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Jukka Taneli Heinonen - Professor
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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Jukka Taneli Heinonen
Íslenska
Professor
Location
VR-2 / V02-336
Phone
525 - 4637
8230064
Email
heinonen [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Website
http://uni.hi.is/heinonen/
Curriculum Vitae
Jukka Taneli Heinonen - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
Appointments by request.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7298-4999
Research portal – Jukka Taneli Heinonen
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2023 - 2024
UMV201M - Environmental Planning
UMV102G - The Engineering Profession and Responsibility of Engineers
UMV122F - Sustainable City
UMV504G - Sustainable City
UMV123F - Circular economy in the construction sector
Education
2012
,
D.Sc. (Tech.)
,
Aalto University
,
Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics
2004
,
M.Soc.Sc. (Econ.)
,
University of Helsinki
,
Faculty of Social Sciences
Professional Experience
2015 -
,
Adjunct Professor (Docent),
Aalto University
2018 -
2020,
Senior Visiting Fellow,
University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2013 -
2016,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Academy of Finland
2014 -
2016,
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland
2013 -
2014,
Research Scholar,
University of California Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2012 -
2014,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Aalto University Department of Real Estate Planning and Geoinformatics
Published works
2023
A National and Regional Greenhouse Gas Breakeven Assessment of EVs across North America
Sustainability
‘I am not a typical flyer’: narratives about the justified or excessive character of international flights in a highly mobile society
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Neighborhood-Level LCA and Hotspot Analysis of Embodied Emissions of a New Urban Area in Reykjavík
Sustainability
Consumption-based view on national and regional per capita carbon footprint trajectories and planetary pressures-adjusted human development
Environmental Research Letters
Territorial and Consumption-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessments: Implications for Spatial Planning Policies
Land
A development of intergenerational sustainability indicators and thresholds for mobility system provisioning: A socio-ecological framework in the context of strong sustainability
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Ecological intensity of social provisioning in mobility systems: A global analysis
Energy Research & Social Science
Climate concern elasticity of carbon footprint
Environmental Research Communications
Towards a Safe Hydrogen Economy: An Absolute Climate Sustainability Assessment of Hydrogen Production
Climate
Can remote green hydrogen production play a key role in decarbonizing Europe in the future? A cradle-to-gate LCA of hydrogen production in Austria, Belgium, and Iceland
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Decarbonization of passenger transport in Reykjavík, Iceland – A stakeholder analysis
Case Studies on Transport Policy
Energy Consumption and Human Well-Being: A Systematic Review
Energies
2022
Climate Concern Elasticity of Carbon Footprint
SSRN
Fiberglass as a Novel Building Material: A Life Cycle Assessment of a Pilot House
Architecture
Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban residential environment – A review
Sustainable Cities and Society
Global Multi-Regional Input-Output methodology reveals lower energy footprint in an alternative community project
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Developing Buildings’ Life Cycle Assessment in Circular Economy-Comparing methods for assessing carbon footprint of reusable components
Sustainable Cities and Society
A ‘just’ hydrogen economy: A normative energy justice assessment of the hydrogen economy
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
A ‘Just’ Hydrogen Economy: A Normative Energy Justice Assessment of the Hydrogen Economy
SSRN
A ‘Safe’ Hydrogen Economy: An Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment of the Hydrogen Economy
SSRN
Too much consumption or too high emissions intensities? Explaining the high consumption-based carbon footprints in the Nordic countries
Environmental Research Communications
Spatial consumption-based carbon footprints: two definitions, two different outcomes
Environmental Research Communications
2021
Correction: Dillman et al. Review and Meta-Analysis of EVs: Embodied Emissions and Environmental Breakeven. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9390
Sustainability
Drivers of Car Ownership in a Car-Oriented City: A Mixed-Method Study
Sustainability
Climate change concern and the desire to travel: How do I justify my flights?
Travel Behaviour and Society
A safe and just space for urban mobility: a framework for sector-based sustainable consumption corridor development
Global Sustainability
Residential Location and Travel in the Reykjavik Capital Region
Sustainability
Cities, Long-Distance Travel, and Climate Impacts
Urban Planning
Embodied emissions of buildings - A forgotten factor in green building certificates
Energy and Buildings
Decarbonization scenarios for Reykjavik's passenger transport: The combined effects of behavioural changes and technological developments
Sustainable Cities and Society
Long‐distance travel and the urban environment: Results from a qualitative study in reykjavik
Urban Planning
2020
Who travels more, and why? A mixed-method study of urban dwellers’ leisure travel
Travel Behaviour and Society
Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Cities Prior to a National Policy
Sustainability
Life cycle assessment of a geothermal combined heat and power plant based on high temperature utilization
Geothermics
Data accuracy in Ecological Footprint’s carbon footprint
Ecological Indicators
High-Temperature Geothermal Utilization in the Context of European Energy Policy—Implications and Limitations
Energies
Correction: Emami, N., et al. A Life Cycle Assessment of Two Residential Buildings Using Two Different LCA Database-Software Combinations: Recognizing Uniformities and Inconsistencies. Buildings, 2019, 9, 20
Buildings
Review and Meta-Analysis of EVs: Embodied Emissions and Environmental Breakeven
Sustainability
A life cycle assessment of a ‘minus carbon’ refugee house: global warming potential and sensitivity analysis
Archnet-IJAR
Downscaling consumption to universal basic income level falls short of sustainable carbon footprint in Finland
Environmental Science and Policy
A comparative study of life cycle carbon emissions and embodied energy between sun-dried bricks and fired clay bricks
Journal of Cleaner Production
Spatial consumption-based carbon footprint assessments - A review of recent developments in the field
Journal of Cleaner Production
Infrastructure development compromises creation of low-carbon cities
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Compensation or cosmopolitan attitudes: Explaining leisure travel of Nordic urbanites
Travel Behaviour and Society
Correction: A life cycle assessment of two residential buildings using two different lca database-software combinations: Recognizing uniformities and inconsistencies [Buildings, 9, (2019) 20] DOI: 10.3390/buildings9010020
Buildings
Uncertain greenhouse gas implication in waste heat utilization – A case study with a data center
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
2019
Increasing the accuracy of marine footprint calculations
Ecological Indicators
The Geographical Distribution and Correlates of Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors in an Urban Region
Energies
What can we learn from consumption-based carbon footprints at different spatial scales? Review of policy implications
Environmental Research Letters
Household carbon footprint patterns by the degree of urbanisation in Europe
Environmental Research Letters
Greenhouse gas emissions from built environment development in Iceland
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Flights Dominate Travel Emissions of Young Urbanites
Sustainability
Beyond geometries of activity spaces: A holistic study of daily travel patterns, individual characteristics, and perceived wellbeing in helsinki metropolitan area
Journal of Transport and Land Use
A Life Cycle Assessment of Two Residential Buildings Using Two Different LCA Database-Software Combinations: Recognizing Uniformities and Inconsistencies
Buildings
2018
Urban structural and socioeconomic effects on local, national and international travel patterns and greenhouse gas emissions of young adults
Journal of Transport Geography
Spatial nature of urban well-being
Regional Studies
Carbon and material footprints of a welfare state: Why and how governments should enhance green investments
Environmental Science and Policy
Standard Ecological Footprint Method for Small, Highly Specialized Economies
Ecological Economics
Carbon footprint trends of metropolitan residents in Finland: How strong mitigation policies affect different urban zones
Journal of Cleaner Production
Why do urbanites travel more than do others? A review of associations between urban form and long-distance leisure travel
Environmental Research Letters
2017
Consequential Implications of Municipal Energy System on City Carbon Footprints
Sustainability
Reprint of: To each their own? The greenhouse gas impacts of intra-household sharing in different urban zones
Journal of Cleaner Production
Rebound effects for reduced car ownership and driving
Nordic Experiences of Sustainable Planning: Policy and Practice
Greenhouse gas impacts of different modality style classes using latent class travel behavior model
Journal of Transport Geography
Input–output and process LCAs in the building sector: are the results compatible with each other?
Carbon Management
Can life-cycle assessment produce reliable policy guidelines in the building sector?
Environmental Research Letters
Emissions in a decarbonised economy? Global lessons from a carbon footprint analysis of Iceland
Journal of Cleaner Production
A Step towards the Hydrogen Economy—A Life Cycle Cost Analysis of A Hydrogen Refueling Station
Energies
2016
To each their own? The greenhouse gas impacts of intra-household sharing in different urban zones
Journal of Cleaner Production
Pre-use phase LCA of a multi-story residential building: Can greenhouse gas emissions be used as a more general environmental performance indicator?
Building and Environment
Environmental Assessments in the Built Environment: Crucial yet Underdeveloped
Improving Urban Environments: Strategies for Healthier and More Sustainable Cities
Environmental Impact Assessment of a School Building in Iceland Using LCA-Including the Effect of Long Distance Transport of Materials
Buildings
Carbon Footprint of Inbound Tourism to Iceland: A Consumption-Based Life-Cycle Assessment including Direct and Indirect Emissions
Sustainability
2015
Environmental assessments in the built environment: Crucial yet underdeveloped
Environmental Research Letters
Planning for a low carbon future? Comparing heat pumps and cogeneration as the energy system options for a new residential area
Energies
New Energy Efficient Housing Has Reduced Carbon Footprints in Outer but Not in Inner Urban Areas
Environmental Science and Technology
Role of urban planning in encouraging more sustainable lifestyles
Journal of Urban Planning and Development
2014
Relationship between urbanization, direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, and expenditures: A multivariate analysis
Ecological Economics
Greenhouse gas emissions from flying can offset the gain from reduced driving in dense urban areas
Journal of Transport Geography
The Power of Urban Planning on Environmental Sustainability: A Focus Group Study in Finland
Sustainability
How central business district developments facilitate environmental sustainability – A multiple case study in Finland
Cities
Residential energy consumption patterns and the overall housing energy requirements of urban and rural households in Finland
Energy and Buildings
2013
Situated lifestyles: I. How lifestyles change along with the level of urbanization and what the greenhouse gas implications are—a study of Finland
Service-dominant innovation in the built environment
Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management
Situated lifestyles: II. The impacts of urban density, housing type and motorization on the greenhouse gas emissions of the middle-income consumers in Finland
Environ. Res. Lett.
Combining life cycle costing and life cycle assessment for an analysis of a new residential district energy system design
Energy
Greenhouse Gas Implications of Urban Sprawl in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Sustainability
2012
An assessment of the applicability of three international neighbourhood sustainability rating systems to diverse local conditions, with a focus on Nordic case areas
An assessment of the applicability of three international neighbourhood sustainability rating systems to diverse local conditions, with a focus on Nordic case areas
International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
City level carbon mitigation strategies: What are their true impacts?
A scenario analysis of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of a new residential area
Assessing the Potential of Climate Change Mitigation Actions in Three Different City Types in Finland
Sustainability
Housing managers key to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of multi-family housing companies? A mixed method approach
Are the Greenhouse Gas Implications of New Residential Developments Understood Wrongly?
Energies
City level carbon mitigation strategies: What are their true impacts?
International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
2011
Dense downtown living more carbon intense due to higher consumption: a case study of Helsinki
Case study on the carbon consumption of two metropolitan cities
Implications of urban structure on carbon consumption in metropolitan areas
A Carbon Consumption Comparison of Rural and Urban Lifestyles
Sustainability
Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Residential Development Project
IJESD
Occupants have little influence on the overall energy consumption in district heated apartment buildings
A Longitudinal Study on the Carbon Emissions of a New Residential Development
Sustainability
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