…ber 2024. This landmark building is proposed to be net zero carbon in construction and operation, aligning to the University’s sustainability strategies and its low carbon expertise and research agenda. At Derby, academic expertise, research and innovation is used to foster talent, support skills development and promote links with businesses regionally, nationally and globally. In addition to traditional degree routes, the University’s apprentices…
Oxford Brookes’ low carbon building research holds world-leading expertise in the field of carbon mapping, building performance evaluation, low-carbon retrofitting and climate change adaptation of buildings and neighbourhoods. Other related areas of expertise include urban energy modelling using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), smart energy communities and design of low-energy buildings in diverse climates. The group is leading a number of…
…sciplines and across Europe. The Energy-SHIFTS consortium includes: Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), UK The lead department from ARU involved in this project is the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI). The GSI was established by ARU in 2011 and has built a reputation for high impact publications across a broad range of sustainability issues. It is focused on the development of practical solutions to sustainability-related challenges, through the…
…ustainability design innovation, and is leading the project, said: “As the world moves towards everything depending on electricity, including transport, we need a better way to communicate collective needs to individual households at localised levels. “At the moment energy use communication is managed with no social or environmental behavioural data. We are saying that optimum energy use is determined by and affects the local neighbourhood and tha…
…and the North Sea. “According to the UN World Tourism Organisation, this already-popular area will see tourism increase by 5-8%. This will put pressure on the already limited raw materials in the region, where industry, agriculture and tourism are already competing. “We will be working with Norfolk county council and the project site is Great Yarmouth, one of the high dense tourist destinations (per population). In high session, the tourism sector…
…e – from salt water to scale-up To maintain current consumption trends the world needs to produce 50-70% more food by 2050. University of Greenwich researchers have been looking into Microalgae and how it could revolutionise the food industry. As the primary producers of the marine food web, Microalgae are an underexploited resource. They consume more CO2 than they produce, they grow faster than any other plant, and they can be grown in extreme en…
…with the young people which can be used by youth organisations across the world to attract young people into civic engagement spaces and social responsibility in their communities. Dr Laredo said: “Research shows that participating in activities that use creativity and arts enhance confidence, self-awareness, and self-presentation. We often see young people who don’t think of themselves as particularly creative at school really enjoy the arts in…
…oducts 2. A vision to grow that business (not necessarily to take over the world, but to create multiple valuable jobs) 3. A commitment to high quality of design, engineering and/or craftsmanship As stated above, there is a preference for pioneers in construction design and technology. About the development In July 2014 the University of Brighton exchanged contracts with Brighton and Hove City Council to bring forward the development of Preston Ba…
…adults are living with obesity. Childhood obesity has been classed by the World Health Organisation as one of the most serious challenges for the 21st Century. Old or young, obesity carries significant health, social and economic consequences. The Foresight Tackling Obesities systems map illustrates the complex web of factors that cause obesity. Heterogeneous and interdependent individual and socio-environmental level factors all interact dynamic…
…ticipants, helping them stay on track during the study. The study is being run by Dr Dan Gordon of Anglia Ruskin University. A pilot study has just started, and the researchers are now looking to recruit over 200 people, aged 18 or over, to take part in the next stage. Dr Gordon, Associate Professor in Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said: “This is a landmark study that we hope will show just how far…
