The Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF), will act as a focal point for understanding and demonstrating how business can evolve and adapt in a low-carbon world. By conducting translational research into clean technologies, the centre aims to be a conduit for the practical application of low carbon technologies, helping to attract inward investment and give companies clear direction on how to increase investment, economic outputs and create jobs in a low carbon world.
The regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has contributed £5.7 million to the centre, which is led by Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York universities. The centre will draw research in natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and policy disciplines.
CLCF’s research projects include:
Towards a Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Economy – a pilot project assessing the impacts of climate change and low carbon policies on the region’s economy and on organisations within it.
Balanced Green Supply Chain System - this project will model the supply chain, revealing how material flows through it and identifying carbon hot spots, enabling supply chains to be remodelled to reduce carbon emissions.
Developing Biorenewable and Biorefining Capacity will examine further development of plants to minimise waste and to improve the extraction of useful chemicals in the biorefining of the feedstock.
Optimisation of Oxygen Linked with Exhaust Gas Recirculation - a project to develop more efficient systems for the capture and removal of carbon from exhausts.
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