A world-leading centre in science and technology research for decarbonising our economy and society, and addressing key environmental issues.
Based in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (NMES), the Centre serves to highlight, nurture and facilitate discovery and applied research to address the challenges for decarbonising our society and reducing the environmental impact of our manufacturing, infrastructure, and cities.
The Centre also fosters the next generation of King’s change-makers by educating scientists and engineers on the holistic context of these challenges and developing technologically aware social scientists, lawyers, and policy makers.
"I'm not aware of any other Higher Education institution that has a dedicated Net Zero Centre like the one at King’s. While it may be the first, it will certainly not be the last."
Chris Skidmore OBE, former MP and Chair of the Independent Government Review on Net Zero
Priorities
The Centre focuses on four key priority areas:
Decarbonisation for industry, business, and society
Supporting the transition to net zero carbon in industry, transport, and the energy sector by developing new technologies to reduce CO2 emissions in conjunction with exploring optimisation models for the carbon finance markets to help the decarbonisation process.
Sustainable, low carbon green manufacturing
Designing and developing processes and products to reduce and reuse waste and minimise environmental impact from new designs to retrofitting.
Resource allocation for equity and sustainability
Optimising the equitable allocation of resources to reduce energy consumption and reduce environmental effects.
Resilient urban infrastructures and environments
Making our cities adaptable and liveable with low carbon, environmentally sustainable technologies alongside developing new solutions for energy efficient connectivity.