The challenges posed by climate change to Australia's infrastructure, natural environment, and overall liveability are indeed significant. Australia is still behind its global peers in adopting standardized measures for carbon accounting even though the infrastructure lifecycle contributes to 72% of the total carbon emissions in the country. It is critical for the Australian infrastructure sector to develop carbon neutral and resilient life-cycle decisions for its projects, considering their environmental and social impacts from planning to decommissioning.
Led by RMIT, the ARC Training Centre for Whole Life Design of Carbon Neutral Infrastructure (DfCO2) is designed to upskill the infrastructure workforce sector with the capability to measure carbon emissions uniformly and design carbon-neutral structures throughout their lifespan. We aim to produce industry-ready research graduates and fellows with knowledge and skills to contribute to reducing carbon emissions across the civil infrastructure sector.
Through its five integrated research programs and in collaborating with its 21 contributing partners, the Centre will make a vital contribution towards Australia's net zero emissions targets by developing methodological and technological expertise for reducing carbon emissions and sequestration techniques for infrastructure.
Metrics for carbon emissions of each stage of infrastructure
Techniques for carbon reduction and sequestration
Methods for increasing circularity and longevity
Analytics and machine learning for carbon performance
Prototype demonstration and socio-technical transformation
For a list of all partners, visit the DfCO2 website.
Centre email: dfco2@rmit.edu.au
LinkedIn: DfCO2
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