by: Luke Deamer, Erica Russell and Jacquetta Lee, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey Introduction We all know the issues of multiple industry PQQs; often irrelevant, time consuming, repetitive and with requests for similar, but slightly different, standards and accreditations. With such barriers, is sustainability being addressed in PQQs? If so, do they […]
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“A built environment that enables people & planet to thrive” is the UK Green Building Council mission. Recently, doctoral practitioners Rocio Martinez and Luke Deamer contributed towards this mission through a challenging, innovative and fun sprint on the topic of community engagement . But first, what do we mean by “sprint”? An Innovation Sprint is […]
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Nicola Andreij Rieg, Doctoral Practitioner with the Sustainability and Energy Team at Surrey and Professor Angela Druckman (CES) obtained funding through the Doctoral College’s Building Research Communities competition to organise a two-day workshop for post-graduate researchers. The workshop aimed to create a thriving community while at the same time providing PhD students with a better […]
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Planes, trains and automobiles… Can polymer composites help in the quest to secure a sustainable future for these modes of transport? The universally recommended method to decide with scientific certainty is with a life cycle assessment (LCA), collecting all possible material and energy inputs and outputs, throughout a product’s life, from raw materials mining to […]
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By Lia Papazoglou, MSc student at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, March 2019 In June 2018, I attended a conference where Sue Stephenson, Co-founder and Interim CEO of IMPACT2030, presented on designing employee engagement programs that align with the Sustainable Development Goals. As a newly accepted graduate student, in pursuit of an MSc in […]
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Luke Deamer is a doctoral practitioner in sustainability sponsored by Keller plc, the world’s largest geotechnical specialist contractor. He is 5 months in to his research, investigating how to improve the sustainability of geotechnical engineering. A large part of my research is understanding what drivers and barriers exist for sustainability in geotechnical engineering. As part […]
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