
Dwelling in the Anthropocene: sustainable supply chains for the built environment
Speaker: Dott. Luca Valentini (Dipartimento di Geoscienze (Università degli Studi di Padova) Thursday 18th november - 4,30 pm | Aula Arduino
18.11.2021
Reconciling the need of meeting the demand for reliable, durable, and cost-effective building materials, without impacting on the environment, poses a societal conundrum and an extraordinary technological challenge. It is reported that nearly 40 billion tonnes of raw materials extracted from the Earth’s crust each year feed into the construction industry. The associated material flows dramatically contribute to the anthropogenic CO2 emissions.