Sustainable Infrastructure & Development
Urban space is where 89% of us work, 90% of us live, where 91% of
national output is generated and within which most of us travel.
It is also where most of the adverse impacts on the environment
are generated, where environmental injustice is most apparent in
society and where congestion hinders a comfortable, convenient and
productive life.
SISTech has extensive experience of working with the business sector,
the public sector, higher education and regulators to generate a
more sustainable approach to working practices in the built environment
and in the wider arena of international development. This has involved
participation in a number of strategic reviews across different
disciplines, looking at how working practices can be modified in
light of sustainability best practice and the wider implications
of any such modifications. These projects range from the representation
and assessment of sustainability within the construction industry
and the built environment, through resource use, to the development
of more sustainable travel behaviours and transport plans.
Such thinking has also been applied to the realm of international
development, applying a systems-level solution process to the consideration
of sustainable development in relation to the Millennium Development
Goals.
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Example Projects
ISSUES - This
is an ongoing research study with Cambridge University, focussing on knowledge transfer and exchange in the built environment.
Future infrastructure for Manchester City Council - This collaborative project looked at the sustainability of future infrastructure needs in an area of Manchester.
Sustainability Indicators for Scottish Tourism - This recently completed project developed 18 sustainability indicators for the Scottish Tourism sector and used these to benchmark Scotland against the rest of Europe (EU 27).
Engineering Capability in Africa - This
project studied the gaps in skills and professionals in civil engineering and infrastructure development in Africa.
Sustainable Communities - This
was a joint study with the Environment Agency, MWH and Lancaster
University.
Triple Bottom Line Reporting - SISTech
worked with EDI and Wren & Bell to develop a framework
for assessing sustainability across a property portfolio.
Engineering without Frontiers - EwF
examinined how engineering should understand and respond to society's
expectations, sustainability and to the challenge of achieving the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Changing Role of Engineers in
Society - A study for the Institution of Structural Engineers
into how changing procurement processes, socio-demographics, sustainability
concerns and advances in technology would impact on the role of
the engineer in the next twenty years.
Sustainable Development Guidance
Note - Guidance note written for the Scottish Funding Council
providing the further and higher education sector in Scotland with
information regarding the sustainable development guidance already
available to them with particular relevance to capital projects.
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