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Toggle navigation. The Use Less Group, based at the University of Cambridge and led by Professor Julian Allwood, has been pursuing world-leading research in climate mitigation for over 20 years. Our impact projects, linked below, are funded by EPSRC,

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. ZERPAs. Year:. 2021. In the rapid transition to net zero, demand is likely to exceed supply for three zero-emissions resources: non-emitting electricity, biomass and negative emissions. ZERPAs are a new

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. A bright future for UK steel. Year:. 2016. . Professor Julian Allwood, Head of the Use Less Group, argues that British steel could be saved, if the industry is willing to transform itself. This report

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Absolute Zero. Year:. 2019. We have to cut our greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050: that’s what climate scientists tell us, it’s what social protesters are asking for and it’s now the law in the UK.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Minus 45. Year:. 2021. Ahead of COP26, the UK Government has submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution to global climate mitigation which requires a 45% reduction in UK emissions from 2018 to 2030.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Construction 2025. Year:. 2017. Professor Julian Allwood FREng. The Use Less Group. The Department of Engineering. The University of Cambridge. Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1P.

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ Conference Plenary keynote. Latest blog posts. Professor Julian Allwood, 5th December 2023. Transforming the Foundation Industries to have absolutely zero emissions

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. A bright future for UK steel. 13 April 2016. Tata Steel is pulling out of the UK, and for good reasons, and there are few if any willing buyers. Despite the sale of the Scunthorpe plant announced earlier this

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Steel Arising. Year:. 2019. The global steel industry is transforming from using iron ore to recycling scrap. Global arisings of steel scrap are likely to treble in the next thirty years and we will never

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Entrepreneurs Not Emissions. Year:. 2021. The gap between the UK’s emissions-reduction targets and its delivery policies creates a vast and largely unexplored space for entrepreneurship and business growth.

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Industrial Metamorphosis. Year:. 2017. In January 2017 the UK Government launched a consultation on its “Building our Industrial Strategy” green paper. The consultation period saw significant political

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Response to IEA heavy industry report. Ahead of COP27, Julian Allwood responds to a proposal about “Near zero emissions” steel production in the recent IEA report “Achieving Net Zero Heavy Industry

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. WellMet 2050 - Going on a metal diet. Year:. 2011. Today, metal is used wastefully in products and their manufacture. The emissions associated with steel and aluminium are directly related to the mass consumed

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Land Rover Defender - Stories of Use. Year:. 2014. . Cars may be one of the most costly household purchases, but they follow the same long term trend as other material goods, towards shorter useful lifetimes

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. WholeSEM - Modelling energy systems. Year:. 2016. . How much bioenergy feedstock can be grown sustainably in the UK? Energy policy in the UK, which seeks a balance between costs, security of supply and

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. WellMet 2050 - Taking our metal temperature. Year:. 2011. . Existing process chains for producing components in steel and aluminium are typically long, spread over multiple locations, and involve many thermal

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Construction under Absolute Zero. Year:. 2023. The construction industry will be transformed in a zero-emission society; from the choice of materials, their production and the design of structures, to the

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Energy Sector Under Absolute Zero. Year:. 2022. As the government launches its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) focusing on electricity supply, UK FIRES publishes a new report detailing the

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. WellMet 2050 - Prolonging our metal life. Year:. 2011. . Steel and aluminium products are discarded due to wear, breakage or obsolescence of function or style, but often the definition of end of life is

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. WellMet 2050 - Conserving our Metal Energy. Year:. 2010. . Using recycled scrap makes a significant contribution to reducing manufacturing emissions, but melting is still energy-intensive. This ‘scrap’

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Materials & Manufacturing under Absolute Zero. Year:. 2022. Facing the reality that new energy-sector technologies won’t solve climate change fast enough reveals rich opportunities for innovation and growth

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Professor Allwood challenges automotive industry on steel recycling. 23 March 2016. Professor Julian Allwood used his position as keynote speaker at the 16th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Rishi Sunak’s commitment to ‘long-term interests’ is anything but the case. – Sam Stephenson – 21st September 2023. The Prime Minister’s announcement to cut green policies means we won’t be

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Economics does not hold the key to solving Climate Change. - Professor Julian Allwood, June 2022. We had a hot week, but that’s not the problem. The Bonn Climate Conference last week prioritised financing

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. Is Absolute Zero pessimistic about UK energy supplies? - Professor Julian Allwood, March 2023. The most common response we receive when we present Absolute Zero to governmental or incumbent commercial

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search.. The solution space discussed at COP26 is unrealisable: comparing supply and demand for the three zero-emissions resources. - Professor Julian Allwood, November 2021. If incumbent governments and incumbent high