Congratulations to Dr Nikolaos Vlasopoulos, whose company Novacem

Europe's Academic Innovators Recognised in ACES Awards

Academic entrepreneurs from France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom have been recognised in the second annual ACES awards, held in Paris on 10 December and awarded by the Science Business Innovation Board. The winners come from the UK, France, Sweden and Italy.

Congratulations to Dr Nikolaos Vlasopoulos, whose company Novacem has a new and promising process for making cement without making carbon dioxide at the same time - currently one tonne of carbon dioxide is released to make one tonne of cement - carried off the Energy/Environment award. The judges noted in particular the opportunity to reduce the production of carbon dioxide, given that the cement industry produces 5 per cent of the world's industrial output of CO2. Novacem is a spin-off from Imperial College London, UK.

 See our very own Babak Mirshahi  giving an interview for BBC Persian news. Topic: Climate Change & Water Resources. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ptTiebG9sM