| University | Chalmers University of Technology |
| Department | Industrial and Materials Science |
| Division | Product Development |
| Keywords | Ballast, aggregates, minerals, EPD, construction, bygg |
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| Website Chalmers University of Technology, in Swedish www.chalmers.se/personer/gauti/ |
| Website Chalmers University of Technology, in English www.chalmers.se/en/persons/gauti/ |
| Networks/thematic areas | Gothenburg Air and Climate Network (GAC), Global perspectives with focus on low and middle income countries, Sustanable Urban Development |
| SDG:s | 9. Industry, innovation and infrastruture, 11. Sustainable cities and communities, 12. Responsible consumption and production |
| Regions | Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Country | Tyskland, Frankrike, Portugal, Italien, Spanien, Sydafrika, Brasilien, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Brazil |
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| Reasearch / work |
| Process development and optimization of sustainable aggregate production, mining sector and circular construction industry. Various directions include the development Process development and optimization of sustainable ballast production and circular construction and civil engineering industry. Various directions include: create simulation platform for process simulations, the development of digital tools for environmental product declaration (EPD) for ballast producers, optimization of production for increased resource utilization of virgin rock material and operator training for better decision-making in production of digital tools for environmental product declaration (EPD) foraggregate producers, optimization of production for increased resource utilization of virgin rock material and operator training for better decision-making in production. |