Environmental Technology and Management (MILJÖ)

Division of Environmental Technology is a research and education environment. Our focus is on how environmental problems lead to changes in products, services , technical systems and organisations and how it affects the environment.

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The Division for Environmental Technology and Management is an interdisciplinary research group with thirty years experience of turning environmental problems into opportunities. Our main focus is the transformation of organisations, technical systems and products and services towards a resource efficient society. Today the division is a research and education environment with international reputation and with 25 employees and 900 students.

The division Environmental Technology and Management is divided into four units:

  • Unit for Sustainable Development and Strategies
  • Unit for Industrial and Urban Symbiosis
  • Unit for Products Services Innovation
  • Unit for Sustainable Materials Management

Research

Research groups

Research projects

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Research on cognition in design for sustainability

We aim to explore the cognitive and neurocognitive aspects of sustainable design to support current and future practitioners in creating more sustainable products, services, and systems.

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ACCORD: AdvanCing CORe Diagnosis in remanufacturing

ACCORD is helping Swedish manufacturing industries become more sustainable by improving remanufacturing processes. By enhancing how we assess used products, we can reduce waste, save resources, and extend product life.

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Remometer

We help manufacturers and other actors to start remanufacturing by investigating their suitability and readiness to start remanufacturing.

News

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SEK 26 million for research on the environment and sustainability

Five projects at LiU receive funding when the Kamprad Family Foundation rewards research that can contribute to a better environment and better quality of life for the elderly. The projects at Linköping University are very much about sustainability.

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What goes on in a designer’s brain?

Professor Tomohiko Sakao believes that environmental impact starts at the drawing board. He is launching a study to understand how designers think during the creative phase.

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Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable

Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by LiU-researchers in a new study.

Contact

Head of Division

Director of Studies

General Information and Contact for Students

General Information and Contact for Students

Head of the unit for Sustainable Development and Strategies

Head of the unit for Industrial and Urban Symbiosis

Head of the unit for Product Service Innovation

Head of the unit for Sustainable Materials Management

Staff

Affiliated researchers

Visiting Adress

A Building, entrance 17-19, Campus Valla, Linköping, Sweden

Postal Adress

Linköping University

Department of Management and Engineering
Environmental Technology and Management
581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Organisation