Circular economy
The circular economy aims to maximize the efficiency of material and energy use within a continuous loop in the built environment, reducing the environmental footprint of economic activities by minimizing waste and promoting the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, and recycling of products and materials. This research thrust aims to assess the environmental sustainability of different resource recovery technologies (such as biopolymer, energy, and nutrients) from wastewater and other waste streams.
- Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Bioenergy Recovered from Wastewater Treatment Facilities
- Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Wastewater-Derived Phosphorus Products: An Agricultural End-User Perspective
- Life cycle assessment of nutrient recycling from wastewater: A critical review
Low-carbon future
Mitigating climate change is a critical policy focus. How can we achieve deep decarbonization for our built environment? This research thrust aims to quantify the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of water systems and industrial systems, and understand the mitigation potential, and the environmental co-benefits and trade-offs for different decarbonizing pathways.
- An overview of environmental co-benefits and trade-offs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in municipal wastewater management
- Toward Carbon-Neutral Water Systems: Insights from Global Cities
- Low-Carbon Urban Water Systems: Opportunities beyond Water and Wastewater Utilities?
Environmental data science
Quality use of environmental data is essential for conducting robust environmental sustainability assessments of sustainable systems. This research thrust aims to enhance the gathering, processing, and application of environmental-related data for improved environmental sustainability assessments and environmental systems analysis.
- Compiling life cycle inventories for wastewater-derived products
- Energy intensity and embodied energy flow in Australia: An input-output analysis
- Energy use for water provision in cities
