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SUMMARY:Engineering for a Low Carbon Future: challenges and opportunities 
 - Julian Allwood\, Senior Lecturer - Department of Engineering\, Universit
 y of Cambridge
DTSTART:20071010T160000Z
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CONTACT:Jon Cullen
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\nThe 4th IPCC report published this February has f
 irmly established the link between human activity and global warming\, but
  discussion about responses has largely been driven by economists on the a
 ssumption of ‘average rates of improvement.’  Where technology has bee
 n discussed – for example in the UK’s Energy White Paper – it is lar
 gely in the hope that innovative technologies will create electricity supp
 lies from non-fossil fuel sources.  There is little structured information
  available on the potential of technology to help reduce demand for energy
  or to maximise the efficient conversion of existing sources\, yet this ar
 ea is rich in opportunities.  This talk\, the first in this seminar series
 \, aims to motivate engineering discussion by giving a top-down overview o
 f global supply and demand for energy\, by surveying the major technology 
 opportunities in both areas\, and will give some examples of step-change t
 echnologies\, particularly in materials processing. \n\n*Biography:*\nJuli
 an Allwood leads the “Sustainable Manufacturing” group in the Institut
 e for Manufacturing\, University of Cambridge\, and is a Fellow and Direct
 or of Studies in Engineering at Gonville and Caius College. His research g
 roup now works on innovative metal forming processes and sustainable manuf
 acturing processes. He is an elected member of CIRP (International Academy
  for Production Engineering) and ISIE (the International Society for Indus
 trial Ecology).
LOCATION:LR4\, Engineering Department\, Baker Building
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