Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for scaling-up innovative and circular domestic retrofit business models in the UK
New paper explores circular business models in the UK domestic retrofit sector.
Publications
Country’s wealth is not associated with domestic control of metal ore extraction
In their new paper, Baptiste, Mehrnoosh and Jonathan outline the lack of association between a country’s wealth and the share of its locally extracted ores under domestic control,...
A robust framework for estimating theoretical minimum energy requirements for industrial processes
The industrial sector consumes 38 % of all energy produced and is responsible for 47 % of global CO2 emissions, hence decarbonisation of industry is a priority for net-zero aspirations. Improving...
Connected, complex, and carbonized: The country archetypes of the petrochemicals sector
Ella, Penny, Chris and Jonathan develop a theoretical archetype model of the petrochemicals industry.
Resource Efficiency as an environmental performance metric for industry: Exergetic analysis of a clinker manufacturing plant
New paper on an exergetic analysis of a clinker manufacturing plant.
A Spatiotemporal Environmental Sustainability Assessment Model for Deep and Large-scale Open-pit Copper Mines
With industrialization, economic growth, and increasing demand for minerals, mining raw materials from deep and low-grade deposits is increasing, highlighting the need to evaluate the environmental impacts of...
Value addition for who? Challenges to local participation in downstream critical mineral ventures in Zambia
New paper discuss the challenges to local value addition in critical minerals in Zambia.
Introducing Mat-dp model tools
New paper from Karla Cervantes Barrón and Jonathan Cullen: Using open-source tools to project bulk and critical material demand and assess implications for low-carbon energy and transport systems:...
Machine learning for gap-filling in greenhouse gas emissions databases
New paper evaluates the potential of machine learning methods to automate the completion of GHG datasets.
Reducing uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions from chemical production
Uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions estimates for petrochemical production have lacked quantification globally, impacting emissions reporting and decarbonization policymaking. Here we analyze cradle-to-gate emissions of 81 chemicals at...