What we do
Find out what the Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab can do for your business

The Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab provides a wide range of valuable support for businesses in Devon. Each company we work with receives a bespoke package to suit their needs.
Our services are free of charge, although our grants require a match funding contribution from the business.
Environmental futures are defined as the problems and opportunities arising from human activity or global trends where digital technology, big data, other disciplines and cross-functional and cross-institutional working can provide a viable solution.
Environmental futures encompasses environmental sciences and covers:
Some of the problems requiring a solution are not yet known or fully understood and may extend into a variety of sectors. This is expected and encouraged.
Big Data is viewed as an ‘enabler’ for all of the projects we deliver, but it may also be a key component for some projects.
The seven partners in Impact Lab have significant and growing volumes of data that we can help you utilise.
We use the term Big Data to encompass not only the data itself but also the skills, knowledge and capability to manipulate and exploit the data.
It also includes a variety of data science and digital technology approaches and tools including:
In order to access support offered by the Impact Lab you will need to:
If you are interested in accessing our support, please contact us at impactlab@plymouth.ac.uk or on 01752 584511.