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Why Do We Need Green Walls?
We know that green walls look beautiful, but their performance goes way beyond aesthetics. If urban planners, businesses, and local authorities can capitalise on this opportunity to utilise the vast surface area walls take up in our urban areas we could transform how the built environment functions.
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An Update from the IGNITION Living Lab
The University of Salford is proud to announce that Phase 1 of the IGNITION project Living Lab has started construction.
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Measuring Greater Manchester’s Green and Blue Spaces: Creating an Urban Green Infrastructure Baseline
Jeremy Carter, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, reveals how developing a new understanding of Greater Manchester’s existing green and blue space will support the delivery innovative climate change solutions.
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Five councils across Manchester win funding for pioneering renewable energy project
Energy Systems Catapult and five local authorities in Greater Manchester have won funding for a pioneering clean energy project – that will develop 10 renewable schemes across the city – and create a blueprint that can be replicated in other regions across the UK aiming for Net Zero carbon emissions.
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New University-led energy agency to turn Greater Manchester green
A new Energy Innovation Agency (EIA) to be established between three Greater Manchester universities, local government and industry has been announced today with the aim of kick-starting a decade of clean energy innovation to meet the region’s 2038 carbon neutral target.
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Why Do We Need Urban Green Space?
During the coronavirus lockdown, the extent to which we all truly need green spaces to live happy and healthy lives was brought into stark clarity. As around 85% of the UK population live in an urban area, the importance of understanding the benefits these urban green spaces bring is critical to making smart choices about how we invest in, build and maintain them.
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Why Do We Need Street Trees?
The IGNITION project has begun to review the evidence that shows the well-known and some lesser known benefits of trees on our streets.
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Are you “Switched on”? Energy efficiency advice aimed at young people
Every one of us is picked up and thrown to the wolves when it comes to our first steps in finding our first new home and setting up an energy account.
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Greater Manchester: A global city region for bird life
James Walsh, aka The Mancunian Birder, writes the Greater Manchester Birding City Region Project flagship article for the virtual Green Summit 2020…
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Have Your Say on the Environmental Land Management Scheme!
Take the City of Trees survey to give your thoughts on the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS).
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Why Do We Need Sustainable Drainage Systems?
A damaging combination of urban development and increasing rainfall means we can no longer expect the urban environment to channel all rainfall…
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Green Summit 2020 to Set Agenda for Tackling Climate Emergency
Greater Manchester will set out the next steps to achieving net-zero carbon at the Green Summit 2020, taking place online from 21-24 September.
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