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Keele University Sustainability Hub Stockholm May 2014

KEO. Keele University Sustainability Hub Stockholm May 2014. Dr Sharon George. The Hub Concept. Keele Earth and Space Observatory. 1962 - One of only 3 such facilities open to the general public 2009 - £500k upgrade underpinned by £250k from the Wolfson Foundation (Phase 1). Home Farm.

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Keele University Sustainability Hub Stockholm May 2014

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  1. KEO Keele University Sustainability HubStockholm May 2014 Dr Sharon George

  2. The Hub Concept

  3. Keele Earth and Space Observatory 1962- One of only 3 such facilities open to the general public 2009- £500k upgrade underpinned by £250k from the Wolfson Foundation (Phase 1)

  4. Home Farm 1833 - Relocated from Keele Hall 1980 – Disused 2010 - Stabilisation work started 2011 – Refurbishment complete • Site of Phase 2 for KESO development • Cost of refurbishment £4.5M

  5. Home Farm BREEAM Excellent • Solar Thermal • Rainwater harvesting • Solar PV • Climate control • Underfloor heating, and evaporative cooling • Ground source heat • Biofuel woodchip burner • Wind

  6. KU Sustainability Hub Exhibition Area: - direct viewing of the renewable energy sources being used; - models of high tech energy systems (wind, clean coal, geothermal energy); - brief history of Home Farm Resources Suite: - access to information Keele Earth Observatory: - an outreach centre to demonstrate the environmental importance and interrelationship of the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere Training and Education: - facilities, for students, businesses and the public Applied Research: - evaluating technologies throughout the campus, and elsewhere

  7. About the Hub Environmental Outreach Centre KEO Exhibition Area • Teaching • Research • Business • Enterprise • Training • Outreach Resources Suite Teaching facilities Research facilities themes are interlinked within the Centre and across campus

  8. Students: MSc in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology KEO

  9. The public

  10. Technology Development

  11. Business and academia

  12. About the Hub > 10,000 unique visitors every year! • Schools, students, academics, businesses, members of the public Why??????

  13. Supporting teaching and research MSc in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology Providing an inspirational place for meetings, teaching an academic events Attracting businesses to collaborate in research, deliver talks and to inform our teaching and research

  14. Why? • Better links with community • Grey Matters • Schools • Family fun days • Links to organisations • Routes to impact • Funding and sponsorship • Resources • Research • Student projects • Research links and funding • Access to activities and groups • Publicity for the University

  15. What resources? Environmental Outreach Centre KEO Exhibition Area Resources Suite Teaching facilities Research facilities themes are interlinked within the Centre and across campus

  16. Earth Observatory 4 zones and a campus laboratory! • Wild in the Woods • Biodiversity • Lakes • Energy expertise • Solar • Wind • Marine energy • Cleaner coal • Biofuels • Fracking • Geothermal • Fuel cells

  17. Geosphere Hydrosphere • Soil science • Structure of the earth • Geothermal energy • Rock and fracking • Earthquakes • Oil and gas and fuels • Fossils and dinosaurs • Aquatic life • Water quality and pollution • Oceans and rivers • Groundwater mobility • Drought and water conservation • Hydropower, wave and tidal energy • Ancient oceans KEO Biosphere Atmosphere • Weather • Climate change • Drought • Gas and fuel • fuel density and CO2 • Pollution • Wind power • Solar power • Woods and trees • Invasive species • Adaptation and habitats • Ecology and conservation • Birds,bats, bees and minibeasts • Bio-energy • Biomass and water content • Short-term carbon cycle

  18. What resources? Grounds, facilities and expertise KEO • Conference rooms • Laboratories • Water testing equipment • UV Spectrometer • Microscopes • Soil sampling and testing • Physics demonstrations • Earth Science demonstrations • Solar electronics kits • Demonstration wind energy generators • Anemometers and light meters • Chemical sensors • Thermal imaging camera • Biofuels testing • …etc.,etc.,etc.,… • ………and plenty of things that go bang!!!!!

  19. KEO • World waste • Conservation • Biodegradation • Reduce, reuse, recycle • Rockets • Litter • Music • Food miles • Darlek – Exterminate your waste!

  20. Ideas, visits, volunteers and collaboration always welcomeCome and talk to us!Dr Sharon George01782 733496 s.m.george@keele.ac.uk KEO

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