Insights from the Foundation Industry Forum
The Foundation Industry Forum, held on the 16th and 17th of October in Leeds, provided a dynamic platform for sharing insights and knowledge within the foundation industries to...
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Reflections on the 11th Biennial ISIE Conference: Transitions in a World in Turmoil
In June 2023, 10 members of Refficiency joined the 800 other attendees at the International Society of Industrial Ecology’s 11th International Conference in Leiden, The Netherlands. The atmosphere...
Reflections on the 7th International Exergy-Economics Workshop
From 10 to 12 July, the 7th International Exergy Economics Workshop (IEEW) occurred at the Château des Comtes de Challes in Chambery, France. As a returning participant, the...
Reflections on the ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium
The 97th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium took place on June 4-7, 2023 in Raleigh, a vibrant city of North Carolina, United States (US). The conference brought...
Circular Economy Symposium – Towards a circular built environment: bridging the gap between research and practice
The Circular Economy Symposium was a one-day event hosted by the University of Sheffield at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London on the 30th June 2023. It included...
Our Shared Understanding: a circular economy for the built environment
We cannot continue exceeding the limits of our finite planet. To have a sustainable future, the built environment must embrace the circular economy. We need a shared understanding...
WE’RE HIRING: We’re looking for a new Research Assistant/Associate!
A Research Assistant/Associate position has become available as part of the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme, an exciting research programme involving leading UK universities and KTH Sweden. CCG...
Steel in the Circular Economy: Insights from the CircNexSt project
The CircNexSt project ran from May 2021 to May 2023. It aimed to develop demand-side strategies to enhance the steel industry’s circularity by applying the Stock-Flow-Service (SFS) nexus...
REPORT: C-THRU Deep Dives
Our deep dives delve into models for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the chemical sector.
Growing role of concrete in sand and climate crises
Takuma, Jonathan, Andre, and Zhi highlight the vast scale of growth in concrete demand and emissions over the last 30 years.