Sustainable Development Research Forum A round up of the whiteboards

Planet Sustainable energy –Design –Structure –LCA –Environmental impact

Planet Andrew Knight Policies on bottled water. –Filtered water from mains; eliminate sourcing bottled water, reduce carbon footprint, achieve economic saving.

Planet Behaviour change –How to get people to cycle on to campus? –Joined up thinking –cycle parking –links from cycle paths on to campus

Profit Redevelopment of Pestalozzi Village to provide financial viability.

People Links with Global University Network for Innovation and International Science Shop Network. Developing community capacity and skills in delivering practical neighbourhood projects for tackling climate change.

People Juliet Millican Interest in developing more in depth community based research projects using Masters / Dissertation students working for community organisations.

People Developing continued programme of projects with Sustainability team at Brighton & Hove City Council Providing research information on making “private housing” more efficient to communities.

People Partnership with Dzemal Bijedic University in Bosnia developing student engagement projects.

People Working with existing fuel poverty network in Brighton & Hove City Council in identifying and targeting communities, neighbourhoods and streets in the city that are particularly fuel poor.

People Developing a living wage policy for Brighton & Hove. Developing Brighton & Hove community engagement strategy.

Tools and equipment LCA software – SIMAPRO Beth, WERG Impact Assessment Analysis for manufacturing and design benchmarking.

Partner search Pestalozzi Village Smart Meter. Andrew Miller –Social Inclusion Fuel Poverty –Energy Saving –Meter / control –Fuel purchase

Partner search Juliet Millican Student / community based research. Find Masters programmes interested in identifying live research projects for their students.

Partner search Graeme Awcock ZIGBEE wireless protocol. Eurotherm have ZIGBE development kit. Anne Solley, Derek Marshall, Hamid Isfahany Earthquake proof housing for developing countries.

Project Proposals A comparison between academic buildings on sustainable versus traditional construction. –Refurbishment –New build –Life cycle cushion –Design / construction times –Construction costs

Project Proposals Develop two houses in collaboration with industry to assess performance of traditional new build construction and use as a teaching resource.

Project Proposals Bob Howlett –Energy polygeneration for domestic dwellings. Multiple energy sources, PV panels, thermal solar panels, microgeneration via stirling cycle / diesel engines –Energy storage via batteries, fuel cells, etc. –Intelligent optimisation of the overall system and optimal control.

Project Proposals Bob Howlett Efficient motive power units for water born transportation. –Hybrid power unit. –Applications in leisure and freight on canals and inland waterways in UK and Europe.

Project Proposals Della Madgwick Urban density and its impact on the community –Green space in high density developments –Calculating its impact on communities’ health and well-being –Investigating the impact of turning houses into flats on the future well-being of families

Proposals for seminars and workshops Joint University of Brighton / Brighton & Hove City Council seminar to identify clear joint research opportunities.

Future activities Sustainability action planning for the University as a corporate body. Measuring the actual impact (environmental, economic and people) of sustainable development activities. Measuring our impact, footprint and progress in the coming years.

Future activities Concerns regarding –the destruction of the “garden” – with gardens being sold for profit and more housing. –the wheelie bin on the street (eyesore). –the allocation of grants for home insulation, solar panels, wind turbines, garden preservation.

Future activities University to sign up to green electricity supplier. Is being “green” always environmentally friendly? For example, growing organic can produce more waste than mass farming.