Publications

Dr. Sigrid Kusch-Brandt

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ORCID: 0000-0001-5448-5355

ResearcherID: L-2350-2013

Veröffentlichungen - Publications

Vollklassisch begutachtete Zeitschriftenartikel und Dissertation

Journal Articles with Full Peer Review and Doctoral Thesis

Boubellouta, Bilal; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Driving factors of e-waste recycling rate in 30 European countries: new evidence using a panel quantile regression of the EKC hypothesis coupled wth the STIRPAT model. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02356-w)

Boubellouta, Bilal; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Determinants of e-waste composition in the EU28 + 2 countries: a panel quantile regression evidence of the STIRPAT model. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03892-0)

Bywater, Angela; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Exploring farm anaerobic digester economic viability in a time of policy change in the UK. Processes 10, 2022, 212 (https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10020212)

Zhang, Yue; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Salter, Andrew M.; Heaven, Sonia. Estimating the methane potential of energy crops: An overview on types of data sources and their limitations. Processes 9, 2021, 1565 (https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091565)

Boubellouta, Bilal; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Relationship between economic growth and mismanaged e-waste: Panel data evidence from 27 EU countries analyzed under the Kuznets curve hypothesis. Waste Management 120, 2021, 85-97 (doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.11.032)

Boubellouta, Bilal; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Cross-country evidence on Environmental Kuznets Curve in waste electrical and electronic equipment for 174 countries. Sustainable Production and Consumption 25, 2021, 136-151 (doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2020.08.006)

Zhang, Yue; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Heaven, Sonia; Banks, Charles J. Effect of pasteurisation on methane yield from food waste and other substrates in anaerobic digestion. Processes 8, 2020, 1351 (doi: 10.3390/pr8111351) (open access)

Boubellouta, Bilal; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Testing the environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for E-waste in the EU28+2 countries. Journal of Cleaner Production 277, 2020, 123371 (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123371)

Song, He; Zhang, Yue; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Banks, Charles J.: Comparison of variable and constant loading for mesophilic food waste digestion in a long-term experiment. Energies 13(5), 2020, 1279 (doi: 10.3390/en13051279) (open access)

Eades, Paul; Kusch-Brandt, S.; Heaven, Sonia; Banks, Charles J.: Estimating the generation of garden waste in England and the differences between rural and urban areas. Resources 9(1), 2020, 8 (doi: 10.3390/resources9010008) (open access)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Alsheyab, Mohammad A.T. Wastewater refinery: Producing multiple valuable outputs from wastewater. J 4, 2021, 51-61 (https://doi.org/10.3390/j4010004)

Zhang, Yue; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Gu, Shiyan; Heaven, Sonia: Particle size distribution in municipal solid waste pre-treated for bioprocessing. Resources 8(4), 2019, 166 (doi: 10.3390/resources8040166) (open access)

Girotto, Francesca; Kusch, Sigrid; Lavagnolo, Maria Cristina: Biological metabolites recovery from beverage production solid residues through acidogenic fermentation. Detritus 5, 2019, 19-28 (doi: 10.31025/2611-4135/2019.13770) (open access)

Alsheyab, Mohammad; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Potential recovery assessment of the embodied resources in Qatar's wastewater. Sustainability 10(9), 2018, 3055 (doi: 10.3390/su10093055) (open access)

Kusch, Sigrid; Hills, Colin D.: The link between e-waste and GDP - new insights from data from the pan-European region. Resources 6(2), 2017, 15 (doi: 10.3390/resources6020015) (open access)

Kusch, Sigrid: An overview concerning combined heat and power production: a smart way to improve energy efficiency. CSE City Safety Energy 2-2015, 132-141 (open access)

Kusch, Sigrid: Management and valorisation of equine waste: a review and SWOT analysis. News in Engineering 2(2), 2014, pp. 47-54

Alsheyab, Mohammad; Schingnitz, Daniel; Al-Shawabkeh, Ali; Kusch, Sigrid: Analysis of the potential use of major refuse-derived fuels in Jordan as supplementary fuel. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 63 (8), 2013, 902-908 (doi: 10.1080/10962247.2013.776998)

Alsheyab, Mohammad; Kusch, Sigrid: Decoupling resources use from economic growth - chances and challenges of recycling electronic communication devices. EBF Journal of Economy, Business and Financing 1 (1), 2013, 99-107 (pdf)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Effect of various leachate recirculation strategies on batch anaerobic digestion of solid substrates. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management 9 (1/2), 2012, 69-88 (author's postprint version for academic use: pdf)

Kusch, Sigrid; Schumacher, Britt; Oechsner, Hans; Schäfer, Winfried: Methane yield of oat husks. Biomass & Bioenergy 35, 2011, 2627-2633 (doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.044)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Biogas production with horse dung in solid-phase digestion systems. Bioresource Technology 99, 2008, 1280-1292 (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.02.008) (author's personal version for scholarly purposes: pdf)

Kusch, Sigrid: Methanisierung stapelbarer Biomassen in diskontinuierlich betriebenen Feststofffermentationsanlagen. Dissertation, Universität Hohenheim, Herbert Utz Verlag, München, 2007*)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Vergärung landwirtschaftlicher Substrate in diskontinuierlichen Feststofffermentern. Agrartechnische Forschung 11 (4), 2005, 81-91

*) Zum Bezug der Dissertation wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an den Herbert Utz Verlag in München oder an den Buchhandel. The doctoral thesis is available in libraries, in bookshops and from the publisher.

Extract with Summary in English and Geman, Inhaltsverzeichnis/ Table of Contents: pdf
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Bewertungsstudien, Leitlinien, Kommentare

Assessments, Policy/ Scientific Briefs, Commentaries

Braams, C.; Kujundzic, O.; de Brito, A.G.; Costa, S.; Ramos, V.; Spiteri, C.; Garstecki, T.; Dronin, N.; Kusch-Brandt, S.; Andrade De Sa, S.; Contreras, C.; Eijgelaar, E.; Reinecke, T.; Peeters, P.; van der Sterren, J.; de Bettencourt, J.: Europe’s Environment - The Seventh Pan-European Environmental Assessment. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): United Nations Publications, New York, 2022 (link to publication)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: E-waste (waste electrical and electronic equipment) - The other side of rapid technological changes. Science-policy brief, input to the UN assessment "Impacts of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals", 2018 (pdf)

UNEP, UNECE (edts.): GEO-6 Assessment for the pan-European region. Authors: van den Bosch, Matilda; Dahl, Arthur; Barthod, Christian; Flörke, Martina; Franck, Ulrich; Häuser, Christoph L.; Hills, Colin; Kirilenko, Andrei; Kock, Richard; Kusch, Sigrid; Matschullat, Jörg; Persson, Linn; Plesnik, Jan; Tronczyński, Jacek; Urge-Vorsatz, Diana; Zdruli, Pandi; Bernauer, Thomas; Loewe, Christian; Özkaynak, Begum; Pintér, László; Cave, Ben; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Armiento, Giovanna; Ashakeeva, Gulaiym; Bell, Sarah; Bergmann, Luke; Diolaiuti, Guglielmina Adele; Dronin, Nicolai; Evrard, Oliver; Gómez, José A.; Gorobets, Alexander; Grasso, Marco; Guérin, Laurent; Idrisova, Anastasiya; Jeftic, Ljubomir; Klasinc, Leo; Loeschel, Andreas; Makarova, Anna; Mangalagiu, Diana; Mzavanadze, Nora; Nicholas, Kimberly; Perelet, Renat; Roe, Jenny; Padoa-Schioppa, Emilio; Senese, Antonella; Sobek, Anna; Steinbacher, Martin; Stoyanova, Nina; Telenius, Anders; Vihervaara, Petteri; Wetzel, Florian T.; Zimmermann, Frank; Almássy, Dóra; Rodriguez-Labajos, Beatriz; Gaponenko, Nadezhda; Billot, Matthew; Boileau, Pierre; Dao, Hy; Leonova, Ekaterina; Marques, Tomas; Anarbekov, Oyture; Barberio, Grazia; Brauch, Hans Günter; Costello, Mark; Falconi, Marco; Frantzeskaki, Niki; Galgani, François; Gogalazde, Khatuna; Grenier, Christophe; Grofova, Renata; Henocque, Yves; Ivanov, Mirjana; Boza-Kiss, Benigna; Krasilnikov, Pavel; Kube, Roland; Masliukovska, Olena; Rastelli, Valentina; Tripathi, Nimisha; Robins, Nick. United Nations Environment Programme in cooperation with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016 (link for download on website: GEO-6 Regional Assessments; read e-book online: here)

Coordinating lead author Chapter 2 "Environmental States and Trends" (Barthod, Christian; Flörke, Martina; Franck, Ulrich; Häuser, Christoph L.; Hills, Colin; Kirilenko, Andrei; Kock, Richard; Kusch, Sigrid; Matschullat, Jörg; Persson, Linn; Plesnik, Jan; Tronczyński, Jacek; Urge-Vorsatz, Diana; Zdruli, Pandi et al.)
Contributing author Chapter 4 "Outlooks and emerging Issues" (Özkaynak, Begum; Pintér, László et al.)

Kusch, Sigrid; Fleming, Aysha; Cradock-Henry, Nicholas; Schmitz, Nele; Pereira, Laura; Vogt, Jess; Lim, Michelle; Kharrazi, Ali; Evoh, Chijioke J.; Hamel, Perrine; Bollmohr, Silke; Patterson, James; Adler, Carolina; Waterlander, Wilma; Sugiura, Ai; Augustyn, Anna M.; Dogra, Atul; Mukherjee, Nibedita; Onzere, Sheila; Mahomoodally, Fawzi; Hughes, Alice C.; Bowen, Kathryn; Tironi, Antonio; Smith, Kiah; Hoffenson, Steven; Udenigwe, Chibuike C.: Sustainability in a changing world: integrating human health and wellbeing, urbanisation, and ecosystem services. Brief for the UN Global Sustainable Development Report, 2016 (link to brief: pdf)

Kusch, Sigrid: Industrial symbiosis: powerful mechanisms for sustainable use of environmental resources. Brief for the UN Global Sustainable Development Report, 2015 (3 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid; Evoh, Chijioke J.: Meeting the growing demand for food and bioenergy in the 21st century: synergies through efficient waste management. Biofuels 4 (5), 2013, pp. 479-483 (authors' version as originally submitted to the journal available here: pdf)

Weitere Beiträge mit Begutachtung in Zeitschriften und Tagungsbänden

Further Reviewed Publications in Journals and Proceedings

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Websites informing the citizen in Germany about the local recycling centre: a survey under a circular economy perspective. Proceedings "SGEM 2020, 20th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference", Energy and Clean Technologies, Issue 4.1, 2020, pp. 281-286

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: A SWOT on biogas grids. Proceedings "RCITD 2018 - 6th Research Conference in Technical Disciplines", 5-11 Nov 2018, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2018, pp. 50-54

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Common challenges in the implementation of decentralized combined heat and power production (CHP). Proceedings "SGEM 2018, 18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference", Vol.18, Energy and Clean Technologies, Issue 4.1, 2018, pp. 219-226

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Charcoal from alternative materials for use as energy carrier or reducing agent: a review of key findings in Europe and the Americas. Proceedings "SGEM 2018, 18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference", Vol.18, Energy and Clean Technologies, Issue 4.1, 2018, pp. 203-2010

Kusch, Sigrid: Cellulosic ethanol - heading towards commercially viable advanced biofuels. Proceedings "SGEM 2017, 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference", Energy and Clean Technologies, Issue 42, 2017, pp. 111-118

Kusch, Sigrid; Alsheyab, Mohammad A.T.: Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): a closer look at photovoltaic panels. Proceedings "SGEM 2017, 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference", Recycling, Issue 41, 2017, pp. 317-324

Kusch, Sigrid: Cogeneration (combined heat and power production) in Europe. Proceedings "RCITD 2017 - 5th Research Conference in Technical Disciplines", 13-17 Nov 2017, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2017, pp. 52-55

Kusch, Sigrid: What about bioalcohol? Further progress towards sustainable transport systems with biofuels. Proceedings "SGEM 2016, 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference, Extended Scientific Sessions Vienna", Book 4, 2016, pp. 357-364

Beggio, Giovanni; Kusch, Sigrid: Renewable energy cooperatives: main features and success factors in collectively implementing energy transition. Proceedings "Quaesti - The 3rd Virtual Multidisciplinary Conference", 7-11 Dec 2015, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2015, pp. 233-237

Lazzarin, Lorianna; Kusch, Sigrid: E-waste management framework and the importance of producer responsibility and proactive hackerspaces. Proceedings "EIIC 2015 - The 4th Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference", 10-14 Aug 2015, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2015, pp. 188-192

Kusch, Sigrid: Energy and environment in Romania: a condensed overview. Proceedings "EIIC 2015 - The 4th Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference", 10-14 Aug 2015, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2015, pp. 193-196

Kusch, Sigrid; Udenigwe, Chibuike C.; Gottardo, Marco; Micolucci, Federico; Cavinato, Cristina: First- and second-generation valorisation of wastes occuring in the food supply chain. Proceedings "Venice 2014 - 5th International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste", 17-20 Nov 2014, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, paper no. 333 (13 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid: Measuring sustainability: a brief overview of common sustainability metrics. Proceedings "RCITC 2014 - 2nd Research Conference in Technical Disciplines", 17-21 Nov 2014, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2014, pp. 29-32

Kusch, Sigrid: Biomass in the context of industrial ecology. Proceedings "EIIC 2014 - The 3rd Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference", 01 to 05 Sept 2014, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2014, pp. 449-452

Kusch, Sigrid: Understanding and managing the start-up phase in dry anaerobic digestion. Proceedings "RCITD 2013 - Research Conference in Technical Disciplines", 18-22 Nov 2013, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2013, pp. 26-30

Zhang, Yue; Arnold, Rebecca; Paavola, Teija; Vaz, Filipa; Neiva Correia, Constanca; Cavinato, Cristina; Kusch, Sigrid; Heaven, Sonia: Compositional analysis of food waste entering the source segregation stream in four European regions and implications for valorisation via anaerobic digestion. Proceedings "Sardinia 2013, Fourteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium", S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, 30 Sept to 4 Oct 2013, CISA Publisher, Italy, paper 713 (12 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid: Food Futures - reflections on the engineering theme waste management. Proceedings "Sardinia 2013, Fourteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium", S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, 30 Sept to 4 Oct 2013, CISA Publisher, Italy, paper 670 (14 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid: Food waste on the agenda – key factors to be considered. Proceedings “EIIC 2013 – The 2nd Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference“, 02-06 Sept 2013, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2013, pp. 343-346

Kusch, Sigrid: Horse stall waste: amounts, management, bioenergy generation. Proceedings “EIIC 2013 – The 2nd Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference“, 02-06 Sept 2013, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2013, pp. 423-428

Kusch, Sigrid; Köttner, Michael: Factors for successful implementation of decentralized bioenergy projects in practice. Proceedings "Global Virtual Conference 2013", 08 to 12 April 2013, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2013, pp. 653-658

Alsheyab, Mohammad; Kusch, Sigrid: End of life of electronic communication devices in the context of strategies to decouple resources use from economic growth. Proceedings "ICTIC 2013. The 2nd International Conference of Informatics and Management Sciences", 25-29 March 2013, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2013, pp. 133-137

Kusch, Sigrid; Schäfer, Winfried: Impact of solid substrate fractions on total methane production in anaerobic digestion. Proceedings "Venice 2012 - Fourth International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste", held 12 to 15 Nov 2012 in San Servolo, Venice, Italy, paper no. 395 (session A02 - AD of Municipal Solid Waste) (8 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid: Energy efficiency of zoos: an interdisciplinary challenge with special benefits in urban environments. Proceedings of the Virtual International Conference on Advanced Research in Scientific Fields 2012 ("ARSA-2012"), University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2012, pp. 1353-1356

Alsheyab, Mohammad; Kusch, Sigrid: Decoupling resources use from economic growth - a study looking at recycling of WEEE. Proceedings of the Virtual International Conference on Advanced Research in Scientific Fields 2012 ("ARSA-2012"), University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2012, pp. 1615-1619

Kusch, Sigrid: Biogas grids - an intelligent element in efficient utilisation of renewable energy. Proceedings of the Virtual International Conference on Advanced Research in Scientific Fields 2012 ("ARSA-2012"), University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, 2012, pp. 1823-1826

Kusch, Sigrid; Schumacher, Britt; Oechsner, Hans; Schäfer, Winfried: Oat husks in anaerobic digestion. Proceedings „WasteEng 2012 – 4th international conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation“, 10-13 Sep 2012, Porto, Portugal, pp. 43-48 + Book of Abstracts, p. 33

Kusch, Sigrid: Organic wastes as energy source in zoos. Proceedings „WasteEng 2012 – 4th international conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation”, 10-13 Sept 2012, Porto, Portugal, pp. 1399-1404 + Book of Abstracts, p. 298

Kusch, Sigrid; Azodanloo, Michael; Frank, Agnes; Hafner, Gerold; Bachler, Johannes; Kranert, Martin: Interdisciplinary approaches to advances in sustainable biogas production in Europe. In: FnBB/ GERBIO (Hrsg.): Progress in Biogas II - Biogas production from agricultural biomass and organic residues. Proceedings of the International Congress Progress in Biogas 2011, Stuttgart, pp. 52-55

Kusch, Sigrid; Morar, Maria: Integration of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable energy generation concepts. ProEnvironment ProMediu 2 (3), 2009, pp. 32-37

Kusch, Sigrid; Morar, Maria: Integrarea biomasei lignocelulozice ȋn conceptul de producere de energie regenerabilă. ProEnvironment ProMediu 2 (3), 2009, pp. 97-102

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Kranert, Martin; Jungbluth, Thomas: Methane generation from the recirculated liquid phase in batch operated anaerobic dry digestion. Bulletin UASVM, 66(2)/2009, Section Environmental Protection and Rural Development, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 110-115 - open access here: link

Berechet, Mihaela; Kusch, Sigrid; Kranert, Martin: Biogas production in simple batch systems - an option for Romania? Bulletin UASVM, 66(2)/2009, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, p. 535

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Biogas production with agricultural substrates in batch-operated solid-phase digestion systems. In: VDI-MEG (edt.): World Congress Agricultural Engineering for a Better World (Bonn, 03 to 07 Sept 2006). VDI-Berichte Nr. 1958, 2006, pp. 741-742 + long version on CD (6 pages, paper EN 239 A)

Kusch, Sigrid; Kranert, Martin; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Aufkonzentrierung des Prozesswassers bei der Feststoffvergärung in Boxenfermentern. KA - Abwasser, Abfall 53 (8), 2006, pp. 804-811

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Biogas production in discontinuously operated solid-phase digestion systems. In: FAO, JTI, FAL (edts.): The future of biogas for sustainable energy production in Europe. Proceedings 7th (8th) FAO/SREN-Workshop held 30 Nov to 02 Dec 2005 in Uppsala, Sweden (8 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid; Morar, Maria; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Research on the production of biogas in solid-phase digestion systems using agricultural substrates. Buletinul USAMV-CN 61/2005, ISSN 1454-2382, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2005, pp. 289-294

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Vergärung landwirtschaftlicher Substrate in diskontinuierlichen Feststofffermentern. Landtechnik 60 (4), 2005, pp. 214-215

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Digestion of Agricultural Substrates in Discontinuous Solid-phase Fermentation Systems. Landtechnik - English issue - 60 (4), 2005. pp. 214-215

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Trockenfermentation - Überblick. In: VDI Wissensforum (edt.): Biogas - Energieträger der Zukunft. VDI-Berichte Nr. 1872, 2005, pp. 165-180

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Feststofffermentation landwirtschaftlicher Substrate im Batch-Betrieb. In: KTBL (edt.): 7. Tagung: Bau, Technik und Umwelt in der landwirtschaftlichen Nutztierhaltung 2005 (Conference 01 to 03 March 2005 in Braunschweig), pp. 361-366

Beiträge in Büchern/ Sammelbänden (Auswahl)

Contributions to Books

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Industrial Symbiosis: Unlocking Synergies to achieve business advantages and resource efficiency. In: Leal Filho, W.; Azul, A.M.; Brandli, L.; Salvia, A.L.; Wall, T. (edts.): Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Book series Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer: Cham, 2020

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Sustainable production: decoupling the creation of goods and services from unsustainable resource use and environmental degradation. In: Leal Filho, W.; Azul, A.M.; Brandli, L.; Özuyar, P.G.; Wall, T. (edts.): Responsible Consumption and Production; Book series Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer: Cham, 2019. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_10-2)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Material footprint: understanding resource efficiency by considering actual raw material consumption. In: Leal Filho, W.; Azul, A.M.; Brandli, L.; Özuyar, P.G.; Wall, T. (edts.): Responsible Consumption and Production; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Book series), Springer: Cham, 2019. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_85-1)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Mumme, Jan; Nashalian, Ossanna; Girotto, Francesca; Lavagnolo, Maria Cristina; Udenigwe, Chibuike: Valorization of residues from beverage production. In: Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai; Holban, Alina Maria (eds.): Processing and Sustainability of Beverages. Science of Beverages, vol. 2, Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier, 2019, pp. 451-494 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-815259-1.00013-6) (electronic version: here)

Kusch, Sigrid; Udenigwe, Chibuike C.; Cavinato, Cristina; Gottardo, Marco; Micolucci, Federico: Value-added utilization of agro-industrial residues. In: Ravishankar Rai V. (ed.): Advances in Food Biotechnology. John Wiley and Sons, 2016, pp. 415-426 (electronic version Wiley online: here)

Kusch, Sigrid; Beggio, Giovanni: Cooperatively owned renewable energy facilities - unlocking urban community power. In: Condie, Jenna; Cooper, Anna Mary (eds.): Dialogues of sustainable urbanisation: social science research and transitions to urban contexts. Penrith: University of Western Sydney, 2015, pp. 252-255 ('ISSC Book of Blogs')

Kranert, Martin; Kusch, Sigrid; Huang, Jingjing; Fischer, Klaus: Anaerobic digestion of waste. In: Karagiannidis, Avraam (ed.): Waste to Energy - Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies. Springer-Verlag, London, 2012, pp. 107-135 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2306-4_5)

Kusch, Sigrid; Schäfer, Winfried; Kranert, Martin: Dry digestion of organic residues. In: Sunil Kumar (ed.): Integrated Waste Management - Volume I. InTech, Rijeka, 2011, Chapter 7, pp. 115-134

Kusch, Sigrid: Frankreich. In: Exporthandbuch Biogas International 2009. Band 2 (volume 2), dena Deutsche Energie-Agentur, Berlin, 2010, pp. 41-76

Kusch, Sigrid: Irland. In: Exporthandbuch Biogas International 2009. Band 2 (volume 2), dena Deutsche Energie-Agentur, Berlin, 2010, pp. 129-160

Kusch, Sigrid; Weibel, Attila; Haas, Andrea: Italien. In: Exporthandbuch Biogas International 2009. Band 2 (volume 2), dena Deutsche Energie-Agentur, Berlin, 2010, pp. 161-190

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse zur Vergärung von Feststoffen in berieselten Boxenfermentern mit Batch-Betrieb. In: FNR (edt.): Gülzower Fachgespräche, Band 24 (volume 24), 2006, pp. 59-79

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Vergärung landwirtschaftlicher Substrate in Feststofffermentern. In: FNR (edt.): Trockenfermentation - Evaluierung des Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbedarfs. Gülzower Fachgespräche, Band 23 (volume 23), 2004, pp. 105-113

Editorials, Herausgeberschaften, Buchrezensionen

Editorials, Editorships, Book Reviews

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Towards more sustainable food systems - 14 lessons learned. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 17, 2020, 4005 (editorial)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Special Issue "Towards More Sustainable Food Systems". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), guest edited 2018-2020 (editorship)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Special Issue "Underutilised Resources in Urban Environments". Resources, guest edited 2018-2020 (editorship)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Underutilised resources in urban environments. Resources 9(4), 2020, 38 (doi: 10.3390/resources9040038) (editorial)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Urban renewable energy on the upswing: A spotlight on renewable energy in cities in REN21's "Renewables 2019 Global Status Report". Resources 8(3), 2019, 139 (doi: 10.3390/resources8030139) (book review, open access)

Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas; Kranert, Martin; Kusch, Sigrid (Guest Editors): Special Issue Biogas. Engineering in Life Sciences 12 (3) (Special Issue Biogas), 2012, pp. 239-351 (editorship)

Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas; Kranert, Martin; Kusch, Sigrid: Editorial: progress in biogas - state of the art and future perspectives. Engineering in Life Sciences 12 (3), 2012, pp. 239-240 (editorial)

Kusch, Sigrid; Kranert, Martin; Reiser, Martin (Hrsg.): Progress in Landfill Management and Landfill Emission Reduction. International Journal of Environmental Engineering 3 (3/4) (Special Issue), 2011, pp. 207-409 (editorship)

Kusch, Sigrid; Kranert, Martin; Reiser, Martin: Preface to the special issue progress in landfill management and landfill emission reduction. International Journal of Environmental Engineering 3 (3/4), 2011, pp. 207-209 (editorial)

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften ohne Begutachtung

Articles in Professional Journals

Panic, Olga; Hafner, Gerold; Kranert, Martin; Kusch, Sigrid: Mikrogasnetze - eine innovative Lösung zur Steigerung der Energieeffizienz von Vergärungsanlagen. energie wasser-praxis 62 (2), 2011, pp. 18-23

Kusch, Sigrid; Salter, Andrew: Biogas made in England. UmweltMagazin 40 (6), 2010, pp. 73-74

Kusch, Sigrid: Zeitgemäße Deponietechnik 2009. Wasser und Abfall 11 (7-8), 2009, pp. 16-18

Kusch, Sigrid: Mehr als ein Schutz vor Nachahmern (Patente auf Techniken der Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaft). RECYCLING magazin, 15/2009, pp. 20-21

Kusch, Sigrid: Vergärung von Grassilage in berieselten Feststoffschüttungen. Wasser und Abfall 9 (6), 2007, pp. 40-44

Kusch, Sigrid; Heinrich, Markus; Oechsner, Hans; Jungbluth, Thomas: Verfahrensführung bei der Feststoffvergärung in berieselten Boxenfermentern mit Batch-Betrieb. Wasser und Abfall 8 (6), 2006, pp. 18-21

Kusch, Sigrid: Grasgrüne Energie vom Landwirt. UmweltMagazin 36 (3), 2006, pp. 48-49

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Biogas gewinnen aus stapelfähigen Feststoffen. Ökologie & Landbau 132 (4), 2004, pp. 23-25

Schöler, Antje; Kusch, Sigrid; Rott, Ulrich: Berücksichtigung abzugsfähiger Wassermengen bei der Abwassergebührenberechnung. KA Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser, Abfall (Korrespondenz Abwasser) 47 (11), 2000, pp. 1671-1677

Weitere Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)

Further Publications

Heaven, Sonia; Eades, Paul; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Banks, Charles. Dataset for 'Estimating the Generation of Garden Waste in England and the Differences between Rural and Urban Areas'. University of Southampton, 2020. (doi: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1272, website for download: here)

Song, He; Zhang, Yue; Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Banks, Charles J. Dataset for 'Comparison of variable and constant loading for mesophilic food waste digestion in a long-term experiment'. University of Southampton, 2020. (doi: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1266, website for download: here)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid; Alsheyab, Mohammad A.T.: A wastewater refinery to deliver added value from wastewater. Encyclopedia (mdpi), entry 231 (01 July 2019), online: link; (download: pdf)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: WEEE (Waste electrical and electronic equipment): a major sustainability challenge. Encyclopedia (mdpi), entry 204 (06 June 2019), online: link; (download: pdf)

Kusch, Sigrid: Food and bioenergy - Reducing competitions and fostering synergies. Poster presentation during "Food Futures", ISSC/ DFG/ ICSU Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated Science, April 2013, Villa Vigoni, Italy - available on the website of the Valorgas project at University of Southampton: link

Panic, Olga; Kusch, Sigrid; Kranert, Martin: Mikrogasnetze - mehr Energieeffizienz durch innovative Konzepte zur Verwertung biogener Gase. Tagungsband (proceedings) "TAKAG 2011 - Deutsch-Türkische Abfalltage: Handlungsstrategien und Technologien für eine nachhaltige Kreislaufwirtschaft", Stuttgart. Oldenbourg Industrieverlag, 2011, pp. 643-648

Kusch, Sigrid; Kranert, Martin; Bi, Ke; Fischer, Klaus: Influence of regulatory frameworks on biogas plant types - the example of Germany. BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Bioenergy, Dalian, China, 2011, proceedings, p. 225

Kusch, Sigrid: Key success factors in discontinuously operated dry digestion. International biogas training course 15-19 September 2008 in Stuttgart, University of Hohenheim, International Biogas and Bioenergy Competence Centre (8 pages)

Kusch, Sigrid: Methanisierung stapelbarer Biomasen in diskontinuierlich betriebenen Feststofffermentierungsanlagen. Vortragsunterlagen Tagung "Aktuelles aus der Hohenheimer Biogasforschung" veranstaltet vom Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum Baden-Württemberg und der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaftliches Maschinen- und Bauwesen am 10.09.2008 in Stuttgart-Hohenheim

Köttner, Michael; Kusch, Sigrid; Kaiser, Achim; Dörrie, Dominik; Collins, David: Economic modelling of anaerobic digestion/ biogas installations in a range of rural scenarios in Cornwall. Abschlussbericht für den Projektträger Cornwall Agri-Food Council, 2008 (167 Seiten + 28 Seiten Anhang)

Köttner, Michael; Kusch, Sigrid; Kaiser, Achim; Dörrie, Dominik; Collins, David: Economic modelling of anaerobic digestion/ biogas installations in a range of rural scenarios in Cornwall. Vortrag am 28.08.2008 im Rahmen des Symposiums "Anaerobic Digestion", organisiert durch Cornwall Agri-Food Council, in Wadebridge/ Cornwall, Royal Cornwall Showground

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Application of dry fermentation depending on the input substrates. In: IBBK Internationales Biogas und Bioenergie Kompetenzzentrum (Hrsg.): Internationales Fachsymposium Trockenfermentation - International Symposium on Anaerobic Dry Fermentation. Tagungsband Symposium 20.-22.02.2008 in Berlin, S. 145-152

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Option Trockenvergärung in Abhängigkeit vorhandener Substrate. In: IBBK (Hrsg.): Internationales Fachsymposium Trockenfermentation - International Symposium on Anaerobic Dry Fermentation. Tagungsband Symposium 20.-22.02.2008 in Berlin, S. 137-144

Kusch, Sigrid: Abbaubare Kunststoffe. Grin Verlag, München, ISBN 978-3-638-64268-2, 2007 (Hinweis: inhaltlich nicht überarbeitete Neuherausgabe von ISBN 978-3-638-18749-7, 2000)

Kusch, Sigrid: Ergebnisse zur Feststoffvergärung in Labor- und Praxisanlagen - Grundtyp berieselte Batch-Fermenter. Vortrag im Rahmen des Seminars "Trockenfermentation - Stand der Entwicklungen und weiterer F&E-Bedarf", FNR, Gülzow, 14./15.02.2006

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Neues von der Trockenfermentation. In: Akademie Ländlicher Raum Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Bioenergienutzung in Baden-Württemberg - Auf dem Weg zum nachhaltigen Ausbau. Tagungsmappe zur Fachtagung am 13.02.2006 im Haus der Wirtschaft Stuttgart (5 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Produktion von Biogas in diskontinuierlich betriebenen Feststofffermentern. In: Fachverband Biogas (Hrsg.): Wirtschaftsmotor Biogas. 15. Jahrestagung Fachverband Biogas am 25.-27.01.2006 in Hannover, S. 239

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Vergärung landwirtschaftlicher Feststoffe in berieselten Boxenfermentern. In: Akademie für Natur- und Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Biogas - alte und neue Chancen für Land(wirt)schaft und Kommunen. Tagungsmappe zur Fachtagung am 19.10.2005 im Haus der Wirtschaft Stuttgart (10 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Feststoffvergärung im Batch-Verfahren - erste Versuchsergebnisse. In: ALB Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Landtechnik und Landwirtschaftliches Bauwesen 2005. Tagung 17./18.02.2005 in Stuttgart-Hohenheim, S. 61-70

Kusch, Sigrid: Biogas production with agricultural substrates in simple solid-phase batch digestion systems. In: MTT (Hrsg.): Dry fermentation on-farm. Seminar des MTT Agricultural Engineering Research am 14.02.2005 in Vihti, Finnland (10 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Biogas aus Feststoffen in stapelfähiger Form. In: Fachverband Biogas (Hrsg.): Biogas - Nachwachsende Rohstoffe - Neue Wege für die Landwirtschaft. 14. Jahrestagung Fachverband Biogas 11.-14.01.2005 in Nürnberg, S. 203-204

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Feststoffvergärung in Batchreaktoren - erste Versuchsergebnisse. In: IBBK (Hrsg.): Biogas und Bioenergie in der Landwirtschaft. 13. Jahrestagung IBBK 02.-04.12.2004 in Wolpertshausen, S. 115-124

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Landwirtschaftliche Substrate in diskontinuierlich betriebenen Feststoffvergärungsanlagen. In: Akademie Ländlicher Raum Baden-Württemberg; Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Nachwachsende Rohstoffe für Baden-Württemberg - Forschungsprojekte für den Ländlichen Raum. Tagung 14.10.2004 an der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart (5 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid: Abbaubare Kunststoffe. Seminararbeit Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Siedlungswasserbau, Wassergüte- und Abfallwirtschaft, Studiengang Umweltschutztechnik, Abfalltechnisches Seminar, Grin Verlag, München, ISBN 978-3-638-18749-7, 2000

Berichte, Diplomarbeit, Studienarbeiten (Auswahl)

Reports, Diploma Thesis, University Studies (Selection)

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid: Charcoal production with non-timber forest products in Europe and the Americas (except Brazil). Report for UNDP Brazil, 2018

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Feststofffermentation spezieller Biomassen - Veröffentlichungen zum Forschungsprojekt -. Bericht für den Projektträger Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum Baden-Württemberg zum Forschungsprojekt an der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaftliches Maschinen- und Bauwesen an der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 2006 (220 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Feststofffermentation spezieller Biomassen - Zwischenbericht 2005 -. Bericht für den Projektträger Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum Baden-Württemberg zum Forschungsprojekt an der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaftliches Maschinen- und Bauwesen an der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 2005 (82 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Kurzbericht zu Untersuchungsergebnissen an der Feststoffvergärungsanlage Bäumlehof in Leibertingen. Bericht für RBS Genius GmbH (EnBW AG), Stuttgart, 2004 (11 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Oechsner, Hans: Feststofffermentation spezieller Biomassen - Zwischenbericht 2004 -. Bericht für den Projektträger Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum Baden-Württemberg zum Forschungsprojekt an der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaftliches Maschinen- und Bauwesen an der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 2004 (75 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid: Belüftung von Altdeponien - Voruntersuchungen zu Auswirkungen der Belüftung auf Sickerwasser- und Gasemissionen -. Diplomarbeit (eingereicht der Universität Stuttgart), erstellt am Institut für Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten der TU Dresden unter Betreuung durch Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Bilitewski, Dipl.-Ing. V. Susanne Rotter, Dr.-Ing. Helga Grischek, 2001 (217 Seiten) (Auszug: pdf)

Kusch, Sigrid: Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für die Berücksichtigung abzugsfähiger Wassermengen bei der Abwassergebührenberechnung und deren Umsetzung in die kommunalen Satzungen. Seminararbeit Universität Stuttgart, Studiengang Umweltschutztechnik, Industrieabwasser, Betreuerin: Dr.-Ing. Antje Schöler, Stuttgart, 2000 (74 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; De Bortoli, Fredéric; Abdoulhoussen, Yasser: Les déchets radioactifs. Studienarbeit an der ENTPE/France, Lyon, 1999

Kusch, Sigrid; De Bortoli, Fredéric; Abdoulhoussen, Yasser: Conception dans l'assainissement. Studienarbeit an der ENTPE/France, Lyon, 1999

Kusch, Sigrid; De Bortoli, Fredéric; Abdoulhoussen, Yasser: Les ouvrages de traitement des eaux pluviales. Studienarbeit an der ENTPE/France, Eau dans la ville, Lyon, 1998 (22 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid: Car pollution in Europe. Hausarbeit an der ENTPE/France, Lyon, 1998

Kusch, Sigrid: Instruments économiques dans la politique de l'environnement - Peut-on harmoniser la protection de l'environnement et l'économie libérale? Universität Stuttgart, 1998 (5 Seiten)

Barentin, Jan-Vincent; Gehrmann, Robert; Kusch, Sigrid; Röder, René; Schipolowski, Thomas: Ökologische und soziale Auswirkungen von Großstaudämmen: Zwischen Planung und Verwirklichung. Umwelttechnische Seminararbeit (Betreuung: Dr. Lilian Busse), TU Berlin, Fachbereich Wasserreinhaltung, 1997 (144 Seiten)

Islam, Julia; Kusch, Sigrid; Bonilla-Lück, Maria Isabel: Wasserbauliche Maßnahmen. Seminararbeit am Institut für Technischen Umweltschutz der TU Berlin (Prof. Jekel; Betreuung: Christian Bokermann), 1996 (18 Seiten)

Kusch, Sigrid; Bonilla-Lück, Maria Isabel; Kramer, Annika: Die ökologische Steuerreform. Projektarbeit im Rahmen des Abfallplanspiels, Studiengang Technischer Umweltschutz, Institut für Technischen Umweltschutz, TU Berlin, 1996

Kusch, Sigrid: Technokratie im Nationalsozialismus. Projektarbeit, Fakultät Physik, TU Berlin, 1995

Matyschik, Jan; Kusch, Sigrid; Möller, Martin: Globales Klima - Funktionsweise, Treibhauseffekt, Ozonloch. Seminararbeit Klima und Lufthygiene, Studiengang Technischer Umweltschutz, Institut für Technischen Umweltschutz, TU Berlin, 1995