Stefan Pauliuk; Sidney Niccolson; Chris Davis; Tamar Makov; Edgar Hertwich. Interactive Visualization and Industrial Ecology: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2018, 23, 520 -531.

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David Font Vivanco, Paul Hoekman, Tomer Fishman, Stefan Pauliuk, Sidney Niccolson, Chris Davis, Tamar Makov, Edgar Hertwich. Interactive Visualization and Industrial Ecology: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2018; 23 (3):520-531.

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David Font Vivanco; Paul Hoekman; Tomer Fishman; Stefan Pauliuk; Sidney Niccolson; Chris Davis; Tamar Makov; Edgar Hertwich. 2018. "Interactive Visualization and Industrial Ecology: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities." Journal of Industrial Ecology 23, no. 3: 520-531.

Review
Published: 14 June 2018 in Sustainability
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Increasing demand for resources has been met with a new wave of resource efficiency policies worldwide. Such policies are, however, vulnerable to rebound effects when increased resource efficiency leads to additional resource use via behavioural and systemic responses. Yet, the implications of policy-induced rebounds are mostly unknown since most studies have focused on costless and exogenous efficiency improvements that are not linked to any specific policy intervention. After reviewing the literature, we provide guidance for the analysis of policy-induced rebounds. With regards to scope and method design, we highlight the untapped potential of life cycle assessment (to capture trade-offs between life cycle stages and environmental pressures) and macro-economic modelling (to reveal economic consequences beyond supply chain effects). We also find striking asymmetries in research efforts, leaving knowledge gaps for key resource efficiency strategies targeting, among others, materials, water, land, biodiversity, and waste. Lastly, rebound effects generally focus on a single resource, usually energy, and much is ignored about their implications in the context of resource interlinkages. A better understanding of such cross-resource rebounds is key to design and to assess the effectiveness of emerging policy paradigms such as the resource nexus and the sustainable development goals.

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David Font Vivanco; Serenella Sala; Will McDowall. Roadmap to Rebound: How to Address Rebound Effects from Resource Efficiency Policy. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2009 .

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David Font Vivanco, Serenella Sala, Will McDowall. Roadmap to Rebound: How to Address Rebound Effects from Resource Efficiency Policy. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):2009.

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David Font Vivanco; Serenella Sala; Will McDowall. 2018. "Roadmap to Rebound: How to Address Rebound Effects from Resource Efficiency Policy." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 2009.

Original research article
Published: 09 May 2018 in Frontiers in Energy Research
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The environmental benefits of the circular economy (CE) are often taken for granted. There are, however, reasons to believe that rebound effects may counteract such benefits by increasing overall consumption or “growing the pie.” In this study, we focus on two main rebound mechanisms: (1) imperfect substitution between “re-circulated” (recycled, reused, etc.) and new products and (2) re-spending due to economic savings. We use the case study of smartphone reuse in the US to quantify, for the first time, rebound effects from reuse. Using a combination of life cycle assessment, sales statistics, consumer surveying, consumer demand modeling, and environmentally-extended input-output analysis, we quantify the magnitude of this rebound effect for life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions. We find a rebound effect of 29% on average, with a range of 27–46% for specific smartphone models. Moreover, when exploring how rebound might play out in other regions and under different consumer behavior patterns, we find that rebound effects could be higher than 100% (backfire effect). In other words, we estimate that about one third, and potentially the entirety, of emission savings resulting from smartphone reuse could be lost due to the rebound effect. Our results thus suggest that there are grounds to challenge the premise that CE strategies, and reuse in particular, always reduce environmental burdens.

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Tamar Makov; David Font Vivanco. Does the Circular Economy Grow the Pie? The Case of Rebound Effects From Smartphone Reuse. Frontiers in Energy Research 2018, 6, 1 .

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Tamar Makov, David Font Vivanco. Does the Circular Economy Grow the Pie? The Case of Rebound Effects From Smartphone Reuse. Frontiers in Energy Research. 2018; 6 ():1.

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Tamar Makov; David Font Vivanco. 2018. "Does the Circular Economy Grow the Pie? The Case of Rebound Effects From Smartphone Reuse." Frontiers in Energy Research 6, no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 06 February 2018 in Environmental Science & Technology
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Interpretation of comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results can be challenging in the presence of uncertainty. To aid in interpreting such results under the goal of any comparative LCA, we aim to provide guidance to practitioners by gaining insights into uncertainty-statistics methods (USMs). We review five USMs—discernibility analysis, impact category relevance, overlap area of probability distributions, null hypothesis significance testing (NHST), and modified NHST–and provide a common notation, terminology, and calculation platform. We further cross-compare all USMs by applying them to a case study on electric cars. USMs belong to a confirmatory or an exploratory statistics’ branch, each serving different purposes to practitioners. Results highlight that common uncertainties and the magnitude of differences per impact are key in offering reliable insights. Common uncertainties are particularly important as disregarding them can lead to incorrect recommendations. On the basis of these considerations, we recommend the modified NHST as a confirmatory USM. We also recommend discernibility analysis as an exploratory USM along with recommendations for its improvement, as it disregards the magnitude of the differences. While further research is necessary to support our conclusions, the results and supporting material provided can help LCA practitioners in delivering a more robust basis for decision-making.

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Angelica Mendoza Beltran; Valentina Prado; David Font Vivanco; Patrik J. G. Henriksson; Jeroen B. Guinée; Reinout Heijungs. Quantified Uncertainties in Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: What Can Be Concluded? Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52, 2152 -2161.

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Angelica Mendoza Beltran, Valentina Prado, David Font Vivanco, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Jeroen B. Guinée, Reinout Heijungs. Quantified Uncertainties in Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: What Can Be Concluded? Environmental Science & Technology. 2018; 52 (4):2152-2161.

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Angelica Mendoza Beltran; Valentina Prado; David Font Vivanco; Patrik J. G. Henriksson; Jeroen B. Guinée; Reinout Heijungs. 2018. "Quantified Uncertainties in Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: What Can Be Concluded?" Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 4: 2152-2161.

Journal article
Published: 27 January 2018 in Journal of Industrial Ecology
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In response to the unprecedented decline in global natural resource endowments, the so-called nexus framework is gaining increasing influence on resource management practices. In this research, we approach the resource nexus through the concept of nexus pathways. Nexus pathways are configurations that resource flows follow along supply chains leading to the combined use of two or more resources. Three general types of pathways are identified: direct (on-site use), dependent (one-way supply chains), and interdependent (supply-chain feedbacks). We quantify and compare each pathway by means of multiregional input-output analysis and structural path analysis, and apply this approach to a comparative case study on the water-energy nexus (WEN) in the United States and China. Interdependencies or feedbacks are generally thought to be relevant for the WEN, especially between water and energy sectors. Our economy-wide analysis for both countries indicates, however, that feedbacks neither play an important role in the WEN nor substantially take place between water and energy sectors. The most important feedbacks contribute to less than 1% of total resource use, and these take place mostly between manufacturing sectors. Overall, the studied WEN is mostly driven by dependent pathways and, to a lesser degree, direct resource use. Comparative differences between the two countries are largely explained by differences in economic structure, technology, and resource endowments. Our findings call into question current research and policy focus and suggest greater attention to less complex, but more determining, pathways leading to absolute resource use.

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David Font Vivanco; Ranran Wang; Sebastiaan Deetman; Edgar Hertwich. Unraveling the Nexus: Exploring the Pathways to Combined Resource Use. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2018, 23, 241 -252.

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David Font Vivanco, Ranran Wang, Sebastiaan Deetman, Edgar Hertwich. Unraveling the Nexus: Exploring the Pathways to Combined Resource Use. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2018; 23 (1):241-252.

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David Font Vivanco; Ranran Wang; Sebastiaan Deetman; Edgar Hertwich. 2018. "Unraveling the Nexus: Exploring the Pathways to Combined Resource Use." Journal of Industrial Ecology 23, no. 1: 241-252.

Book chapter
Published: 14 December 2017 in Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus
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Arnold Tukker; David Font Vivanco. Input–output analysis and resource nexus assessment. Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus 2017, 105 -128.

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Arnold Tukker, David Font Vivanco. Input–output analysis and resource nexus assessment. Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus. 2017; ():105-128.

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Arnold Tukker; David Font Vivanco. 2017. "Input–output analysis and resource nexus assessment." Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus , no. : 105-128.

Journal article
Published: 11 December 2017 in Journal of Industrial Ecology
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The limited access to natural resources is a major constraint for sustainability at various spatial scales. This challenge has sparked scholarly interest in the linkages or nexus between resources, with a view to helping anticipate unforeseen consequences, identify trade-offs and co-benefits, and find optimal solutions. Yet, despite decades of research, limitations in the scope and focus of studies remain. Recently constructed multiregional input-output (MRIO) databases, which cover the global economy and its use of resources in unprecedented detail, allow systematically investigation of resource use by production as well as consumption processes at various levels and garner new insights into global resource nexus (GRN) issues. This article addresses the question of how to prioritize such issues. Using the MRIO database, EXIOBASE, we address the GRN considering five key resources: blue water, primary energy, land, metal ores, and minerals. We propose a metric of nexus strength, which relies on linear goal programming to rank industries and products based on its associated combined resource use and various weighting schemes. Our results validate current research efforts by identifying water, energy, and land as the strongest linkages globally and at all scales and, at the same time, lead to novel findings into the GRN, in that (1) it appears stronger and more complex from the consumption perspective, (2) metals and minerals emerge as critical, yet undervalued, components, and (3) it manifests with a considerable diversity across countries owing to differences in the economic structure, domestic policy, technology, and resource endowments.

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David Font Vivanco; Ranran Wang; Edgar Hertwich. Nexus Strength: A Novel Metric for Assessing the Global Resource Nexus. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2017, 22, 1473 -1486.

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David Font Vivanco, Ranran Wang, Edgar Hertwich. Nexus Strength: A Novel Metric for Assessing the Global Resource Nexus. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2017; 22 (6):1473-1486.

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David Font Vivanco; Ranran Wang; Edgar Hertwich. 2017. "Nexus Strength: A Novel Metric for Assessing the Global Resource Nexus." Journal of Industrial Ecology 22, no. 6: 1473-1486.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2017 in Ecological Indicators
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David Font Vivanco; Benjamin Sprecher; Edgar Hertwich. Scarcity-weighted global land and metal footprints. Ecological Indicators 2017, 83, 323 -327.

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David Font Vivanco, Benjamin Sprecher, Edgar Hertwich. Scarcity-weighted global land and metal footprints. Ecological Indicators. 2017; 83 ():323-327.

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David Font Vivanco; Benjamin Sprecher; Edgar Hertwich. 2017. "Scarcity-weighted global land and metal footprints." Ecological Indicators 83, no. : 323-327.

Research article
Published: 14 August 2017 in Environmental Science & Technology
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Human health and economic prosperity are vulnerable to freshwater shortage in many parts of the world. Despite a growing literature that examines the freshwater vulnerability in various spatiotemporal contexts, existing knowledge has been conventionally constrained by a territorial perspective. On the basis of spatial analyses of monthly water and electricity flows across 2110 watersheds and three interconnected power systems, this study investigates the water-electricity nexus (WEN)’s transboundary effects on freshwater vulnerability in the continental United States in 2014. The effects are shown to be considerable and heterogeneous across time and space. For at least one month a year, 58 million people living in water-abundant watersheds were exposed to additional freshwater vulnerability by relying on electricity generated by freshwater-cooled thermal energy conversion cycles in highly stressed watersheds; for 72 million people living in highly stressed watersheds, their freshwater vulnerability was mitigated by using imported electricity generated in water-abundant watersheds or power plants running dry cooling or using nonfreshwater for cooling purposes. On the country scale, the mitigation effects were the most significant during September and October, while the additional freshwater vulnerability was more significant in February, March, and December. Due to the WEN’s transboundary effects, overall, the freshwater vulnerability was slightly worsened within the Eastern Interconnection, substantially improved within the Western Interconnection, and least affected within the ERCOT Interconnection.

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Ranran Wang; Julie B. Zimmerman; Chunyan Wang; David Font Vivanco; Edgar G. Hertwich. Freshwater Vulnerability beyond Local Water Stress: Heterogeneous Effects of Water-Electricity Nexus Across the Continental United States. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51, 9899 -9910.

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Ranran Wang, Julie B. Zimmerman, Chunyan Wang, David Font Vivanco, Edgar G. Hertwich. Freshwater Vulnerability beyond Local Water Stress: Heterogeneous Effects of Water-Electricity Nexus Across the Continental United States. Environmental Science & Technology. 2017; 51 (17):9899-9910.

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Ranran Wang; Julie B. Zimmerman; Chunyan Wang; David Font Vivanco; Edgar G. Hertwich. 2017. "Freshwater Vulnerability beyond Local Water Stress: Heterogeneous Effects of Water-Electricity Nexus Across the Continental United States." Environmental Science & Technology 51, no. 17: 9899-9910.

Book review
Published: 10 March 2017 in Transport Reviews
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David Font Vivanco. Rethinking climate and energy policies: new perspectives on the rebound phenomenon. Transport Reviews 2017, 37, 810 -813.

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David Font Vivanco. Rethinking climate and energy policies: new perspectives on the rebound phenomenon. Transport Reviews. 2017; 37 (6):810-813.

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David Font Vivanco. 2017. "Rethinking climate and energy policies: new perspectives on the rebound phenomenon." Transport Reviews 37, no. 6: 810-813.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Ecological Economics
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Jaume Freire-Gonzalez; David Font Vivanco; Ignasi Puig-Ventosa. Economic structure and energy savings from energy efficiency in households. Ecological Economics 2017, 131, 12 -20.

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Jaume Freire-Gonzalez, David Font Vivanco, Ignasi Puig-Ventosa. Economic structure and energy savings from energy efficiency in households. Ecological Economics. 2017; 131 ():12-20.

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Jaume Freire-Gonzalez; David Font Vivanco; Ignasi Puig-Ventosa. 2017. "Economic structure and energy savings from energy efficiency in households." Ecological Economics 131, no. : 12-20.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Waste Management
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The environmental evaluation of food waste prevention is considered a challenging task due to the globalised nature of the food supply chain and the limitations of existing evaluation tools. The most significant of these is the rebound effect: the associated environmental burdens of substitutive consumption that arises as a result of economic savings made from food waste prevention. This study introduces a holistic approach to addressing these challenges, with a focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from household food waste in the UK. It uses a hybrid life-cycle assessment model coupled with a highly detailed multi-regional environmentally extended input output analysis to capture environmental impacts across the global food supply chain. The study also takes into consideration the rebound effect, which was modelled using a linear specification of an almost ideal demand system. The study finds that food waste prevention could lead to substantial reductions in GHG emissions in the order of 706-896kg CO2-eq. per tonne of food waste, with most of these savings (78%) occurring as a result of avoided food production overseas. The rebound effect may however reduce such GHG savings by up to 80%. These findings provide a deeper insight into our understanding of the environmental impacts of food waste prevention: the study demonstrates the need to adopt a holistic approach when developing food waste prevention policies in order to mitigate the rebound effect and highlight the importance of increasing efficiency across the global food supply chain, particularly in developing countries.

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Ramy Salemdeeb; David Font Vivanco; Abir Al-Tabbaa; Erasmus Klaus Helge Justus zu Ermgassen. A holistic approach to the environmental evaluation of food waste prevention. Waste Management 2017, 59, 442 -450.

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Ramy Salemdeeb, David Font Vivanco, Abir Al-Tabbaa, Erasmus Klaus Helge Justus zu Ermgassen. A holistic approach to the environmental evaluation of food waste prevention. Waste Management. 2017; 59 ():442-450.

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Ramy Salemdeeb; David Font Vivanco; Abir Al-Tabbaa; Erasmus Klaus Helge Justus zu Ermgassen. 2017. "A holistic approach to the environmental evaluation of food waste prevention." Waste Management 59, no. : 442-450.

Research article
Published: 30 September 2016 in Environmental Science & Technology
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Improvements in resource efficiency often underperform because of rebound effects. Calculations of the size of rebound effects are subject to various types of bias, among which methodological choices have received particular attention. Modellers have primarily focused on choices related to changes in demand, however, choices related to modeling the environmental burdens from such changes have received less attention. In this study, we analyze choices in the environmental assessment methods (life cycle assessment (LCA) and hybrid LCA) and environmental input–output databases (E3IOT, Exiobase and WIOD) used as a source of bias. The analysis is done for a case study on battery electric and hydrogen cars in Europe. The results describe moderate rebound effects for both technologies in the short term. Additionally, long-run scenarios are calculated by simulating the total cost of ownership, which describe notable rebound effect sizes—from 26 to 59% and from 18 to 28%, respectively, depending on the methodological choices—with favorable economic conditions. Relevant sources of bias are found to be related to incomplete background systems, technology assumptions and sectorial aggregation. These findings highlight the importance of the method setup and of sensitivity analyses of choices related to environmental modeling in rebound effect assessments.

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David Font Vivanco; Arnold Tukker; René Kemp. Do Methodological Choices in Environmental Modeling Bias Rebound Effects? A Case Study on Electric Cars. Environmental Science & Technology 2016, 50, 11366 -11376.

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David Font Vivanco, Arnold Tukker, René Kemp. Do Methodological Choices in Environmental Modeling Bias Rebound Effects? A Case Study on Electric Cars. Environmental Science & Technology. 2016; 50 (20):11366-11376.

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David Font Vivanco; Arnold Tukker; René Kemp. 2016. "Do Methodological Choices in Environmental Modeling Bias Rebound Effects? A Case Study on Electric Cars." Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 20: 11366-11376.

Journal article
Published: 01 July 2016 in Energy Policy
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Policy makers and environmental agencies have echoed concerns brought forward by academics about the need to address the rebound effect for achieving absolute energy and environmental decoupling. However, such concerns have generally not been translated into tangible policy action. The reasons behind this inaction are not fully understood, and much remains unknown about the status of the rebound effect issue on the policy agenda and policy pathways available. Such knowledge gaps may hamper the development of effective policies to address this issue. In this paper, we examine the extent to and ways in which the rebound effect is considered in policy documents and analyse thirteen specific policy pathways for rebound mitigation. The effectiveness of the pathways is scrutinised and conclusions are offered to mitigate rebound effects. The main policy conclusions of the paper are that an appropriate policy design and policy mix are key to avoiding undesired outcomes, such as the creation of additional rebound effects and environmental trade-offs. From the discussion, economy-wide cap-and-trade systems as well as energy and carbon taxes, when designed appropriately, emerge as the most effective policies in setting a ceiling for emissions and addressing energy use across the economy.

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David Font Vivanco; René Kemp; Ester van der Voet. How to deal with the rebound effect? A policy-oriented approach. Energy Policy 2016, 94, 114 -125.

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David Font Vivanco, René Kemp, Ester van der Voet. How to deal with the rebound effect? A policy-oriented approach. Energy Policy. 2016; 94 ():114-125.

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David Font Vivanco; René Kemp; Ester van der Voet. 2016. "How to deal with the rebound effect? A policy-oriented approach." Energy Policy 94, no. : 114-125.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2016 in Ecological Economics
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The study of the so-called rebound effect has traditionally pertained to the domain of neoclassical energy economics. In recent years, other disciplines have applied this concept in the context of the environmental assessment of products and policies, and multiple perspectives have unfolded more or less in parallel. Among these, the environmental rebound effect (ERE) perspective, focused on efficiency changes and indicators that go beyond energy to multiple environmental issues, has remained relatively unnoticed. This article thus asks the following questions: What are the foundational aspects of the ERE and how these relate to other perspectives? Are there irreconcilable differences between perspectives? And what is the value of the ERE towards a general framework? We map the fundamental ideas behind the ERE and find that the lack of articulation has resulted in inconsistent usage and lack of clarity. We also argue that the ERE offers many valuable insights for rebound assessment, such as the study of broader efficiency changes and of innovations aimed at tackling multiple environmental issues. Perhaps most importantly, the ERE helps bringing together the existing rebound perspectives, as its application shows that it is both possible and valuable to articulate broader definitions for the rebound effect.

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David Font Vivanco; William McDowall; Jaume Freire-González; René Kemp; Ester van der Voet. The foundations of the environmental rebound effect and its contribution towards a general framework. Ecological Economics 2016, 125, 60 -69.

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David Font Vivanco, William McDowall, Jaume Freire-González, René Kemp, Ester van der Voet. The foundations of the environmental rebound effect and its contribution towards a general framework. Ecological Economics. 2016; 125 ():60-69.

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David Font Vivanco; William McDowall; Jaume Freire-González; René Kemp; Ester van der Voet. 2016. "The foundations of the environmental rebound effect and its contribution towards a general framework." Ecological Economics 125, no. : 60-69.

Journal article
Published: 08 February 2016 in Energy Efficiency
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The energy-related CO2 emissions in China have increased dramatically from 3384 to 8333 × 106 t during the last decade. To interpret these drastic changes, we undertake a structural decomposition analysis to decompose the changes in CO2 emissions from 1997 to 2010 into the following six driving forces: emission coefficient, energy intensity, Leontief, sectoral structure, demand allocation (the shares of consumption, investments, and exports in final demand), and final demand effects. The results show that declines in energy intensity had a decrease impact on CO2 emissions during the studied period. Changes in the relative importance of intermediate production in total output (the Leontief effect) contributed to decrease CO2 emissions in the 2000–2002 period and to increase emissions in the other periods. The most important driver behind the steady increase in CO2 emissions is the large increase in final demand. A further analysis at the sectoral level revealed differences and fluctuations between sectors. Energy intensity fell most strongly in the electric power sector and the coking, gas, and petroleum production sector (two energy-intensive sectors). The shift toward exports and investment increased CO2 emissions (demand allocation effect). Part of the increases in CO2 emissions thus stem from production activities for consumption activities elsewhere.

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Hongguang Nie; René Kemp; David Font Vivanco; Véronique Vasseur. Structural decomposition analysis of energy-related CO2 emissions in China from 1997 to 2010. Energy Efficiency 2016, 9, 1351 -1367.

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Hongguang Nie, René Kemp, David Font Vivanco, Véronique Vasseur. Structural decomposition analysis of energy-related CO2 emissions in China from 1997 to 2010. Energy Efficiency. 2016; 9 (6):1351-1367.

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Hongguang Nie; René Kemp; David Font Vivanco; Véronique Vasseur. 2016. "Structural decomposition analysis of energy-related CO2 emissions in China from 1997 to 2010." Energy Efficiency 9, no. 6: 1351-1367.

Journal article
Published: 01 August 2015 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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The term eco-innovation has been coined to label those innovations expected to reduce the life cycle environmental burdens resulting from their use. Claims of environmental superiority are usually supported by technology-oriented analyses, such as product-level life cycle assessment. However, the environmental superiority of an innovation depends not only on its technical characteristics but also on technology-demand interactions. In this article, such interactions are incorporated through the concept of the environmental rebound effect. Using the Dynamic IPAT-Life cycle assessment with Environmental Rebound effect or DILER model, environmental superiority claims of seven alleged transport eco-innovations were evaluated by comparing alternative macro-level scenarios (with and without innovation) for Europe. The results support the claims of environmental superiority of only three out of seven studied innovations. That is, a majority of innovations actually induced increases in various environmental pressures. Such increases can be attributed mostly to the influence of generally noteworthy environmental rebound effects. The magnitude of the rebound effect is found to be highly correlated with two variables: the total change in effective income resulting from the use of the innovation and the difference between the environmental pressures per monetary unit of the studied innovations and that of the rest of consumption. The article contributes to the literature by (a) applying a comprehensive approach to the rebound effect and its relationship with the eco-innovation concept, (b) by calculating original rebound estimates of specific transport innovations and assessing these in absolute terms, as well as by (c) obtaining novel insights into the drivers behind the rebound effect. The counterintuitive results of this study also invite to re-assess the use of technology-oriented tools for guiding environmental policy. Other policy implications of this study relate to the relevance of transport cost differences, the targeted promotion of actual eco-innovations and its combination with broader policies as well as the achievement of higher quality mobility

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David Font Vivanco; René Kemp; Ester van der Voet. The relativity of eco-innovation: environmental rebound effects from past transport innovations in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production 2015, 101, 71 -85.

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David Font Vivanco, René Kemp, Ester van der Voet. The relativity of eco-innovation: environmental rebound effects from past transport innovations in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2015; 101 ():71-85.

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David Font Vivanco; René Kemp; Ester van der Voet. 2015. "The relativity of eco-innovation: environmental rebound effects from past transport innovations in Europe." Journal of Cleaner Production 101, no. : 71-85.

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Published: 10 October 2014 in Environmental Science & Technology
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This article presents a stepwise, refined, and practical analytical framework to model the microeconomic environmental rebound effect (ERE) stemming from cost differences of electric cars in terms of changes in multiple life cycle environmental indicators. The analytical framework is based on marginal consumption analysis and hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA). The article makes a novel contribution through a reinterpretation of the traditional rebound effect and methodological refinements. It also provides novel empirical results about the ERE for plug-in hybrid electric (PHE), full-battery electric (FBE), and hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) cars for Europe. The ERE is found to have a remarkable impact on product-level environmental scores. For the PHE car, the ERE causes a marginal increase in demand and environmental pressures due to a small decrease in the cost of using this technology. For FBE and HFC cars, the high capital costs cause a noteworthy decrease in environmental pressures for some indicators (negative rebound effect). The results corroborate the concern over the high influence of cost differences for environmental assessment, and they prompt sustainable consumption policies to consider markets and prices as tools rather than as an immutable background.

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David Font Vivanco; Jaume Freire-González; René Kemp; Ester Van Der Voet. The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach. Environmental Science & Technology 2014, 48, 12063 -12072.

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David Font Vivanco, Jaume Freire-González, René Kemp, Ester Van Der Voet. The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach. Environmental Science & Technology. 2014; 48 (20):12063-12072.

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David Font Vivanco; Jaume Freire-González; René Kemp; Ester Van Der Voet. 2014. "The Remarkable Environmental Rebound Effect of Electric Cars: A Microeconomic Approach." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 20: 12063-12072.