As UK universities strive to meet the net-zero and decarbonisation targets of 2030 and beyond - there is a collective responsibility to make things happen. From the large infrastructure decisions that are made to our individual choices - perhaps we can re-purpose the...
Researching “student expectations” and their accommodation experiences, I found myself down a rabbit hole. I came across a post regarding a student who had just arrived at university. After a week, their anxiety had grown because depression was preventing engagement...
Since 2011/12 the number of domestic fires in Great Britain has fallen by 23.5%. That is good news, surely. But fire crews were still called out to almost 35,500 incidents in 2021/22. When the data is drilled into and we remove deliberate actions and downright...
Adrian Barber looks at enhancing the function of Building Energy Management Systems by targeting the control of heating in student accommodation on a room-by-room basis with pin-point accuracy. Providers of large-scale multi-occupancy dwellings have had a rude...
The refurbishment, redevelopment, and new-build extensions of three Manchester student properties provide a glimpse of new generation accommodation for 2030 and beyond. The projects, totalling more than £64M investment, are utilising the latest construction techniques...
Student accommodation has seen a dramatic evolution in the last 25 years. Pre-turn of the century, most rooms were owned and managed by universities, many of them more like hostels than hotels. Then big finance moved into the sector. Fast forward to 2022 and its...
It’s not just the recent heatwaves and announcements of drought across the UK that has caused water to become the hot topic in the realms of energy management. But it is broadening attention for the concerns that some have had for many years. Fear of water scarcity...
The Mount Oswald student accommodation site at Durham University serves John Snow College and the brand-new South College. The purpose-built facility provides rooms for 1000 students and offers accommodation, common rooms, welfare facilities and café bars. There is a...
The energy crisis is affecting everyone here in the UK, and although the magnitude of the rapidly rising costs is out of our control, there are ways to marginally reduce our personal liability. Multiply this by a communal factor such as the UKs student population and...
At the start of this year an argument was brewing across Europe with the European Commission proposing to label some gas and nuclear power as ‘green’. With a majority vote in favour, this could become law by 2023. This came just months after the COP26 Climate Summit...
