*WORKSHOP POSTPONED (DATE TO BE DETERMINED)* Sustainability Workshop for Einstein Telescope

Europe/Rome
EGO - Italy

EGO - Italy

Description

*** THE WORKSHOP WAS POSTPONED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED***

This Workshop concerns the Workpackage 9, of the Einstein Telescope (ET) Preparatory Phase EU funded program,  concerning ET Carbon footprint assessment and mitigation.

It will work on an

  • Accurate evaluation of the ET carbon footprint during both its construction and initial operation stages.  All power consumptions of the infrastructure will be considered (instruments, service plants, computing facilities) as well as those linked to the transportations (commuting, supplies, travels) by analysing all the scientific scenarios envisioned.  Surveys made by large research infrastructures like CERN , other large Astroparticle and Astrophysics Infrastructrues will be used as well, both for their methodology and as inspiration for our actions for ET.
  • The definition of  a responsible energy consumption policy. Optimization will be done separately for the three main elements of the on-site infrastructure – underground constructions, surface buildings and the local computing center – that all have different requirements to fulfil and challenges to meet.
  • Assessment and minimization of  the ET impact on its environment. Study the impact of different scenarios for the design of the underground structures (tunnels, shafts and caverns) to minimize interference with external surface infrastructure networks, urban and natural areas;  the development of layout concepts for the foreseen surface infrastructures taking into account technical requirements, environmental constraints and connection with existing infrastructure and service plants;  how to optimize the surface transportation network and design an underground transportation system for personnel and materials, by identifying the paths, the types of users, the vehicles needed, and also by considering the highest safety standards; the planning and management issues related to the definition of critical areas (safety and environmental) and to the necessary investigations to obtain the associated risk assessments;  the development of integrated processes for environmental assessment evaluation in agreement with local regulations;  study of the impact on biodiversity and on the hydrologic cycle;  finally, a global approach for non-hazardous and hazardous waste management and recycling both during the construction and operation phases.
  • A contribution to sustainable goals. ET will extend its sensibility down to the Hz range. It will be necessary to deploy surface and underground distributed or mobile monitoring networks to measure:  low frequency seismic activity and other vibrations (e.g., sea waves); electromagnetic noise and atmospheric pressure variations that may have an impact on GW measurements; anthropogenic noise. ET as an interdisciplinary and technological hub open to geoscientists, atmospheric scientists, and data science experts, will contribute to the studies on natural hazards and climate change.
Participants
  • Alba Gonzalvez
  • Chiara Arina
  • Dorota Rosinska
  • Elisabeth Hauzinger
  • maria marsella
  • Matteo Barsuglia
  • Michele Punturo
  • Mátyás Vasúth
  • Nadia Tonello
  • Nicolas Arnaud
  • Paolo Chiggiato
  • Roberto Cimino
  • Sascha Rieger
  • Stavros Katsanevas
  • Stephen Fairhurst
  • Szabolcs Marka
  • Thursday, November 17
    • 2:00 PM 2:20 PM
      General Introduction on Climate Change 20m
      Speaker: Stavros Katsanevas
    • 2:20 PM 3:20 PM
      Adjacent field studies
      • 2:20 PM
        Labos1point5 study 30m
        Speaker: TBD
        More studies
      • 2:50 PM
        Snowmass study 30m
        Speaker: S. Gessner, M. Turner TBC
    • 3:20 PM 4:50 PM
      What to study for ET
      • 3:20 PM
        Facility, Tunneling 20m
        Speakers: Maria Marsella, Robert Galler
      • 3:40 PM
        Infrastructure consumption 30m
        Speakers: Jacopo Di CAve, Robert Galler
      • 4:10 PM
        Computing emissions 20m
      • 4:30 PM
        Vacuum/Infrastructure, Detector GHG emissions (Discussion) 10m
        Speaker: Paolo Chiggiato
      • 4:40 PM
        Travel emissions and Food (Discussion) 10m
        Speaker: Stavros Katsanevas
    • 4:50 PM 5:20 PM
      Coffee 30m
    • 5:20 PM 6:40 PM
      WP inputs Part I
      • 5:20 PM
        WP2 20m
        Speaker: M. Roelofs
      • 5:40 PM
        WP3 20m
      • 6:00 PM
        WP4 20m
        Speaker: F. Linde
      • 6:20 PM
        WP7 20m
        Speaker: Rob Van Der Meer, Mauro Morandin
  • Friday, November 18
    • 9:00 AM 10:05 AM
      LVK Policy and Data
      • 9:00 AM
        The LIGO Policy and Data up to now 20m
      • 9:20 AM
        The Vigo Policy and Data 20m
        Speaker: A. Paoli
      • 9:40 AM
        The KAGRA Policy and Data 20m
    • 10:05 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee 25m
    • 10:30 AM 11:50 AM
      WP inputs Part II
      • 10:30 AM
        WP5 20m
      • 10:50 AM
        WP7 20m
      • 11:10 AM
        WP8 20m
      • 11:30 AM
        WP10 20m
        Speaker: Dorota Rosinska
    • 11:50 AM 12:25 PM
      Methodology on future work 2nd part 35m