Adolf Acquaye
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Biography
Graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK in 2006 with a master’s degree in Engineering for Sustainable Development which focused on sustainable energy and energy policy with special interest in renewable energy technology, sustainable energy design in the built environment, energy life-cycle analysis, European and International law and policy on energy and the environment.
In 2003, Adolf also received a first class honours degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and is currently pursuing further postgraduate studies at the Civil and Building Services Department in the Dublin Institute of Technology
Research Interests include Embodied Energy and Life Cycle Analysis, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy Technology and Sustainable Development
Publications
Acquaye, A., Duffy, A. and Basu, B. (2007) Comparative embodied energy analysis of steel and concrete structural systems in Ireland in Proceedings of SECOTOX Conference and the International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (eds. A. Knugolos, K. Aravossis, A. Karagiannidis, P. Samaras). Proceedings of the First Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMPE) held in Skiathos, June 24-28, 2007, 1, pp.347-353
Acquaye, A., Duffy, A. and Basu, B. (2008) Development of a Construction Sub-Sector Embodied Energy Hybrid Analysis in International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, (In review).
Acquaye, A., Duffy, A. and Basu, B. (2009) Policies to Reduce Construction-Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions – an Irish Perspective; Journal of Building and the Environment. (In review).
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