Are you using our free #regenerate webtool yet? Why not let us walk you through how it works on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCz4g5…

#circulareconomy #regenerate tool #buildingdesign

Charles Gillott is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Civil and Structural Engineering at Sheffield. He was involved in the development of 'Regenerate' and his current project seeks to quantify the #circulareconomy potential of the UK's non-residential #buildingstock .

urbanflows.ac.uk/people/ #meettheteam

👏 A consortium of UK universities has received GBP 11.2 million (€13.1 million) in funding to research plastics enzymatic recycling. ♻
Find out more: sustainableplastics.com/news/uk-univer…

University of Portsmouth Bangor University The University of Edinburgh Cambridge University Imperial College London The University of Manchester UCL

🌍Today is @earthday 2024.

This year's focus is on Planet vs Plastics with the demand for a 60% reduction in the production of plastics by 2040.

See how you can join the movement and make a difference: earthday.org/earth-day-2024/

#60x40 #earthday2024 #planetvsplastics

📣 Call for Papers!

Feature in the upcoming Resources, Conservation and Recycling special issue, 'Spatialized material stock analysis to facilitate circularity of the built environment.'

Submission deadline: 28 June 2024

More info: lnkd.in/eqgnkG3P #ScienceDirect

💡How much do you know about the work we do?

Our projects cover a wide range of #research interests, from #retrofit to #airquality , #IoT to #circular economy.

Find out more on our dedicated Projects page: urbanflows.ac.uk/projects/

UK Research and Innovation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council #funding #research

🚌As of this week you can travel for free around #Sheffield city centre on the new Sheffield Connect bus service: 4 brand new zero-emission electric green buses serving 2 routes.

Find out more: lnkd.in/eDnUxepQ @sheffcouncil #sheffieldcity #greentransport

Our co-founder Danielle Densley Tingley is one of the co-authors of the IStructE's publication on Circular economy and reuse: guidance for designers.

Buy your copy here: istructe.org/resources/guid…

#circulareconomy #reuse #retrofirst

In January '24, preminiary data showed Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to a 70 year low. But is this reduction sustainable?

Find out more about why this massive 46% drop might have happened: geographical.co.uk/news/germanys-…

#emissions #greenhousegasses #carbonemissions

A rise in harmful emissions from wood-burning stoves has helped undermine decreases in particulate pollution from road and energy sources in the UK, government data has revealed.

Read more here: theguardian.com/environment/20…

#airpollution #airquality #airquality matters #emissions

What #journals and #publications do you keep up with? 📚

Some of our regulars include:
✅ ScienceDirect's Building and Environment
✅ Resources, Conservation & Recycling
✅ NatureSustainability
✅ IStructE's The Structural Engineer

What are your favourites? Let us know!

Are you on trend?

A new report from UK Green Building Council summarises and analyses a range of solution trends they've seen in 2023.

Check out 'Trends in Sustainable Solutions in the Built Environment 2023' here: ukgbc.org/solutions/tren…

#builtenvironment #sustainability #innovation

Dr Danielle Densley Tingley leads the Urbans Flows Observatory. Her research aims to '...create a built environment that operates within the carrying capacity of the planet.'

Find out more about the team here: urbanflows.ac.uk/people/ #meettheteam Civil and Structural Engineering at Sheffield ACSE at Sheffield

Have you see the joint call to action to our future leaders from 11 major organisations on reducing embodied carbon emissions in the built environment sector?

Take a look at the Policy Position Paper: istructe.org/getattachment/…

#builtenvironment #construction #embodiedcarbon

- Since 2015, the average price of an EV in Europe has increased by 39%.
- New SUV sales increase by 23% in one year.

Is this progress? What are your thoughts?

#EVs #electricvehicles #electriccars #vehiclesales

Sources:
- airqualitynews.com/cars-freight-t…
- airqualitynews.com/cars-freight-t…

BuildZero, the £6m project funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, will develop a detailed vision of more sustainable building practices, through a five year project led by The University of Sheffield in partnership with University of Bath, Manchester University, Cardiff University, Cambridge University and industrial collaborators.🎉

Are you looking for a tool to engage with the #circulareconomy ?

Regenerate is a web tool created for design teams, whether influencing or assessing proposed, ongoing, or completed #construction projects.

Get started: regenerate.urbanflows.ac.uk
#buildingdesign The University of Sheffield

Did you catch the paper by our colleagues at The University of Sheffield on the common barriers to and enablers of vertical extensions?

Learn more here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#retrofit #zerocarbon #embodiedcarbon #storedcarbon #repurpose

📣 Submit your paper now!

Feature in the upcoming Resources, Conservation and Recycling special issue, 'Spatialized material stock analysis to facilitate circularity of the built environment.'

Submission deadline: 28 June 2024

More info: lnkd.in/eqgnkG3P

#ScienceDirect

Any architects out there looking to dramatically reduce our negative impact on the planet?

The second edition of Royal Institute of British Architects's Re-use Atlas is now available to pre-order!

Reserve your copy here: ribabooks.com/the-re-use-atl…

#circulareconomy #architecture #reduce #recycle