Case Studies
Improving Community Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Ahead of the Governments promise to stop the sale of diesel and petrol cars by 2030, Haringey Borough Council have began restructuring the borough in preparation for the eventual transition to electric. This case study outlines their strategy.
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Rebuilding the Coastal Tourism Sector and Supporting Local Economies
The pandemic has had a significant impact on the Coastal Tourism sector, with 53% of coastal businesses saying it will be more than a year before their business returns to a profit. This article presents suggestions from the National Coastal Tourism Academy on how to rebuild the coastal tourism industry in response to Covid-19.
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Reviving the Lincolnshire Seaside: Coast Collaboration for a Connected Coast
In 2020 Mablethorpe and Skegness, both towns on the Lincolnshire coast, joined forces to bid for £50 million of The Towns Fund. This case study outlines the proposed projects of the Lincolnshire Connected Coast Board to regenerate its coastal towns.
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Public Sector Estates: Meeting Net Zero through Strategic Estate Management
The UK Government has a target to achieve at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions across the public sector estate by 2032. Christine St John Cox and Stuart Burrows offered insights into the decarbonisation of the public sector estate and how this mission aligns with new forms of estate management.
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Waste Management: Revising Waste Minimisation Strategies to Promote Resource Efficiency
Green Alliance focus on providing ambitious leadership for the environment. Libby Peake from Green Alliance shared their recent work on waste minimisation strategies and promoting better resource efficiency.
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Waste Management: Reducing Food Waste through Surplus Food Redistribution Networks
City Harvest aim to reduce food insecurity across London by diverting nutritious edible surplus food from waste and redistributing it to the hungry. Laura Winningham spoke about the latest work of City Harvest.
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Waste Management: DEFRA’s Resources and Waste Strategy
Discussions around resource and waste policy are more relevant than ever. Dr Tom Murray from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs discussed the latest updates on collection and packaging reforms, biowaste and landfill, and the incineration of plastics.
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Managing the Public Sector Estate: Adapting Estates to Meet Net Zero
Tackling zero carbon and the maintenance issues together will yield financial benefits as well as helping achieve net-zero by 2050. In this article we’ll be looking at how the Government Property Function (GPF) and Modern Energy Partners (MEP) have been working together to achieve net zero.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Current Flood Risk Management Approaches in York
Steve Wragg, Flood Risk Manager City of York Council, spoke at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Driving Innovation amongst SME’s to Create New Flood Products, Services, and Processes
Pip Betts, Project Manager at the Flood Innovation Centre University of Hull, spoke at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Flooding Resilience, Management & Response: Learning from BITC’s National Business Response Network
Hannah Tankard, Director of the Business Emergency Resilience Campaign at Business in the Community, spoke about BITC's national business response network at The Flooding Conference: Resilience, Management, and Response.
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Will There be a Green Recovery? A Q&A with Trevor Gibson from Opportunity Peterborough
The impact of Covid-19 on green initiatives and the possibility of a ‘green recovery’ from Covid-19.
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