TransFIRe appears at the Edinburgh Science Festival
TransFIRe researcher, Mark Cassidy, from the University of Edinburgh appeared at the Edinburgh Science Festival this week for a deep dive discussion to explore the latest technologies to around carbon capture and storage. The panel [...]
Foundation Industry Forum Report 2023
The Foundation Industry Forum was held on the 16-17 October 2023 in Leeds. The report from this event, detailing the event's proceedings and outcomes, can now be downloaded by clicking on the thumbnail below. Our [...]
Discovering the hidden value of mineral waste
As part of TransFIRe, the British Geological Society (BGS) is working to gain a better understanding of the composition and production of mineral waste in the UK. This research aims to help refine the estimate [...]
Energy Benchmarking of Manufacturing Processes in Foundation Industries
As industry increasingly looks at ways to reduce their environmental impacts, manufacturing processes have come under greater scrutiny. The manufacturing sector accounts for 38% of global energy consumption and 25% of global CO2 emissions, much [...]
Model and simulation-based investigation on use of agriculture waste/byproduct in brick manufacturing
This case study utilises ThermoRecycliSt (Thermodynamic simulation-guided (waste/byproduct) materials Recycling Strategy) and other available models to conduct an exploratory investigation to manufacture eco-friendly light-weight bricks through the mixing of agriculture waste/byproduct with raw materials used for [...]
Potential for energy savings and carbon dioxide emissions reduction in the cement industry
TransFIRe researchers have undertaken a literature review to compare cement production practices, in terms of energy consumption and CO2 emissions, in order to identify approaches that are the least energy and emissions intensive. Cement production [...]
TransFIRe at the TFI Network+ Conference
TransFIRe made an appearance at the excellent Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ Conference in Sheffield this week. It was great to get together with other members of the TFI community and hear about the different Network+ [...]
Saica site visit
TransFIRe members paid a visit to Saica Paper this week to find out about their operations and to look for potential collaborative opportunities. Saica are a leading manufacturer of high-performance and 100% recycled papers for [...]
Sustainability Metrics – upcoming challenges for FIs
Over the past year, TransFIRe have been working alongside North Lincolnshire Council, in order to create a ten-month action plan to tackle the subject of sustainability performance. The action plan promotes guided peer-to-peer learning by [...]