Nanoindentation in the today’s News: Materials novel characterization by harmonized protocols
By Konstantinos Andrikos, Nanomechanic Engineer Testing materials' mechanical properties has always been a matter of great importance for the evaluation of their robustness, wear resistance, but also stability index, failure prediction and materials'design, to meet the demanding requirements of manufacturing and product trends; reliability, performance, durability, quality, to name a few. In order to have [...]
Circular Economy Expert – Sustainability Analyst
We are looking for a person who seeks for a new challenge as a Sustainability expert in terms of Circular Economy concerning Innovative materials & related process in the framework of EC funded projects. Environmental Consultant, Environmental Policy Job's profile: · Undertake day-to-day activities of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC) and Technoeconomic analysis (TEA) · Subject matter [...]
Is it possible to reach a climate neutral wastewater treatment plant?
By Lydia Peraki, Sustainabity Specialist In addition to the indirect emissions that are derived mostly from the energy use, direct GHGs, methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) are emitted during the wastewater treatment processes (WWTP). Moving towards climate neutrality by improving the energy balance of the WWTP is an issue of [...]
Offsetting: A green investment or greenwashing?
By Lydia Peraki, Sustainabity Specialist Individuals and organizations can invest in environmental projects worldwide to compensate for their own unavoidable emissions. By definition, a carbon offset is a removal or reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by compensating the emissions generated elsewhere. Offsets are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) reduced or removed from [...]
Risk and Safety Engineer
We are looking for a person who seeks for a new challenge in safety assessment of novel material processes. Job's profile: · Undertake day-to-day activities of occupational safety assessment · Gather and evaluate data from various different sources (e.g., questionnaires, on-site assessment, material characterization and hazard information) to identify safety gaps, perform hazard assessment for extensive material [...]