Making Plastics Fantastic (again)!
“Perhaps the policies and the thinking in the public about what [plastics] we need to minimise is missing the point. We use plastics in many more places than...
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Helios Prize 2020 winner announced
Congratulations to Matteo Craglia - the first prize winner of the Helios Prize 2020! Matteo won the award for his paper entitled Do technical improvements lead to real...
Covid-19 Impacts on Energy and Sustainability Aspects of Material Supply Chains
How has the pandemic impacted energy and sustainability aspects of material supply chains (including PPE, batteries, and commodities)? What opportunities are there for materials innovation to drive sustainable...
Should transition bonds have a place in the path towards carbon neutrality?
“The European Union’s target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is a costly one. An annual investment of €260 billion is estimated as needed to advance EU transition...
Smart Sustainable Packaging from Plants (S2UPPlant)
We’re excited to announce our involvement in the launch of S2UPPlant – Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging from Plants. Background: Over 90% of plastics are derived from fossil-derived feedstocks,...
What really makes a difference?
The role of resource efficiency in mitigating climate change Resources is the name given to the energy and materials extracted from nature to satisfy the demands of modern...
[CLOSED] We’re looking for two new Research Associates!
Two Research Assistant/Associate positions have become available as part of C-THRU (www.c-thru.org), an exciting international research programme funded by VKRF, which aims to deliver foresight on the future...
Exergy calculator
The use of energy and materials in modern society is associated with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that exacerbate climate change. To reduce emissions, a combined energy and material...
Sustainable Materials—with both eyes open
Materials, transformed from natural resource into the buildings, equipment, vehicles and goods that underpin our remarkable lifestyles, are made with amazing efficiency. But our growing demand is not...
Energy Cost Metric
The construction and operation of buildings is responsible for 36% of global energy use and 39% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. The environmental impact of the buildings depends...