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Search Publications by: Joshua D Kneifel (Fed)

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The U.S. Plastics Recycling Economy: Current State, Challenges, and Opportunities

October 30, 2024
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Joshua D. Kneifel, David Butry
This report builds upon NIST AMS 100-48 (Thomas 2022), which examined the economics of increased circularity in the economy, focusing on the processes, forces, and decision making that result in an unsustainable economy. This report further discusses the

A Guide to the Smart Investment Tools

October 10, 2024
Author(s)
Douglas Thomas, Joshua D. Kneifel, Purav Parekh
This report serves as a guide to the Smart Investment Tool and Smart Investment Tool Express (SITExpress). These tools aid a user in conducting an investment analysis with a focus on those in the manufacturing industry; however, the methods can be used for

Consumer Perspectives on Battery Electric Vehicles: A Literature Review

September 25, 2024
Author(s)
Christina Gore, Sindhuja Lakshmipuram Ranganath, Joshua D. Kneifel, Dunsin Fadojutimi, Jennifer Helgeson
This report contains a review of relevant literature to battery electric vehicle adoption. The first section outlines key trends in battery electric vehicle adoption as well as background information about the market for electric vehicles in the United

Workshop on Decarbonization: A Gap Analysis of LCA Standards for Industry

September 20, 2024
Author(s)
Noah Last, Joshua D. Kneifel, Amy Costello, Catherine Houska, Katherine Morris
ASTM International's committee on sustainability (E60), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), hosted the virtual "Workshop on Decarbonization: A Gap Analysis of LCA Standards for Industry" on October 10-11, 2023

Life-Cycle Analysis Datasets for Regionalized Plastic Pathways

February 1, 2024
Author(s)
Taemin Kim, Pahola Benavides, Joshua Kneifel, Kate Beers, Zifeng Lu, Troy Hawkins
The carbon intensity (CI) of producing five different resins – polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – in four different international regions –

Economic Evaluation Engine (E3) Technical Manual

January 18, 2024
Author(s)
Joshua D. Kneifel, David Webb, Luke Donmoyer
The Engineering Laboratory (EL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a variety of tools that provide some level of economic analysis, many of which have been developed by EL's Applied Economics Office (AEO). AEO