Urban Flows

Urban Sensing and Analytics - supporting the creation of sustainable, healthy, happy, cities.

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Would you be interested in helping provide market insight to innovative start-ups and supporting content reviews for @UKGBC's Solutions and Case Study Libraries?

Learn more and apply to join here: https://t.co/QYk743waCd

#startup #builtenvironment #sustainableinnovation

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Urban Sustainability from @Nature_NPJ is one of our favourite journals. It publishes inter-and cross-disciplinary research into how cities are reshaping and are being reshaped to meet major economic, social and environmental challenges.

https://t.co/jyiWzyONAg #sustainability

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The EV chargepoint grant has expanded to owners who do not have a driveway or off-street parking at home. The aim is to help drive down the cost of EV ownership.

Read more here: https://t.co/UsdHP8ZoZu

#EV #ElectricVehicles #grants

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With almost 70% of the world’s population predicted to live in cities by 2050, members of the UK Built Environment Advisory Group (UKBEAG) have committed to work together for at least another 5 years.
@RIBA @RTPI @IStructE @talklandscape

More here: https://t.co/WfRBvUpXFk

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✨Are the little people in your life ready to experience the Magic of Walking? Take the five-day walking challenge as part of the annual celebration of Walk to School week from 20-24th May.

Find out more: https://t.co/zvijtrbJeF

#getactive #oneplanet #airpollution

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New paper published! 'Mapping material stocks of buildings and mobility infrastructure in the UK and ROI' is available to read now in the Resources, Conservation and Recycling Journal.

Check out the paper here: https://t.co/auPfRFHv9b

#research #climatechange #sustainability

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📣Have you heard about BuildZero?🎉 This new £6m project led by @sheffielduni will explore the extent to which the circular economy could meet the UK’s building needs using zero new material extractions, zero emissions and zero waste.

Find out more: https://t.co/2sY4wGguX8

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🤖🪁A kite-flying team from the @UniOfSurrey have won a £620,000 grant to build new, lightweight gas sensors which will be attached to helium kites and flown by an autonomous robot. More here: https://t.co/wlyZAvEj4i

@defragovuk @innovateuk @nercscience #emissions #netzero

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Are you using our free #regenerate webtool yet? Why not let us walk you through how it works on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/AWgzsOhOG3

#circulareconomy #regeneratetool #buildingdesign

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Charles Gillott is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at @CivilSheffield. 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.

https://t.co/abk06ixfxG #meettheteam

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👏 A consortium of UK universities has received GBP 11.2 million (€13.1 million) in funding to research plastics enzymatic recycling. ♻
Find out more: https://t.co/TJHPlt1RlP

@portsmouthuni @BangorUni @EdinburghUni @Cambridge_Uni @imperialcollege @OfficialUoM @ucl

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🌍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: https://t.co/wlAY5aHeDF

#60x40 #earthday2024 #planetvsplastics

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📣 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: https://t.co/6ni1YILIXV #ScienceDirect

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💡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: https://t.co/26TMK8NZ2g

@UKRI_News @EPSRC #funding #research

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🚌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: https://t.co/WSZY2JtVVs @sheffcouncil #sheffieldcity #greentransport

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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: https://t.co/UeySeuWxQU

#circulareconomy #reuse #retrofirst

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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: https://t.co/mJcXrkcRxL

#emissions #greenhousegasses #carbonemissions

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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: https://t.co/KBAKFB5Mai

#airpollution #airquality #airqualitymatters #emissions

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

Some of our regulars include:
✅ @sciencedirect's Building and Environment
✅ @RCRjournal
✅ @naturesustainab
✅ @IStructE's The Structural Engineer

What are your favourites? Let us know!

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Are you on trend?

A new report from @UKGBC 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: https://t.co/1Fo22oTkwT

#builtenvironment #sustainability #innovation