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Directed Assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Their Native Solid-State Template of a Processed Fiber Cell Wall
2021
Funding Information: I.S. thanks The Academy of Finland (grant no. 300364) for funding this work. C.D. acknowledges funding from FAPESP (grant 13/07932‐6). P.A.P. thanks the Emil Aaltonen Foundation and Academy of Finland (grant no. 315768) for funding and ESRF for beamtime at beamline D2am (experiment 02‐01‐885). Rita Hatakka is acknowledged for her assistance with the GPC measurements. Work of M.L. was supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. The work is a part of the FinnCERES Bioeconomy ecosystem. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Macromolecular Rapid Communications published by Wiley-VCH GmbH Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. Nanoparticle ass…
Life Cycle Energy and Environmental Assessment of the Thermal Insulation Improvement in Residential Buildings
2021
The refurbishment of the building stock is a key strategy towards the achievement of the climate and energy goals of the European Union. This study aims at evaluating the energy and environmental impacts associated with retrofitting a residential apartment to improve its vertical envelope thermal insulation. Two insulation materials, stone wool and cellulose fibers, are compared. The life cycle assessment methodology is applied assuming 1 m2 of retrofitted vertical envelope as functional unit. Moreover, to estimate the net energy and environmental benefits achievable in the retrofitted scenario compared with the non-retrofitted one, a second analysis is performed in which the system boundar…