Manufacturing is the biggest hurdle to tackling climate change, at least according to Bill Gates. The construction of steel, cement, chemicals and other products is essential to building new homes, infrastructure and medicine but presents a huge problem for carbon emissions. But how can we address these problems while still creating the products we need for everyday life?
Come along to this lecture from Professor Matthew Davidson and Dr Stephen Allen to find out more about how research at the University of Bath is contributing to a fossil free future for manufacturing.
Prof. Matthew Davidson will discuss the challenges of green carbon, including what sustainability means for manufacturing and why we need a transition to fossil-free manufacturing, before focusing on the chemicals sector. He will also outline some of our local initiatives (at the University of Bath and across South West England) aiming to achieve sustainable manufacturing.
Dr. Stephen Allen will then explore how we determine whether new manufacturing approaches are more sustainable than their predecessors. He will outline the use of life cycle assessment for measuring and reducing environmental footprints and give some examples of its use in the design and development of new products, including bio-based materials for use in construction.
