CLIMACT Seminar Series - Corentin Fivet & Olivier Barbery

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Date	31.10.2022
Hour	12:00 › 13:15
Location	Online
Category	Conferences - Seminars
Event Language	French, English

The CLIMACT seminar series “A Climate of Transformation” is an interactive online event. It takes place twice a month, every second Monday during your lunch break, with two new speakers.
Each episode aims to strengthen the dialogue and collaboration between key UNIL and EPFL scientists, swiss politicians, entrepreneurs and various actors from the civil society, through collective reflection.
A wide range of climate change-related topics will be discussed, integrating perspectives from all sectors and academic disciplines in order to generate new leads and initiatives towards systemic solutions.
Your expertise, ideas, critical thinking and vision for the future is essential.
Join CLIMACT in the discussion!

How component reuse can unlock the circular potential of the construction industry
Presented by Corentin Fivet I Professor - Structural Xploration Lab at EPFL

The construction sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, and ecosystem destruction in the world. A currently underutilized strategy to mitigate these impacts is to reuse obsolete construction components in new projects. This presentation will explore how this new circular approach has gained momentum in recent years, how component reuse poses new challenges for designers, and how current research aims to massify its application and the environmental gains it can offer. The discussion will focus on the reuse of cuttings from reinforced concrete buildings, and on the optimal reuse of load-bearing components in buildings and its life cycle assessment.

Développement durable dans l’industrie cimentière : un exemple concret chez Vigier Ciments
Présenté par Olivier Barbery I Directeur Ciments chez Vigier SA et président du conseil d'administration chez VITO Recycling AG

Face aux enjeux climatiques, l’industrie du ciment Suisse a développé une feuille de route. Au travers d’exemples concrets, Ciments Vigier démontre qu’il est possible d’atteindre les buts ambitieux fixés d’ici 2050 (neutralité carbone). L’industrie a cependant besoin d’un cadre politique clair et de partenariat renforcé avec d’autres industries.

Practical information

General public
Free

Organizer

Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne
Athanasios Nenes, EPFL

Contact

Charmilie Nault

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