Towards Smart and Decarbonised University Campuses
This webinar, which took place on Monday 6th July, aimed to explore best practice in the development of smart and decarbonised university campuses.
This online event brought together university and research institute estates and facilities staff with academics and industry working in this area to hear more about the current and future plans for university campuses in terms of the smart and decarbonised energy agendas.
It included topics such as integration of renewables and novel technologies (including solar, hydrogen, fuel cells, heat pumps, etc.), energy storage, maintenance, replacement of energy infrastructure, energy efficiency and use of smart and responsive technologies, A specific focus will be on living lab opportunities in the energy area and the discussion will consider collaborative options for future developments. The event was planned as the first in a process to allow best practice exchange between participants and to identify potential areas of mutual interest.
This session will allow a conversation both between the various estate managers, but also participating research academics with interests in the area. Key questions we will try to explore in the roundtable include:
• What targets does your institution have at present and how challenging are they for you to meet both financially and technically?
• Are there benefits/opportunities of working at scale?
• Which technologies are available now or in the future for use on campuses to meet low carbon targets?
• How do you balance retro-fitting and maintenance issues with new buildings and technologies?
• What are the funding opportunities to support low carbon campus redevelopment in future?
• Are there opportunities to consider joint procurement across campuses?
The programme for the event is detailed on the other side of this webpage.
The video and presentation for the session can be downloaded below:
View the video recording for the event here
Download the presentation for the event here