{"id":33,"date":"2015-07-02T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T20:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/csrf\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2020-11-20T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:05:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/novacom.group\/csrf\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='white' style='background:rgba(0,0,0,0); border:solid 0px rgba(0,0,0,0); border-radius:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;'>\n<div id='slider_3840' class='owl-carousel sa_owl_theme ' data-slider-id='slider_3840' style='visibility:hidden;'>\n<div id='slider_3840_slide01' class='sa_hover_container' style='padding:3% 0%; margin:0px 0%; background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/novacom.group\/csrf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/about-banner.jpg&quot;); background-position:center top; background-size:cover; background-repeat:no-repeat; min-height:400px; '><div class=\"container\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5%;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<h1 class=\"slider-header\">About<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"slider-copy\">The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (SRF) was founded to help industry and Government minimise carbon emissions from the road freight sector.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t\tjQuery('#slider_3840').owlCarousel({\n\t\t\titems : 1,\n\t\t\tsmartSpeed : 1000,\n\t\t\tautoplay : true,\n\t\t\tautoplayTimeout : 5000,\n\t\t\tautoplayHoverPause : true,\n\t\t\tsmartSpeed : 1000,\n\t\t\tfluidSpeed : 1000,\n\t\t\tautoplaySpeed : 1000,\n\t\t\tnavSpeed : 1000,\n\t\t\tdotsSpeed : 1000,\n\t\t\tloop : true,\n\t\t\tnav : false,\n\t\t\tnavText : ['',''],\n\t\t\tdots : false,\n\t\t\tresponsiveRefreshRate : 200,\n\t\t\tslideBy : 1,\n\t\t\tmergeFit : true,\n\t\t\tautoHeight : true,\n\t\t\tlazyLoad : true,\n\t\t\tlazyLoadEager: 1,\n\t\t\tmouseDrag : false,\n\t\t\ttouchDrag : false\n\t\t});\n\t\tjQuery('#slider_3840').css('visibility', 'visible');\n\t});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-8ebbe4af\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-undefined uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign-undefined uagb-columns__gap-10 alignundefined uagb-block-5dbda423\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-859a4da8\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<p class=\"copy-header\"><strong>HGV operations currently account for around 6% of all UK CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions. The SRF brings together three of the UK\u2019s leading academic groups: the Cambridge University Engineering Department, the Logistics Research Centre of Heriot Watt University and the Freight and Logistics research group at the University of Westminster, along with industry and government partners; to make road freight environmentally, economically and socially sustainable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"copy\">SRF performs fundamental and applied research into low carbon road freight, including both vehicle engineering and logistical factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"copy\">The Centre receives funding from various UK Government and European sources, particularly EPSRC, ETI and InnovateUK, as well as from industry members.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-fef4bcdc related\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The best way to achieve very deep reductions in CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from the road freight sector is to combine highly-focussed vehicle engineering with systematic improvements to freight distribution systems: optimizing vehicles in parallel with logistical tasks. <\/p><cite>Professor David Cebon<br><span style=\"color: rgb(145,200,72)\">Director, SRF<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-fea23cae\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"sect-header\">THE OVERALL AIMS OF THE CENTRE ARE TO:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-undefined uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign-undefined uagb-columns__gap-0 alignundefined uagb-block-6c7898e7\"><div 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transport.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-0afad8a6\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-a350ae48\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sect-header circle-outline\">2<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-2422bd44\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sum-copy\">Develop innovative technical and operational solutions to road freight transport challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap 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