The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to address the key challenges that will help the UK build back greener. It will bring together world-renowned researchers and innovators across the breadth of our funding disciplines to discuss the need for innovative solutions...

Buildings are connected resources of a larger built environment. Buildings lock in substantial carbon emissions through material choices and continue to emit carbon during their operations through life. Building design decisions made now will be responsible for carbon emissions for the next several decades. This presentation will provide an overview of the future of carbon...

Join Sam Brooks and James Perakis as they discuss how to bridge the gap between design analysis, financial performance, and procurement. As a Design Analytics practice leader, James will explain how his team designs and models the zero carbon vision of building- and campus-scale projects. From there, the Advanced Energy Services team, led by Sam, will show how to navigate the often-opaque marketplace of distributed energy resources — procuring...

During the webinar on ‘All about Carbon’  BSI experts will help one to discover crucial aspects of business that will affect the journey to Net Zero, including emissions reduction, carbon offsetting and application of the principles of the circular economy. Greenhouse gas emissions are categorized into three groups or 'Scopes' by the most widely-used international...

Learning Objectives: Understand the basics of embodied carbon in concrete and its impact on the environment Describe effective methodologies for specifying concrete products to create a long-lasting, durable building and sustainable architecture Explain how material innovations in the concrete industry are moving towards zero carbon concrete List two design solutions presented that demonstrate concrete’s role...

Paul Cole from powerQuad, will present an overview of battery storage and how this technology is vital for a decarbonised electricity supply in the post covid-19 world. Paul will give a summary of the need to decarbonise, and how energy storage systems and hardware have improved. As well as showing how software tools such as...

We welcome your participation and collaboration in shaping ACEEE’s Industrial Decarbonization Initiative. We want to work together to develop and implement a plan to advance industrial energy efficiency and to build a clean energy future. Panel 1: Agile Manufacturing and Supply Chains Panel 2: Electrification and Low Carbon Fuels Panel 3: Energy, Materials, and Resource...

The joint Master Classes of the Building Sense Now initiative and MISEREOR offer access to country-specific building knowledge in line with climate-friendly and culturally sensitive practice by and for architects and civil engineers worldwide. In this master class, Prof Thomas Auer provides insight into his work on building technology and climate responsive design. In addition...

The joint Master Classes of the Building Sense Now initiative and MISEREOR offer access to country-specific building knowledge in in line with climate-friendly and culturally sensitive practice by and for architects and civil engineers worldwide. In this class, architect Marcelo Waschl provides insight into his work as former Desk Officer Urban Development for Latin America...