Ing. Aleš Paulu

Thesis topic:

PhD thesis: 'The potential of industrial symbiosis to mitigate environmental impacts'

The thesis focuses on the concept of industrial symbiosis in the Czech Republic. What industries have the greatest potential to mitigate environmental impacts in terms of material and energy flow exchange? Which flow exchanges are most advantageous and what are the barriers? The research also includes the development of an interactive online platform PruSym, which aims to monitor waste production in the Czech Republic and to enable quick environmental modelling of alternative waste management methods. Pilot version of the platform (only in Czech language) available at https://prusym.wz.cz/

Other area of interest:

• Prospective LCA focused on analyzing the environmental impacts of the future scenarios of human activities.
• Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment (AESA) analysing the impacts of human activities within sustainability limits.

Education:

• 2020+                   Sustainability and Product Ecology, UCT Prague (Ph.D. studies)
• 2017–2019          Water Technology, UCT Prague (Ing. studies)

Publication:

• Matuštík J., Paulu A., Kočí V. Is normalization in Life Cycle Assessment sustainable? Alternative approach based on natural constraints. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, vol. 444, pages 1-10. ISSN 0959-6526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141234
• Paulu A., Matuštík J., Trecáková T., Kočí V. Overlooked source of hydrogen: The environmental potential of chlor-alkali by-product. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, vol. 49, pages 1437-1443. ISSN 0360-3199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.10.246
• Paulu A., Vitvarová M., Kočí V. Quantifying the industry-wide symbiotic potential: LCA of construction and energy waste management in the Czech Republic. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022, vol. 34, pages 55-64. ISSN 2352-5509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.08.033
• Paulu A., Bartáček J., Šerešová M., Kočí V. Combining Process Modelling and LCA to Assess the Environmental Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Innovations. Water, 2021, vol. 13. ISSN 2073-4441. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13091246

Participation in teaching

• Product ecology (CZ/ENG)
• Laboratory of product ecology (CZ)
• Laboratory of sustainability and circular economy (CZ)