EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability

国际协议和各国政府承诺，到2050年，全球工业体系的产出将翻一番，同时只使用当前资源的50%，产生的二氧化碳不超过当前二氧化碳的20%。实现这一目标代表着一场激动人心的新工业革命，需要我们统称为工业可持续发展的新方法和新思维。EPSRC工业可持续发展创新制造中心将与已经积极准备迎接这一挑战的各种规模和行业的领先公司密切合作。该中心将在两个方面开展工作：迅速降低现有商品生产中的资源和能源密集度，同时研究彻底重新设计工业系统的各种选择。我们将在“生态效率”(通过集中精力减少能源、水和材料的使用，用更少的资源创造更多价值)、“生态工厂”(例如，尽可能使用一个过程的废物作为另一个过程的投入)和“可持续工业系统”(通过利用太阳能收入节约资源，重新分配在哪里生产的产品，重新评估价值交付的内容和方式)中的项目奠定基础。随着我们更好地了解什么是有效的，什么是无效的，我们将开发和交付工具和技术，供我们的合作者用来实现他们的可持续发展目标。其中一些工具将商业化，一些工具将更自由地提供。所有类型的制造商都将使用这些工具来减少他们生产每种产品所使用的能源、水和材料的数量。我们将与汽车、食品、家具、洗涤剂和许多其他产品的生产商合作，确保我们的工具对尽可能多的制造商和行业有用。当我们知道工具确实有助于提高绩效时，我们将通过我们的网络和合作伙伴向多家制造商传播它们的存在；我们将衡量工具的用处并将信息发布在网上。在中心最初的5年生命周期中，我们将培训80多人达到最高标准，使他们成为具有领导技能的学者和实践者，能够帮助行业应对可持续发展的挑战

By 2050 the global industrial system is committed by international agreements and governments to double its output while only using 50% of current resources and generating no more than 20% of current CO2. Achieving this represents an exciting new industrial revolution, requiring new approaches and new thinking which we term collectively Industrial Sustainability .The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability will work closely with leading companies of all sizes and from all sectors who are already actively preparing for this challenge. The Centre will work on two fronts: rapidly reducing the resource & energy-intensity in the production of existing goods while simultaneously investigating options for a radical redesign of the industrial system. We will build a foundation of projects in 'eco-efficiency' (creating more value using less resource by focussing on reducing use of energy, water and materials), in 'eco-factory' (for example using waste from one process as inputs to another wherever possible), and in 'sustainable industrial system' (conserving resources by for example using solar income, re-distributing what gets made where and re-assessing what and how value is delivered). As we better understand what works and what doesn't, we will develop and deliver tools and techniques, which will be used, by our collaborators to achieve their sustainability goals. Some of these tools will be commercialised and some will be made more freely available. Manufacturers of all types will use these tools to reduce the amount of energy, water and material they use to produce each product. We will work with producers of cars, food, furniture, detergents and many other products to make sure our tools are useful to as many manufacturers and sectors as possible.When we know that the tools do help to improve performance we will broadcast their existence to multiple manufacturers through our network and partners; we will measure how useful the tools are and publish that information on-line.During the 5-year initial life of the Centre we will train over 80 people to the highest standard, preparing them to be academics and practitioners with the leadership skills capable of helping industry rise to the challenge of sustainability