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SUMMARY: Adding more value to structures with less new steel - Prof Julian
  Allwood (Engineering)
DTSTART:20160205T150000Z
DTEND:20160205T160000Z
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CONTACT:Lorna Everett
DESCRIPTION:In our research\, we’ve established a clear case for materia
 l efficiency: if we want to cut industrial greenhouse gas emissions signif
 icantly\, we’re going to have to produce less of the bulk materials. Pro
 ducing steel and cement alone drives a half of all industrial emissions\, 
 a sixth of the global total. Knowing that all cement and a half of all ste
 el is used in construction\, we’re trying to make friends with the count
 ry’s construction community to explore in detail where the opportunity l
 ies\, and what might bring it about.  This talk will start with a brief re
 view the work we’ve completed that demonstrates the opportunity to const
 ruct and maintain buildings and infrastructre with much less material prod
 uction. I’ll then present our current attempts to engage in a process of
  change - through Innovate UK projects close to commercial reality\, throu
 gh collaboration with the Economics faculty\, through technology developme
 nts\, through trying to initiate demonstrator projects\, via government st
 rategy\, public standards\, and through exploring different models of owne
 r and user engagement with construction. 
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR5
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