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The Research Group in Industrial Ecology and Circular Economy at the University of Queensland endeavours to provide service/expertise for industry clients (i.e. agri-food sector) in transforming existing linear system-based value chains and operations towards circularity, which enhances their resource efficiency & productivity, creates added value products from wastes, and reduces their emissions into the environment for a more sustainable consumption and production in the future.

Industrial Ecology

The recognition of economic and ecological stresses creating natural limitations has seen developmental doctrines around the world to become increasingly linked to resource conservation and environmental protection with socio-economic development.

Circular Economy

Circular economy is an emerging notion that is focused on the 3R principles of reduce, reuse and recycle; whereby its implementation can be done effectively at micro, meso and macro-levels.

Sustainability

Industrialisation and its economic implications have allowed many societies to accumulate considerable wealth. This surplus allows a transition to sustainable development, in theory at least. Such an opportunity does not exist for developing countries rying to adopt sustainable development

Research Interests:

Sustainable Industrial Processes: This area includes methods for prospective or consequential life cycle assessments of products and processes; development of new materials, products and/or production systems that lead to significant reductions in societal energy use, resource use, and environmental impacts. Material and energy recovery from waste.

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: This area includes development and integration of low carbon energy generation; energy technology assessment and systems analysis for sustainable energy supply and use; and multi-scale analysis of energy-efficient urban and industrial systems.

Sustainable Infrastructure and Urban Development: This area includes development and integration of new concepts, analytical methods, tools, and technologies to support design of public spaces, resilient infrastructure and transportation systems; design of sustainable urban buildings and neighbourhoods; and analysis and management of urban metabolism.