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...
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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...
THE ‘P’ WORD
THE ‘P’ WORD – Plastic in the UK: practical and pervasive … but problematic By Jonathan Cullen, Michal Drewniok and André Cabrera Serrenho Click here to download the...
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...
Developments in Wind Power
UK power generation from wind has increased in recent years due to sharp reductions in the costs of constructing and operating wind power facilities. Onshore wind power provides...
Global Fuel Economy Initiative
Matteo Craglia and Leonardo Paoli from the Resource Efficiency Collective worked with colleagues at the International Energy Agency to publish the latest Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) working...
IEA Energy Efficiency Market Report 2018
The world is in urgent need of greater energy efficiency improvements. These are the findings from the latest International Energy Agency’s Energy Efficiency Market Report 2018. Matteo Craglia...
Global EV Outlook 2019
Both Leonardo Paoli and Karla Cervantes from the Resource Efficiency Collective contributed towards the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s Global Electric Vehicle Outlook publication. Read more...