Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre AREC brings together academics, business and policymakers to meet the challenge of promoting resource efficiency and sustainability across supply chains. You are here Home Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre Research Mission and vision Projects Supply chain innovation Themes and capabilities Advanced materials and manufacturing Energy and nuclear Water Agritech and food Big data, digitalisation & industry 4.0 Waste recycling and circular economy Life cycle assessment Resilience modelling Energy modelling News and events 23 August 2024 New framework developed to allow rapid evaluation of decarbonisation technologies towards net zero A new novel high-level framework is set to improve efficiency in life cycle assessment. In a new paper, the stakeholder-driven framework is applied to an aviation case study. This study is funded by BAE Systems. 30 April 2024 Only four G20 countries set for positive ecological footprint by 2050, study finds The UK along with 15 of the G20 nations are forecast to have a negative ecological footprint by 2050, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. 3 April 2024 Liang Kong attends the 2024 Hydrogen UK Conference Liang Kong, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre (AREC), attended the annual Hydrogen UK Conference on 12 March 2024. 25 March 2024 IACMI - The Composite Institute visit to the University of Sheffield The representatives of IACMI - The Composite Institute visited the University of Sheffield on 5 March2024. View all AREC news About AREC About us Impact Resources Facilities Laboratories Software modelling will better ensure the safety of future nuclear reactors. Software
