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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
New research support funding from Kingspan Insulation

The Centre for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce new funding from Kingspan Insulation Ltd.

The funds will facilitate increased research activity in energy efficiency in buildings, and will seek to address actual performance, compared to theoretical predictions. Professor Peter Guthrie, who leads the work for the Centre said that the funding is a significant and generous donation from a single company interested in the industry-wide challenges of thermal performance.  The programme will support the investigation of new energy efficient technologies and approaches to improve the comfort, health and safety of building occupants. 

Kingspan Insulation Ltd is part of the global company Kingspan Group plc, one of Europe’s fastest growing building materials manufacturers. Kingspan Insulation Ltd is a market leading manufacturer of premium and high performance rigid insulation products and insulated systems for building fabric and building services applications. Richard Burnley, Managing Director of Kingspan Insulation Ltd commented “We have confidence that this relationship with Cambridge is the start of a fruitful collaboration which will lead to new and improved multi-disciplinary understanding in the field of energy efficiency in buildings.”

 

 

Image: Kingspan KoolDuct for UK's largest Passivhaus standard residential development

Credit: Kingspan

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"We have confidence that this relationship with Cambridge is the start of a fruitful collaboration which will lead to new and improved multi-disciplinary understanding in the field of energy efficiency in buildings."

Richard Burnley, Managing Director of Kingspan Insulation Ltd

 

Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.