This webinar brings together LCA practitioners and enthusiasts to explore the complexities of assessing emerging aviation technologies and fuels through Life Cycle Assessment. Assessment of future technologies is critical to informing policy for research and development investment, regulations related to low-carbon fuels, electricity demand and climate impact forecasts.
Featuring Stella Job, Owner & Sustainable Innovation Consultant at Grazebrook Innovation, the session presents a case study, Project Monet, which assessed early-stage designs for a fleet of two-seater training aircraft with a range of zero or low-carbon powertrains. With further insight from the FlyZero project on hydrogen-powered commercial aviation, it will focus on methodological challenges in evaluating future technologies.
Stella will address key regulatory science questions, highlighting the need for good practice and standards for LCA practice, and how LCA results can inform evidence-based policymaking and resulting regulations.
The discussion will extend to critical decarbonisation issues in hard-to-electrify transport sectors, including biofuel types and biomass competition, as well as perspectives on hydrogen sourcing beyond the typical green/blue categories. The webinar includes interactive breakouts to foster dialogue and shared learning.
Speakers
Stella Job, Owner and Consultant, Grazebrook Innovation
Stella is an advanced materials and sustainability specialist and a graduate of the University of Oxford (Engineering Science). She is passionate about sustainability, especially in the context of innovation, and loves supporting people to design and innovate with a sustainability mindset. This includes training through several universities and in industry. Stella has done environmental assessments for major sustainable aviation projects including FlyZero and Project MONET, and is a member of the Aerospace Technology Institute Cross-Cutting Advisory Group. She previously led sustainability activity and supply chain engagement at Composites UK and worked in composites and smart materials at the Knowledge Transfer Network.
Stephen S. Doliente (Chair)
Research Fellow in Sustainable Systems, Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change
