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Part of the ADEPT Live Labs 2 : decarbonising local roads programme, a three year £30million UK-wide initiative funded by the Department for Transport that aims to decarbonise the local highway network.
Why now?
Our world is facing a climate emergency, threatening our shared future and causing significant impacts on our collective quality of life and the environment. At the Centre, we are striving to shift the dial towards net zero by targeting road materials, which contribute to 40% of the total carbon emissions of the highways sector.
As local authorities declare climate emergencies and net zero targets, innovative materials capable of lowering the whole-life carbon of our roads and assets have never been more crucial. The Centre aims to create a trusted carbon menu, offering local authorities and suppliers alike a platform for sharing knowledge, lessons learned and clear methods for evaluating and adopting leading innovations.
Learn moreWelcome to our
Decarbonisation Roadmap
01Identifying material innovation
As one of the key parts of our programme, we are scanning the UK and global markets for leading materials that can contribute to the decarbonisation of our highways and local roads.
Submit your innovation02Trialling on live networks
Once we have identified and sifted our innovations, we will be live trialling on roads in North Lanarkshire and the West Midlands to gain confidence to adopt and scale low-carbon materials.
Read more about the Materials Testing Programme03Evaluating carbon and technical performance
With support from industry and academic experts, we will be developing a trusted process for evaluating the carbon, technical and scalability of material innovations.
Learn more about our team of experts04Scaling and sharing across the sector
With our online knowledge bank and knowledge sharing activities, we will share and scale the leading low-carbon material innovations.
Read more about our programme outputsThe Materials Testing Programme
The materials testing programme sits at the heart of our Centre of Excellence, as we reach into all corners of the local roads sector to identify, evaluate, trial and evaluate cutting-edge material innovations capable of reducing carbon emissions.
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