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This work deals with the preliminary design of glass containers to be deposited on the seabed at 2000 m depth after being filled with liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) at a pressure of 10 MPa. The specific purpose is to provide preliminary structural analyses of the containers to be employed in a novel patent CO2 storage method called confined submari...
We present an evolution of the Accelerated Weathering of Limestone (AWL) method to store CO2 in seawater in the form of bicarbonates. Buffered Accelerated Weathering of Limestone (BAWL) is designed to produce a buffered ionic solution, at seawater pH, which derives from the reaction between a CO2 stream and a powder of micron-sized calcium carbonat...
Proposals to increase ocean alkalinity may make an important contribution to meeting climate change net emission targets, while also helping to ameliorate the effects of ocean acidification. However, the practical feasibility of spreading large amounts of alkaline materials in the seawater is poorly understood. In this study, the potential of disch...
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It is now widely recognized that in order to reach the target of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels (as the objective of the Paris agreement), cutting the carbon emissions even at an unprecedented pace will not be sufficient, but there is the need for development and implementation of active Carbon Dioxide Removal...
In order to fulfill the European Union's climate and energy goals, the heating and cooling sector must cut its use of fossil fuels. Solid biomass can constitute an alternative to fossil fuels as a renewable and carbon-neutral source of energy but there are some aspects to biomass combustion in small-scale domestic appliances that can compromise the...
Notwithstanding the extensive media coverage of topics related to climate change, communication initiatives in open contradiction with the scientific understanding of climate change as a primarily anthropogenic phenomenon are still widespread. We focus here on a recent such initiative, which gained notoriety between the second half of 2019 and the...
Monitoraggio annuale del progresso verso gli obiettivi Agenda 2030 in Lombardia. Il goal 13 esamina il contesto climatico lombardo, alcune delle ripercussioni ambientali più rilevanti e la situazione delle emissioni regionali. Il capitolo si conclude con una rassegna degli strumenti di policy preposti al governo dei fenomeni di cambiamento climatic...
Climate change has historically been an evolutionary determinant for our species, affecting both hominin evolutionary innovations and extinction rates, and the early waves of migration and expansion outside Africa. Today Homo sapiens has turned itself into a major geological force, able to cause a biodiversity crisis comparable to previous mass ext...
This paper presents a novel climate mitigation action index to evaluate various aspects linked to the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAP), which define the carbon dioxide emission reduction targets and outline the key actions to achieve these at the municipal level.
A SEAP Implementation Index (SII) is developed and applied to...
This paper describes the potential application of a new patented technology for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in glass containers into the deep seabed (confined submarine carbon storage (CSCS)) to cement plants located in four different locations in the world. This technology is based on the bottling of liquid CO2 at high pressure inside caps...
A new process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, by combining commercial industrial technologies with ocean liming and CO2 storage, is presented. The process aims to overcome the limiting factors of other negative emission technologies (cost and energy requirements, potential competition for land and freshwater) while simultaneousl...
Il presente lavoro ha l’obiettivo di fornire indicazioni sui fattori di emissione da utilizzare per la predisposizione degli inventari dei gas serra negli Atenei italiani, relativamente a: i) consumi elettrici, ii) consumi di gas, iii) consumi di energia da teleriscaldamento, e iv) consumi di carburante per lo spostamento delle persone per recarsi...
Started in 2011, the “Città Studi Campus Sostenibile” project (CSCS), promoted by Politecnico di Milano and Università degli Studi di Milano, is aimed at turning the common university district in a model for quality of life and environmental sustainability. One of the topics of this project relates with transport and sustainable mobility.
La combustione di biomasse legnose in piccoli apparecchi domestici è oggi considerata una delle principali fonti di inquinanti tossici nel settore del riscaldamento civile. La comprensione dell'im-portanza di questa sorgente non è però diffusa nella popolazione, in quanto spesso la legna viene consi-derata un combustibile "ecologico". Il presente l...
Methane emission factors (g/GJ) were determined testing residential heating biomass appliances (6–11 kW) under real-world operating conditions. User behavior for manually load appliances was simulated following a loading scheme starting from the cold start conditions, followed by two nominal batches and a final batch either with the nominal load of...
This publication has been created by S.A.M.E. WORLD – Sustainability Awareness Mobilization Environment in the global education - an European project directed to schools, intending to convey knowledge and information oriented to acquire more competences and critical understanding of climate change, environmental justice and environmental migration....
Capita spesso, alla fine di una conferenza sui cambiamenti climatici, la richiesta di raccontare qualcosa di positivo, che possa infondere speranza e ottimismo sul futuro. Sembra emergere da una spinta liberatoria: e basta con le cattive notizie! Per questo porta sollievo, sui volti compaiono sorrisi, sguardi partecipi.
In questi tempi in cui l’ot...
La XXIII Conferenza della Parti della Convenzione quadro delle Nazioni Unite sul cambiamento climatico (COP23), che si è svolta a Bonn nel novembre 2017, ha prodotto un risultato utile e bilanciato, dimostrando come la spinta della COP21 di Parigi non si sia spenta. Nei lavori della COP23 si è messo a punto un percorso condiviso mirato a definire i...
Nell’ultimo decennio si è progressivamente consolidata la consapevolezza dell’importanza del ruolo dell’agricoltura, e in particolare dello stato di salute dei suoli, nelle strategie di contrasto del cambiamento climatico e di adattamento ai suoi effetti. I suoli agricoli, pur se soggetti a consistenti perdite di carbonio nel corso degli ultimi sec...
The paper describes the energy and environmental evaluation of a new patented process for the storage of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) in glass capsules on the deep seabed. This technology is proposed as a safe option to store CO2 captured from flue gas of industrial processes and power plants, as well as directly from the atmosphere, in order to ove...
The European Union has an important climate strategy composed of many Directives, Commission decisions, Regulations, White Papers, etc. all of which are aimed at adapting to climate change (to manage the unavoidable) and to mitigate climate change (to avoid the unmanageable). After having largely reached the target of the Kyoto Protocol for the per...
Global climate change is happening and an overwhelming majority of the scientific community consider the risk of climate change real and severe. The knowledge summary in Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC, 2014a), 1 provided new evidence of the reality of climate change, on the basis of many indepen...
Sono presentati i principali temi dell'Ac-cordo di Parigi sul clima e i principali risultati della COP22 che si è svolta a Marrakech nel novembre 2016. Viene delineata l'architettura di risposta globale ai problemi posti dai cambiamenti climatici, con un'analisi del testo dell'accordo di Parigi e dei succes-sivi accordi settoriali definiti in ambit...
“Global warming is here”, “il riscaldamento globale è qui”, queste le parole di James Hansen, uno dei più grandi climatologi viventi. Era l’estate del 1988, Washington era oppressa da una calura insolita, i termometri registravano da mesi dati record negli USA. La testimonianza di Hansen alla Commissione Ambiente ed Energia del Senato degli Stati U...
Two common types of wood (beech and fir) were burned in commercial pellet (11.1 kW) and wood (8.2 kW) stoves following a combustion cycle simulating the behavior of a real-world user. Ultrafine particulate matter (UFP, dp < 100 nm) was sampled with three parallel multistage impactors and analyzed for metals, main water soluble ions, anhydrosugars,...
This work analyzes the frequency of days characterized by daytime temperature inversion and air stagnation events in the Po valley area. The analysis is focused on both historical series and future projections under climate change. Historical sounding data from two different Italian stations are used as well as future projections data, provided by...
Il riscaldamento globale è ormai diventata la grande questione ambientale del XXI secolo; la comunità scientifica lo giudica inequivocabile e considera elevata la probabilità che in questo secolo la Terra dovrà fronteggiare cambiamenti climatici molto pericolosi per le persone e gli ecosistemi che la abitano. Eppure, ancora oggi trovano spazio tesi...
Per capire uno dei punti centrali dell’accordo di Parigi, gli “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” (INDC, “contributi promessi stabiliti a livello nazionale”), bisogna fare un passo indietro, alla Convenzione sul Clima firmata a Rio de Janeiro nel 1992 e alla COP15 di Copengahen.
Uno dei principi basiliari della Convenzione, definito all’a...
Il lavoro presenta una valutazione delle variazioni della frequenza delle inversioni termiche e degli eventi di stagnazione nel bacino padano nel periodo 1950-2100, unendo l’analisi delle variazioni storiche, ricavate sulla base dei dati osservati nelle stazioni di San Pietro Capofiume e Milano Linate, con i risultati delle proiezioni disponibili p...
The European Union relies largely on bioenergy to achieve its climate and energy targets for 2020 and beyond.We assess, using Attributional Life Cycle Assessment (A-LCA), the climate change mitigation potential of three bioenergy power plants fuelled by residual biomass compared to a fossil system based on the European power generation mix. We stud...
Il settore agricolo e della produzione di cibo è stato identificato come un settore responsabile di una quota importate di emissioni in atmosfera di gas climalteranti, quali biossido di carbonio (CO2), metano (CH4 ) e protossido di azoto (N2O). La quantificazione dell’entità di questo contributo non è univoca e precisa, in quanto dipende da diverse...
The European Union (EU) relies largely on bioenergy to achieve its climate and energy targets for 2020 and beyond. Special focus is placed on utilization of biomass residues, which are considered to cause low environmental impacts.
Si presenta una rassegna dei principali aspetti affrontati negli ultimi anni nella letteratura scientifica sul legame fra la produzione del cibo e i cambiamenti climatici, sia per quanto riguarda i possibili impatti delle variazioni climatiche già avvenute e previste per il futuro, sia per l’aiuto che le politiche e le misure nel settore della prod...
Sono presentati i risultati di una campagna sperimentale in cui sono state misurate le emissioni di apparecchi domestici di combustione di biomasse legnose, 4 ad alimentazione manuale (camino aperto, camino chiuso, stufa tradizionale e stufa avanzata) e 2 automatici a pellet. Gli apparecchi manuali sono stati testati utilizzando cicli di combustion...
Vediamo le immagini di enormi isole di rifiuti nel mezzo dell’oceano, di territori abbandonati perché con livelli di radiazioni eccessive. Quasi in diretta possiamo assistere alle ondate spinte dagli uragani che spazzano interi villaggi costieri e distruggono le capanne di povera gente. I dati dei satelliti ci mostrano la rapida scomparsa di forest...
È ampio il divario fra le azioni necessarie per evitare un surriscaldamento dannoso del pianeta e quelle decise per contrastarlo. Più passa il tempo più le visioni pessimiste acquistano motivazioni e argomenti validi. Per trasformare radicalmente in pochi decenni un sistema energetico e un rapporto predatorio verso le risorse del pianeta è necessar...
L’imponente sintesi dei dati e delle spiegazioni scientifiche offerte nei suoi rapporti
dall’Ipcc offre un quadro sempre più coerente, in cui nonostante le inevitabili incertezze su alcuni aspetti emergono diversi punti fermi.
Da più di dieci anni gli amministratori pubblici si trovano a discutere, in modo quasi sempre concitato, provvedimenti emergenziali contro l’inquinamento atmosferico. Blocchi del traffico totali, pomeridiani, domenicali, infrasettimanali, targhe alterne; limiti per i veicoli non catalizzati, Euro 1, 2 e 3; limiti alle velocità, Ecopass o Congestion...
Road transport is a major source of air pollution especially in cities. Detailed calculations are needed to support road transport emission inventories due to the variance of technologies and operating conditions encountered on the roads. The annual distance driven by cars in relation to their characteristics is an important variable in such calcul...
Three years of particle phase B(a)P air concentration measurements in 13 sites in Lombardy (Italy) and a detailed emission inventory at the municipal scale for the whole region were used to infer the contribution of different sources to B(a)P atmospheric levels. The analyses of the weekly and monthly profiles of B(a)P concentrations, the cluster an...
As reported by different emission inventories in the Lombardy region and in the Po Valley, residential wood combustions (RWC) is a relevant source of inhalable primary aerosols in the size range smaller than 10 microns (PM10). The IN.EM.AR. emission inventory (www.inemar.eu) shows that in Lombardy, during 2008, the residential heating sector has de...
This paper presents a methodology and its application for the compilation of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) emission inventories. The methodology consists of the estimation of EC and OC emissions from available total suspended particulate matter (TSP) emission inventory data using EC and OC abundances in TSP derived from an extensive...
Catastrofe, collasso, shock, default: parole che compaiono ogni giorno sui giornali e in televisione. È solo per catturare l’attenzione, dato che nulla vende meglio dell’ansia? O forse nella “narrazione” delle magnifiche sorti e progressive della nostra civiltà qualcosa non quadra?
Questo libro è un kit di sopravvivenza -brillante nella scrittura a...
This paper reports the estimation of the atmospheric emissions for heavy metals (Hg, As,
Cr, Cd, Ni e Pb) from different sources in Lombardy during 2008 basing on the methodologies described in the previous part (Marongiu et al., 2012).
The calculation is based on activity data (fuel consumption, industrial productions, etc.) collected in the frame...
This paper shows the methodology available for an atmospheric emissions inventory for heavy metals (Hg, As, Cr, Cd, Ni e Pb), the results available for different inventories realized at national an international level, as well as heavy metals emission trends in the last decades. Key sources of heavy metals emissions are industrial
combustions, in p...
A survey has been conducted across all MSW landfills with gas extraction system in the Lombardia Region (Italy) in order to collect data for an emission inventory assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the timeframe 1975-2008. The survey results identified a large number of landfills opened over the last 35 years and characterized by diffe...
The contribution of residential wood combustion (RWC) to emission inventory at local level was estimated using a bottom–up approach for the Lombardy Region of North Italy. A survey, based on the CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) method, has been undertaken through 18,000 interviews. The interviews had the objective to characterize the...
La tragedia del terremoto e dello tsunami che ha colpito il nord del Giappone, e i conseguenti danni alla centrale nucleare di Fukushima-I hanno ravvivato il dibattito sull’uso dell’energia da fissione nucleare. La gravità finale delle conseguenze non è ancora chiara, ma l’incidente sembra destinato a frenare le prospettive di sviluppo di questa op...
Il traffico veicolare legato al trasporto sia delle persone che delle merci rimane ancora oggi una delle principali fonti 'inquinamento atmosferico, in particolare nelle aree urbane.
Sebbene l'evoluzione della tecnologia abbia contributo negli ultimi decenni alla riduzione delle emissioni specifiche dei veicoli, la crescita del parco circolante e d...
This study focuses on the potential energetic and environmental impacts associated with the production of wheat grain-based bioethanol in Lombardia (Italy), with a "seed-to-wheel" approach (i.e. taking into account the production and use phase). Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) were estimated through the CML 2 baseline 2000 methodology counting the...
To avoid dramatic climate change, we need to significantly curb current emissions by using a set of mitigation actions. Many of such actions are already available and span from technological improvements (e.g. car efficiency), to natural sinks (forest preservation) or changes in individual and social behaviour (diet and transport). Unfortunately, n...
This paper analyzes and compares the environmental impacts of biomass combustion in small appliances such as domestic open fireplaces and stoves, and in two types of centralized combined heat and power plants, feeding district heating networks. The analysis is carried out following a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach. The expected savings of GHG...
L’umanità sta conducendo un esperimento pericoloso, che potrebbe cambiare significativamente le condizioni climatiche del pianeta per i prossimi millenni. Il pianeta non andrà a fuoco, ma il riscaldamento globale potrebbe creare grandi problemi alle generazioni future degli esseri umani e alle altre specie viventi.
Nelle faccende della scienza non...
“Una guerra di religione”, “una banale ideologia secolare”, “la più grande mistificazione degli ultimi 15 anni”, “pura speculazione metafisica sconfessata dai fatti reali”: questo è il livello degli argomenti di chi nega l’esistenza del riscaldamento globale. Sull’altro fronte, messaggi come “caos clima”, “clima impazzito”, “10 anni per fermare i d...
This study assesses and discusses the current and future contribution of road traffic to primary PM10 and PM10 main precursors (i.e. NO(x), SO(2), NH(3), VOC) in the Lombardy region (Italy). It defines a coherent and updated set of input parameters (emission factors, mileage and fleet composition) for traffic emission estimation between 1998 and 20...
A survey was carried out in 2006 in order to assess the importance of domestic wood use in Italy and its patterns of consumption, as wood combustion has been identified in the Italian emission inventory as an important source of primary PM10 emissions. The survey was finalised also to provide information on the types of wood-burning appliances in u...
A survey has been undertaken in order to define the contribution of wood combustion to do-mestic heating in Lombardy. 98.000 questionnaires have been sent to students of 386 middle schools. The analysis of the 33.000 questionnaires filled and the statistical elaborations performed have brought to an estimate of wood burning for the 3,9 million fami...
This work shows the estimates of atmospheric emissions in Lombardy (Italy) from fuel combustion, as assessed by the INEMAR Regional Inventory for the year 2003. Fuel use data elaborated in the inventory come both from data collected from the largest point sources of the region and from data found in different statistical databases. Emissions in atm...
Given the lack of reliable data on wood combustion for residential heating in Lombardy (Italy), a specific survey has been undertaken: 98.061 questionnaires have been sent by mail to students of 386 secondary schools; 32.993 students (33,6%) of 236 schools filled the questionnaires. Data concerning quantity and quality of wood use, type of combusti...
Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) in both air and soil samples were measured at three different sites in Italy, in proximity to three municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs) to determine baseline contamination and the contributory role of incinerator emissions. At the first site, located...
The results of an assessment study of both industrial and non-industrial dioxin and furan (PCDD/Fs) emissions in the Lombardy Region (Italy) are outlined below. The main data source refer to 1997, and are compiled from the Lombardy Emissions Inventory (developed under the framework of the Regional Air Quality Plan) together with documented emission...
Within the framework of the Regional Air Quality Plan (PRQA) of the Lombardy Region (Italy) a database named INEMAR (AiR EMission INventory) was developed for the estimation and management of the atmospheric emissions. The INEMAR system considers emissions of different sources (point, area, biogenic, road transport), and organizes all information n...
A quantitative analysis of allowable soil concentrations using deterministic and probabilistic risk analysis methods was carried out for a large and heavily contaminated industrial site where remediation costs to meet soil standards (not risk-based) issued by the regulatory agency were higher than the commercial value of the site. Deterministic cle...
A detailed atmospheric emission inventory for the Lombardy Region, highly industrialized area of about 9 million inhabitants in the north of Italy, has been realized for the year 2001. The inventory is based on a database named INEMAR (INventario Emissioni in ARia), and considers about 220 activities and 12 pollutants (.5, PCDD/Fs). Emission data f...
Within the framework of the Regional Air Quality Plan (PRQA) of the Lombardy Region (Italy) a database named INEMAR (AiR EMission INventory) was developed for the estimation and management of atmospheric emissions. The Lombardy Region is a highly industrialized area in the north Italy and has about 9 million inhabitants. The INEMAR system considers...
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Ingegneria dell’Ambiente (IDA) pubblica articoli riguardanti la ricerca tecnico-scientifica nei campi di interesse dell’Ingegneria Sanitaria-Ambientale e si propone come strumento in lingua italiana per raggiungere e dialogare con il mondo dei tecnici ambientali, dei liberi professionisti, dei funzionari della pubblica amministrazione, dei formatori e degli Enti di controllo.
La rivista ospita contributi in lingua italiana; è richiesto un abstract in inglese. E' Open Access, effettua una double blind peer review, il comitato scientifico è composto da 41 ricercatori provenienti da 17 Università differenti.
Sito web: https://www.ingegneriadellambiente.net/
