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Component-making - Other. Conventional economics dominate the production and use of the key bulk materials – steel, cement, plastic, paper and aluminium.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Reducing global emissions by changing our demand. Climate change is real; we have to cut emissions significantly and rapidly; we don’t have any alternative forms of energy supply that we can deploy fast

A macro-economic analysis of steel in the UK shows that while the steel industry is relatively small, the construction and manufacturing sectors are large, and it would be politically unacceptable

and an improved understanding of the dependence of recycling on economics, technology, and other factors.

Current surveys of energy efficiency measures assess only known technology options developed in response to current economic and technical drivers.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Climate change connections to water and land stress. Global warming is changing our sources of fresh water and reducing the amount of land available for growing crops. Creating today’s energy supply requires

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. A Use Less guide to other materials. Other sectors: we have completed projects on cement, paper and aluminium and think that the industrial equipment sector has particular potential for innovating to release a

These are: (1) customer preferences; (2) market positioning; (3) techno-economic feasibility; (4) supply chain feasibility; (5) regulation and (6) organisational attributes.

This paper, which introduces a Discussion Meeting Issue on the topic of material efficiency, aims to give an overview of current thinking on the topic, spanning environmental, engineering, economics, sociology and ... However, current economic structures

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Reducing global emissions by being more efficient. If we want to cut our use of energy in the developed economies to one quarter of today’s levels, can we do it by using the energy more efficiently? If we

The resulting evidence is used to tailor life-extension strategies to each reason for product failure and to identify the economic motivations for implementing these strategies.

The approach includes calculation of a ‘triple bottom line graphic equaliser’ to allow exploration and evaluation of the trade-offs between economic, environmental and social impacts.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Climate change and critical materials. Critical materials are not a problem related to climate change. In contrast, the bulk materials – particularly steel and cement – are major drivers of global warming,

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Reducing global emissions by changing our energy supply. For everybody, the simplest solution to climate change would be if we could find a new form of energy supply which didn’t release greenhouse gases.

economic and environmental context to the needs of the present day.

It enables exploration of how the effects of climate change may undermine agricultural systems and disrupt food supply, which can lead to economic shocks, socio-political instability as well as starvation,

Recent UK economic policies have led to reduced domestic steel production giving an apparent reduction in national emissions.

While these energy system options meet emission targets at feasible economic cost, water requirement for the deployment of the proposed energy technology mix is not adequately accounted for.

M. Allwood, K. S. Richards. Abstract:. Increasing population and economic growth continue to drive China's demand for energy and water resources.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Prioritising climate change. The problem of climate change is global and the worst effects of today’s release of greenhouse gases will be felt by future generations who do not yet have a voice. Many