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The 果冻影院 Living Lab is an opportunity for students and staff to solve 果冻影院鈥檚 sustainability challenges through research, teaching, dissertations and projects.
19 November 2022
What is a Living Lab project?
Living Lab projects provide real-life learning opportunities for students, and opportunities for research impact for academics whilst helping us meet 果冻影院's ambitious sustainability听commitments.听
A Living Lab project should:听
- Be aligned to听果冻影院's Sustainability Strategy;
- Aim to solve a real-life problem and make 果冻影院 more sustainable;听
- Create an open source culture by sharing听data and knowledge found with Sustainable 果冻影院;听
- Be framed around at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals;
- Be a partnership among key stakeholders, often crossing disciplinary and/or sectoral boundaries.
Dissertation Topics and Guidance
For students in need of inspiration on Living Lab projects, we听have collated examples of dissertation topics to consider along with disseration guidance.听听
&驳迟;听Sustainability Dissertation Topics
Embedding Sustainability into the Curriculum
For teachers we have created specific guidance on how to embed sustainability into the听curriculum
&驳迟;听Staff Resources for Sustainable Education
Sustainable Research听
For researchers, we can provide support on how to trial听research ideas of innovative sustainability solutions on campus.听
Data
To support Living Lab projects we can provide the following听data:听
- Energy data for buildings and departments;
- Some water consumption data for buildings;
- Some travel data for departments;
- Data on behaviour change and engagement with the 果冻影院 community on sustainability topics;
- Information on sustainability projects across 果冻影院: we can connect you with other researchers and staff solving 果冻影院鈥檚 sustainability challenges;
- Information on sustainable buildings;
- Data on 果冻影院鈥檚 supply chains, modern-day slavery principles and products bought and re-used across 果冻影院;
- Information on policy.
We encourage you to connect with other environmental researchers across 果冻影院 through the 果冻影院 Environment听Domain.听
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