CIBSEM
Funder: National Lottery Climate Action Fund
Duration: April 2025 - January 2030
The project will focus on three key workstreams: community capacity building, training and employment, and research. Community capacity building will involve developing a community embedded energy advice service which supports residents to use the new renewable technologies in their homes and to reduce their energy use. A qualified in-house energy advisor will train local residents in energy saving measures through a ‘train the trainer’ model which will then lead to a paid part-time position as an energy advice volunteer within the project, helping residents to reduce their energy usage while improving their home comfort and reducing their risk of fuel poverty. These volunteers will co-run community educational events and workshops, alongside our energy advisor and local partners, in local schools and for communities that are joining the renewable energy systems. Our advisor will also support the volunteers to look for paid jobs and opportunities through local SMEs and contractors working on the estate-wide refurbishment. them develop and oversee this project. Alongside this in-house training, local residents will be offered training through local organisations to gain qualifications in green skills and support them into employment. Courses will be offered in multiple languages to better support those who have previously been unable to engage in climate action due to language barriers. Brunel Team will conduct a research project throughout to monitor progress, provide improvements year on year, and assess the project’s impact.
Funder: Academy of Medical Sciences
Duration: March 2024 - March 2025
In response to the challenges encountered by Indochina Peninsula countries as they strive to advance digital-driven urban development while expediting the adoption of Circular Economy (CE) principles for decarbonization, AIRINESS is dedicated to establishing a collaborative network of academic scholars and industry experts in the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. This networking research builds upon Vietnam’s research and societal needs of CE towards sustainability [3] and UK’s net zero roadmap [4], bridging UK academic and industries on research-informed practices on digital & AI-driven decarbonisation for C&DW management. AIRINESS employs a hybrid research methodology to accomplish these objectives. Proposed research methods include: (1) policy studies to review and evaluate the existing codes and standards related to digital transformation of CE, and to propose suggestions for policy decision-makers; (2) field research to collect data on the practice of C&DW, the perception, awareness and applications of CE, the practice of carbon emission in the CI of Vietnam amid C&DW management; (3) adopting comparative studies of lessons learnt and best practices between UK and Indochina Peninsula countries; and (4) demonstrating selected digital applications for CE-oriented C&DW management.
Funder: Brunel Institute of Communities and Society (ICS)
Duration: January 2023 - June 2023
Funder: Brunel Research Interdisciplinary Lab (BRIL)
Duration: January 2023 - June 2023
Funder: ITU, Place des Nations
Duration: January 2022 - June 2022
The focus of the project is to better understand the patterns and dynamics of users’ challenges with the use of telemedicine against the COVID-19 pandemic by collecting and analyzing data with both vulnerable groups and relevant stakeholders. Focusing on Ghana, this includes identifying challenges from various users of telemedicine within the whole telemedicine value chain, and suggesting some recommendations for building a telemedicine ecosystem. This will provide information to the policymakers to better understand the chal lenges with digital health provision during COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana and further suggest a telemedicine ecosystem to facilitate the provision of digital health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Funder: UK-India Education and Research Initiative
Duration: October 2019 - February 2021
Funder: British Council
Duration: April 2015 - September 2017