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Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials Wins Outstanding Research Impact Award
Centre Award at the University of Birmingham's 2026 Research & Impact Awards
Publications
Cleaner energy, higher risk?
CentrePiece
High-Throughput Graphite Recovery from Battery Anode Scrap, Impacts of Using In-Line Near-Infrared Processing on Material Integrity
ACS Sustainable Resource Management
A Hybrid Simulation Modelling Framework for Stress Testing Rare Earth Element-Centric Semiconductor Supply Chains
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
The world's supply of helium is being threatened by the Iran war
The Conversation
On whose terms? Improving terminology for reverse loops in a circular economy of critical materials
Sustainability Science and Technology
EV growth driven by batteries, not oil shocks
CentrePiece
Ecological impact of vehicles: A comparative study within the Czech Republic and other Visegrad 4 countries
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling
Nature Reviews Clean Technology
End-of-life management for wind turbines
Nature Reviews Clean Technology
The US-China rare earths deal shows the importance of critical materials in a new era of strategic interdependence
USAPP – American Politics and Policy
Sustainability Science and Technology in 2024 and beyond: equitable publishing aligned with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability Science and Technology
Roadmap for a sustainable circular economy in lithium-ion and future battery technologies
Journal of Physics Energy
Upcycle for enhanced performance
Nature Sustainability
The supply chain for electric car batteries is changing the world's geopolitics
LSE Business Review
Securing technology critical materials for Britain - the legal and regulatory conundrum
Environmental Law Review
Geopolitics and the electric vehicle revolution
CentrePiece
Cutting-edge research for a greener sustainable future
Green Chemistry
The sustainable materials roadmap
Journal of Physics Materials
Green growth and electric vehicles: the role of recycling
LSE Business Review
Russia, Ukraine, and the Critical Materials–Energy Nexus
American Affairs
Risk management over the life cycle of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Debondable adhesives and their use in recycling
Green Chemistry
Regulating the Second Use of Electric Vehicle Batteries: A Sense of Purpose
Journal of Business Law
The Geopolitics of Cobalt
American Affairs
Beyond the EVent horizon: Battery waste, recycling, and sustainability in the United Kingdom electric vehicle transition
Energy Research & Social Science
Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there
Energy Research & Social Science
Cutting-edge research for a greener sustainable future (2020)
Green Chemistry
Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research
Energy Research & Social Science
Why critical materials are exactly that
New Statesman
Nine ways steel could build a greener economy
The Conversation
Wales’ new car industry
Click on Wales
Beyond the drawing board
Click on Wales
A Skills and Training Needs Analysis for Solar Photovoltaics a Welsh and UK Perspective
Journal of International Scientific Publications: Educational Alternatives
Intelligent buildings—Sustainable or just lazy?
Green Building Magazine
THE FORUM DEBATE-The Olympics
Green Building Magazine
DEBATE-The forum debate—2016, is it fading away?
Green Building Magazine
THE FORUM DEBATE-Building automation and control
Green Building Magazine
Diverse regional sustainability strategies: template for the future or squandered resources?
International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management
FORUM DEBATE-Is this the end for solar expansion in the UK?
Green Building Magazine
GREEN BUILDING PHYSICS-Heating—Heat pumps
Green Building Magazine
FORUM DEBATE-How green is your build?
Green Building Magazine
Get back on course with CAT
Green Building Magazine
GREEN BUILDING PHYSICS-Carbon content of heating fuels part II
Green Building Magazine
FORUM DEBATE-Do blue and yellow make green?
Green Building Magazine
FORUM DEBATE-All things paint.
Green Building Magazine
Quake Shakes Japan Nuke: Facts & Fission
The Huffington Post
THE FORUM DEBATE Energy choices compiled
Green Building Magazine
GREEN BUILDING PHYSICS An introduction to lighting, part 2
Green Building Magazine
The forum debate: energy pellets
Green Building Magazine
Green building physics: thermal comfort
Green Building Magazine
Hydrogen & fuel cells
The Challenge of Climate Change
Convergence on Zero for Equitable Sustainability
The Huffington Post
Never Mind Google Streetview... We Need Google "Heat" View
The Huffington Post
The forum debate: heat pumps
Green Building Magazine
Hydrogen & fuel cells: special feature
Green Building Magazine
PURE Hydrogen
Green Building Magazine
Hydrogen integration
Green Building Magazine
Working towards a hydrogen future: an interview with Allan Jones MBE
Green Building Magazine
The forum debate: electric cars
Green Building Magazine
Vehicle to grid: integrating transport with the built environment
Green Building Magazine
A window on the future of glazing
Green Building Magazine
Simulating debate
Green Building Magazine
Energy Reduction In The Built Environment - Potential For Strawbale Construction In Lithuania
Mokslo Darbai – Lietuvos Taikomųjų Mokslų Akademija [Journal of Applied Research, Lithuanian Academy of Applied Sciences]
Is Tall Beautiful?
Green Building Magazine
The forum debate: multi-foil insulation
Green Building Magazine
The forum debate: Home Information Packs (HIPs)
Green Building Magazine
A dim view: shedding light on poor roof design
Green Building Magazine
The forum debate: flooring
Green Building Magazine
The Merton Rule
Building for a Future