What is Net-Zero Exchange?
What is the Net-Zero Exchange working on?
Establishing a researcher/enterprise network
Providing knowledge exchange events
Training on Net Zero
- a 3hr Net-Zero and Climate Change workshop
- a 12hr Net-Zero Action: Strategic Planning for Sustainable Change course
- a 60hr Future Climate Leaders course
Opportunities in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Find out more about opportunities for enterprises in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly offered by Entrepreneurial Futures and Future is Green
Opportunities for businesses to collaborate with researchers
Find out more about getting involved in nature-based carbon offsetting or built environment research in Cornwall and IoS
Internship opportunities
Fully-funded internship opportunities placing current students or recent graduates within organisations to work on a net-zero project
Short courses to develop green skills
Find out more about fully-funded training available to businesses based in Cornwall and IoS
Funding Net-Zero Solutions
Get inspired
Take a look at some successful research collaborations carried out with Low Carbon Devon for inspiration on the different ways you could cut carbon
Who are we?
Project Team
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Dr Paul Hardman
Manager of the Sustainable Earth Institute/Director – NetZero Exchange
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Claire Pearce
Business Development and Partnership Manager - Net-Zero Exchange
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Mr Saul Whitford
Knowledge Exchange and Impact Officer (Net-Zero Exchange)
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Amber Woods
Network Officer (Communications and Events) - Net-Zero Exchange
Researchers on the Steering Group
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Professor Steve Goodhew
Professor of Environmental Building and Discipline Leader
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Professor Katharine Willis
Professor of Smart Cities and Communities
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Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng
Professor in Ocean Engineering
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Professor Ian Bailey
Professor of Environmental Politics
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Mr Lee Richards
Supergen ORE Hub Manager
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Professor Jon Shaw
Head of School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Dr Stavros Karamperidis
Lecturer in Maritime Economics
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Dr Andrew Seedhouse
Director of Transport
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Dr Stephen Childe
Associate Professor in Business Management & Operations
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Mrs Jennifer Milligan
Head of Regional and Civic Engagement
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Professor Jackie Andrade
Professor in Psychology
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Professor David Sergeant
Professor of English Literature
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Professor Alison Anderson
Professor in Sociology
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Dr Paul Warwick
Associate Professor
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Dr Paul Lunt
Associate Professor in Environmental Science
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Dr Clare Pettinger
Associate Professor in Public Health Dietetics
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Dr Munira Raji
Sustainable Geoscience and Natural Capital Research Fellow
Enterprises represented on the steering group
- Future Plymouth 2030
- Accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects
- SWMAS
- Sustainable Earth Institute
- Smart Applications Management
- Regen
- Supergen ORE Hub
- BRE
- Stride Treglown
- Intelligent Community Energy (ICE)
- Heart of the South West
- Plymouth Energy Community
- MAKE Southwest
- Devon County Council
- ART and ENERGY
- North Devon Council
- Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
- Cornwall Council
- North Devon Biosphere Foundation
Research expertise within the Sustainable Earth Institute
The Sustainable Earth Institute is about promoting a new way of thinking about the future of our world. It's about the science of the planet, its health and well-being and what that means for us.
Sustainability events
- Placed-Based Seminar: Environment and Sustainability 8 May 2024 12:00 - 13:30
- Campus cafes events 8 May 2024 12:00 - 14:00
- Tamar Valley Food Hubs 10 May 2024 15:30 - 15:45
- Tamar Valley Food Hubs 17 May 2024 15:30 - 15:45
- The Eel Suitcase’s World Eel Day Pop-up Shop! 17 May 2024 10:00 - 16:00
Sustainability news
- University praised for its student support and sustainability education 8 April 2024
- InterCity Place shortlisted for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Awards 13 March 2024
- The research method that’s helping to transform the food system 13 March 2024
- £14.5million project creates a new home for the Plymouth Business School 26 January 2024
- Sustainable heating system advances University’s decarbonisation drive 25 January 2024