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SUMMARY:Sustainability of Energy and Material Demand: Reducing the Demand 
 for Steel - Dr. Andre Cabrera Serrenho\, The Use Less Group\, Department o
 f Engineering\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20161111T174500Z
DTEND:20161111T191000Z
UID:TALK68645@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:48137
DESCRIPTION:Energy use has always been linked to human progress. This has 
 been particularly evident since the Industrial Revolution\, when unprecede
 nted improvements in the standards of living required new energy resources
  to supply increasing energy uses. Most of the potential use of energy res
 ources have been applied to produce bulk materials required to manufacture
  most products. From these materials\, steel alone is responsible for arou
 nd a quarter of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions and its product
 ion continues increasing. In this talk\, the historical energy uses in the
  UK are reviewed and the role that steel making has had in the use of pote
 ntial energy is analysed. The iron and steel industry was the greatest ene
 rgy user in the UK during the 19th century in the UK. Since then\, steel m
 aking requires much less energy\, although the existing improvement potent
 ials are currently not as great as in the past. Besides\, existing improve
 ment potentials are not enough to deliver the scale of reductions in green
 house gases emissions that are required to meet existing climate targets. 
 Therefore\, reducing the impact of steel will require a reduction in the d
 emand for steel. Historical uses of steel are examined and an assessment o
 f prospective steel uses provides some insights on opportunities for steel
  demand reduction.
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Roger Needham Room
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