GFCC member Aston University has taken a major step towards achieving its ambitious goal of becoming a net-zero institution. The university, located in Birmingham, the second-largest city in the United Kingdom, is building a new Carbon Neutral Energy Center that will be powered by a combination of two technologies: ground-source and air-source heat pumps. The new center will completely replace the current natural gas system, providing heating for 12 buildings across the campu

By Deborah C. Gordon, Senior Fellow, GFCC, USA Ms. Gordon serves on the Board of Probability Management and is an advisor to emerging technology companies. Credit: Photo by Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash. Societies across the world are increasingly recognizing a fundamental challenge: energy needs are rising beyond the delivery capacity of existing infrastructure. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global electricity demand is expected to grow by around 3

GFCC Vice-chair, Mr. Charles Kiefel AM, recently funded a study tour to the United States to visit leading national laboratories specializing in nuclear science and technology, including the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.