Thomas Gibon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6547610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Gibon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibon |
| SIGNATURE | GIBON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2778-8825 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Assessing greenhouse gas emissions in global copper supply chains
In the last two decades, rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have driven into global warming. Efforts like expanding renewable energy, produce an increased metal demand, especially copper, which also emits GHGs. Trying to mitigate this, the European Union established the Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) to regulate and price industrial GHG emissions. This study quantifies the GHG emissions associated with copper production and examines the imp…
On the validity of corporate green bonds’ environmental claims
Green bonds are debt instruments aimed at raising funds for sustainable investments. While issuers must provide post-issuance impact reports to inform investors about the allocation of proceeds, these reports lack standardization and often contain unverifiable claims, limiting independent assessment. We examined a dataset of 1600 corporate green bonds (CGBs) and found that only a small fraction provided project-level data. For these 32 bonds and …
The environmental costs of clean cycles
Recycling schemes for long‐lived products are challenged by the presence of “legacy substances,” which have been used in production in the past, but are nowadays classified as substances of concern. This study quantitatively evaluates the trade‐offs between phasing out legacy substances, increasing circularity levels, and reducing life cycle impacts of polyvinylchloride (PVC) window profiles recycling in Germany based on a comprehensive dynamic m…
Are SRI funds financing carbon emissions? An input-output life cycle assessment of investment funds
Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 3) generally represent more than half of the total life cycle impact attributable to a company or an investment. However, widely used sustainability assessment tools for investment funds fail to take these into account. Building on best practices from the industrial ecology field, we develop an input-output life cycle assessment (IOLCA) methodology to estimate life cycle GHG emissions of companies an…
Shades of green
Green bonds have emerged as a key instrument to fund projects contributing to climate change mitigation or environmental protection. However, a consistent, robust and comparable standard for the estimation of the environmental impacts of green bonds is lacking, hampering growth in sustainable finance. As encouraged by second-party opinion reports, the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) allows for the complete environmental evaluation of projects …
Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity
Stabilizing global temperature will require a shift to renewable or nuclear power from fossil power and the large-scale deployment of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) for remaining fossil fuel use. Non-climate co-benefits of low-carbon energy technologies, especially reduced mortalities from air pollution and decreased ecosystem damage, have been important arguments for policies to reduce CO2 emissions. Taking into account a wide range of environmen…
Building Energy Management Systems
One of the key drivers that influence building energy consumption is the demand for space heating. Particularly in countries with cold climates and a large stock of residential buildings with central heating, building energy management systems (BEMS) are an option to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These systems can be combined with existing space heating technologies and other efficiency measures, such as building i…
Potential Long‐Term Global Environmental Implications of Efficient Light‐Source Technologies
Artificial lighting is a major source of electricity demand globally. As the demand for lighting services grows over the next 40 years, especially in developing countries, efficient light‐source technologies such as light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) can reduce the energy consumed for lighting services and therefore its environmental impacts. LED technologies in both residential and commercial/industrial applications are expected to see dramatic improv…
Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricity-supply scenarios confirms global environmental benefit of low-carbon technologies
Significance Life-cycle assessments commonly used to analyze the environmental costs and benefits of climate-mitigation options are usually static in nature and address individual power plants. Our paper presents, to our knowledge, the first life-cycle assessment of the large-scale implementation of climate-mitigation technologies, addressing the feedback of the electricity system onto itself and using scenario-consistent assumptions of technical…
Are SRI funds financing carbon emissions? An input-output life cycle assessment of investment funds
Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 3) generally represent more than half of the total life cycle impact attributable to a company or an investment. However, widely used sustainability assessment tools for investment funds fail to take these into account. Building on best practices from the industrial ecology field, we develop an input-output life cycle assessment (IOLCA) methodology to estimate life cycle GHG emissions of companies an…
Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricity-supply scenarios confirms global environmental benefit of low-carbon technologies
Significance Life-cycle assessments commonly used to analyze the environmental costs and benefits of climate-mitigation options are usually static in nature and address individual power plants. Our paper presents, to our knowledge, the first life-cycle assessment of the large-scale implementation of climate-mitigation technologies, addressing the feedback of the electricity system onto itself and using scenario-consistent assumptions of technical…
Building Energy Management Systems
One of the key drivers that influence building energy consumption is the demand for space heating. Particularly in countries with cold climates and a large stock of residential buildings with central heating, building energy management systems (BEMS) are an option to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These systems can be combined with existing space heating technologies and other efficiency measures, such as building i…
Potential Long‐Term Global Environmental Implications of Efficient Light‐Source Technologies
Artificial lighting is a major source of electricity demand globally. As the demand for lighting services grows over the next 40 years, especially in developing countries, efficient light‐source technologies such as light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) can reduce the energy consumed for lighting services and therefore its environmental impacts. LED technologies in both residential and commercial/industrial applications are expected to see dramatic improv…
Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity
Stabilizing global temperature will require a shift to renewable or nuclear power from fossil power and the large-scale deployment of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) for remaining fossil fuel use. Non-climate co-benefits of low-carbon energy technologies, especially reduced mortalities from air pollution and decreased ecosystem damage, have been important arguments for policies to reduce CO2 emissions. Taking into account a wide range of environmen…
Shades of green
Green bonds have emerged as a key instrument to fund projects contributing to climate change mitigation or environmental protection. However, a consistent, robust and comparable standard for the estimation of the environmental impacts of green bonds is lacking, hampering growth in sustainable finance. As encouraged by second-party opinion reports, the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) allows for the complete environmental evaluation of projects …
Are SRI funds financing carbon emissions? An input-output life cycle assessment of investment funds
Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 3) generally represent more than half of the total life cycle impact attributable to a company or an investment. However, widely used sustainability assessment tools for investment funds fail to take these into account. Building on best practices from the industrial ecology field, we develop an input-output life cycle assessment (IOLCA) methodology to estimate life cycle GHG emissions of companies an…
The environmental costs of clean cycles
Recycling schemes for long‐lived products are challenged by the presence of “legacy substances,” which have been used in production in the past, but are nowadays classified as substances of concern. This study quantitatively evaluates the trade‐offs between phasing out legacy substances, increasing circularity levels, and reducing life cycle impacts of polyvinylchloride (PVC) window profiles recycling in Germany based on a comprehensive dynamic m…
On the validity of corporate green bonds’ environmental claims
Green bonds are debt instruments aimed at raising funds for sustainable investments. While issuers must provide post-issuance impact reports to inform investors about the allocation of proceeds, these reports lack standardization and often contain unverifiable claims, limiting independent assessment. We examined a dataset of 1600 corporate green bonds (CGBs) and found that only a small fraction provided project-level data. For these 32 bonds and …
Assessing greenhouse gas emissions in global copper supply chains
In the last two decades, rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have driven into global warming. Efforts like expanding renewable energy, produce an increased metal demand, especially copper, which also emits GHGs. Trying to mitigate this, the European Union established the Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) to regulate and price industrial GHG emissions. This study quantifies the GHG emissions associated with copper production and examines the imp…
Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works) · Greenhouse gas (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Life-cycle assessment (5 works) · Electricity (4 works) · Environmental economics (4 works) · Renewable energy (4 works)