Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon
A project supporting Devon enterprises to shift to a low-carbon economy
- Are you a Devon-based enterprise interested in reducing your carbon emissions or developing a new low-carbon product, process or service? We'd love to hear from you.
Complete the Low Carbon Devon – enterprises’ expression of interest
- Are you a University of Plymouth researcher or academic with an interest or expertise in the low-carbon agenda? Register your interest in the project's collaboration, funding and event opportunities.
Complete the Low Carbon Devon – research and innovation expression of interest
Covid-19 update – the project team are working remotely for the time being, in line with the government’s current measures, and please note that the University of Plymouth’s city centre campus is only open for key functions (please refer to our Covid-19 FAQ page for current information). Although booking the Sustainability Hub in May and June is not currently possible, all other aspects of the project are progressing, so if you would like to register your interest in being involved, please complete our expression of interest questionnaire for enterprises or researchers. We continue to review the latest guidance and would be happy to discuss your plans for events in the Sustainability Hub for later in the year at sustainabilityhub@plymouth.ac.uk.
Welcome to Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon
The Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon project will provide an exciting new catalyst for low-carbon economic growth in Devon.
Supported by an investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the three-year £2.6 million programme, will support Devon-based organisations to access research, business support, and engage with the University of Plymouth around the low-carbon agenda.
Get involved
Sustainability Hub
The Sustainability Hub is a refurbished building that provides a physical space where businesses, social enterprises and community groups can mix with researchers and students around the issue of sustainability.
For further information on how you can use the building, visit the Sustainability Hub webpage.
Knowledge exchange
Events – We will be holding various events during the project. These events will be about supporting the low-carbon sector in Devon, supporting enterprises from any sector to shift to low carbon and also supporting enterprises to engage with the University of Plymouth around the low-carbon agenda.
Low-carbon internships – We will
have a number of short internships (one to three months) for students and recent
graduates from across the Institute.
This could be from science, engineering, arts, humanities, health and
business. If you are a student or graduate interested in being an intern in a Devon enterprise, please email sustainabilityhub@plymouth.ac.uk
If you have ideas about events/training or a short low carbon research project, please fill out one of the above Expression of Interest questionnaires.
Research and innovation
The Sustainability Hub is also going to be a living lab – a place where we can research and test low carbon solutions. Four industrial research fellows will be employed in spring/summer 2020 to carry out research, hold training events and bring together enterprises operating in the green wall sector, power electronics (PV & LEDs), the creative industry sector, and behaviour change.
We also have ten small grants for short research projects with Devon enterprises that are developing new low carbon products/processes.
If you have projects that could benefit from collaborating with University of Plymouth researchers – please fill out one of the above Expression of Interest questionnaires.
Carbon Reduction Project
The Low Carbon Devon project brings significant energy savings through delivering an LED lighting retrofit programme in four University buildings. Within one of these buildings the Low Carbon Devon project is trailing an innovative energy efficiency technology. The results of the trial will be disseminated, along with other energy efficiency approaches that have been demonstrated at the University.
If you are interested in finding out more about energy
efficiency -
please fill out one of the above Expression of Interest questionnaires.
Our team
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Professor Iain Stewart
Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute
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Dr Paul Lunt
Associate Professor in Environmental Science
Director and Academic Lead, Green Wall Co-Lead
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Dr Paul Hardman
Manager of the Sustainable Earth Institute (SEI)
Deputy Director
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Ms Claire Pearce
Project Manager - Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon
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Miss Rosie Mascall
Administrator - Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon
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Mrs Naomi Fowkes
Communications, Marketing and Events Administrator
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Professor Steve Goodhew
Professor of Environmental Building and Discipline Leader
Green Wall Co-Lead
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Dr Alba Fuertes Casals
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Construction Technology and Management
Behaviour Change Co-Lead
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Dr Rory Jones
Lecturer in Built Environment
Behaviour Change Co-Lead
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Dr Paul Warwick
Associate Professor
Low Carbon Internship Lead
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Ms Polly Macpherson
Associate Head of School - Enterprise
Creative Industries Lead
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Dr Zaki Ahmed
Associate Professor in Information Technology
Power Electronics Lead
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Dr Samantha Davies
Environment and Sustainability Manager
Low Carbon Estates Adviser
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Dr David Sergeant
Associate Professor of Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
The University of Plymouth is proud to be supported by the European Regional Development Fund. As one stream of funding under the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme 2014–2020, the ERDF focuses on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
The main priorities involve contributions to research and innovation, supporting and promoting small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), and the creation of a low carbon economy.