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CO 2 Capture by Virgin Ivy Plants Growing Up on the External Covers of Houses as a Rapid Complementary Route to Achieve Global GHG Reduction Targets

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  • Jaroslaw Krzywanski

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Waqar Muhammad Ashraf

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Punjab, Pakistan
    Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Tomasz Czakiert

    (Department of Advanced Energy Technologies, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Dabrowskiego 73, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Marcin Sosnowski

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Karolina Grabowska

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Anna Zylka

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Anna Kulakowska

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Dorian Skrobek

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Sandra Mistal

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Yunfei Gao

    (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA)

Abstract

Global CO 2 concentration level in the air is unprecedently high and should be rapidly and significantly reduced to avoid a global climate catastrophe. The work indicates the possibility of quickly lowering the impact of changes that have already happened and those we know will happen, especially in terms of the CO 2 emitted and stored in the atmosphere, by implanting a virgin ivy plant on the available area of walls and roofs of the houses. The proposed concept of reducing CO 2 from the atmosphere is one of the technologies with significant potential for implementation entirely and successfully. For the first time, we showed that the proposed concept allows over 3.5 billion tons of CO 2 to be captured annually directly from the atmosphere, which makes even up 6.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The value constitutes enough high CO 2 reduction to consider the concept as one of the applicable technologies allowing to decelerate global warming. Additional advantages of the presented concept are its global nature, it allows for the reduction of CO 2 from all emission sources, regardless of its type and location on earth, and the fact that it will simultaneously lower the air temperature, contribute to oxygen production, and reduce dust in the environment.

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  • Jaroslaw Krzywanski & Waqar Muhammad Ashraf & Tomasz Czakiert & Marcin Sosnowski & Karolina Grabowska & Anna Zylka & Anna Kulakowska & Dorian Skrobek & Sandra Mistal & Yunfei Gao, 2022. "CO 2 Capture by Virgin Ivy Plants Growing Up on the External Covers of Houses as a Rapid Complementary Route to Achieve Global GHG Reduction Targets," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-8, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:5:p:1683-:d:757309
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