A stock-flow-service nexus vision of the low-carbon economy
This study uses a stock-flow-service nexus to evaluate seven key strategies available to reduce carbon emissions and build a low-carbon economy.
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New report on Low Carbon Concrete Technologies published
A new report on Low carbon concrete technologies by Aurelia Hibbert, Jonathan Cullen, and Michal Drewniok has been released.
Material Flows and Efficiency
Tracking material flows and calculating the efficiency of material systems are key steps for providing goods and services with less material input.
14th ISIE Socio-Economic Metabolism conference
To kick off the academic year, several members of the Refficiency Collective travelled to Vienna for the 14th ISIE Socio-economic metabolism conference.
World Statistics Day: 6 Statistics from the Resource Efficiency Collective
For World Statistics Day 2022, we are celebrating by sharing some important and some lighthearted statistics from the Resource Efficiency Collective.
Low emission building control with zero-shot reinforcement learning
Heating and cooling systems in buildings account for 31% of global energy use. Many of these systems are regulated by Rule Based Controllers (RBCs) that neither maximise energy...
Toward a sustainable materials system
Global annual material use reached 90 billion tons in 2017 and may double by 2050. This unsustainable growth has impacts on everything from landscape degradation and habitat loss...
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...
Technical limits for energy conversion efficiency
To reach climate targets, unprecedented levels of energy efficiency improvements are required. To prioritise investments, it is necessary to know the energy saving potential associated with each action....
Do technical improvements lead to real efficiency gains? Disaggregating changes in transport energy intensity
This paper uses driver reported data and shows that the real fuel efficiency of new cars in Great Britain has improved by far less than widely reported. This...