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Below are PDFs of presentations from 5/6 December that authors have given us permission to publish. They will be updated in due course. Videos presenting some of the projects below are available on our YouTube channel. Prof. Julian Allwood, University of Cambridge, Transforming the Foundation Industries to have absolutely zero emissions by 2050 Dr. Alessandra […]
Published: December 8th, 2023
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22 March 2023, 14:00 Online Via Zoom Register to attend The ‘Blue skies, green future’ webinar series presents ideas and innovation to spark discussion on the topic of transformation and sustainability within the foundation industries. This webinar will be presented by Dr Sophie Nixon The biotechnological potential of environmental microbiomes: a new route to CO2 […]
Published: February 27th, 2023
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The Portuguese ceramic’s industry is composed of ~1000 companies principally concerned with construction and traditional ceramics and employs around 16,000 people. It constitutes 0.5% of GDP of Portugal (£230 billion p.a. with a population of ~10.5m), generates a turnover of ~1.2% of GDP and in 2017 was responsible for ~ 4% of the total and almost […]
Published: December 7th, 2022
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In collaboration with the Weir Group and the Materials Processing Institute Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are driven by the expanding development of smart sensors that offer new approaches to collect and post-process data to improve factory operation and digitalise production processes. Substantial technological investment is required to realise digitalisation, leading to […]
Published: September 23rd, 2022
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TFI Network+ is pleased to release the findings from the recent ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Foundation Industries’ workshop, held virtually on 23rd March 2022. The event attracted over 50 audience members from across the Foundation Industries and partner organisations to discuss and share experiences and opportunities for improvement of EDI practises in the […]
Published: June 20th, 2022
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In collaboration with Econotherm Energy efficiency is among the most important keys to unlock a green and more sustainable economy and a substantial amount of energy can be saved via the reuse of waste heat. Exploitation of waste heat streams has already been investigated mainly relying on forced or natural convection as a heat transfer […]
Published: November 3rd, 2021
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Researchers from the University of British Columbia Okanagan have investigated the possible use of waste materials from pulp and paper in the use of road construction, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill
Published: April 14th, 2021
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