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We are determined that our research, our education programmes and how we operate make a positive impact in the world. Our sustainability strategy sets out the path that we are all on together.</p> <p>Read our latest contribution to <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/sustainability/what-we-are-doing/strategy/performance-reporting/un_sustainable_development_goals_report_2022-23.pdf">UN Sustainable Development Goals report</a> (22-23).</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/sustainability/strategy" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg ">Our way to sustainable strategy <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/gsd/engagement/grp" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg ">Our research <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg ">Our education programmes <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> 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Air pollution is an odourless, silent and colourless poison that impacts life at all stages. It leads to an extra 7 million premature deaths each year.</p> <p style="text-align: start;">The University will support several Coventry Primary schools to understand changes in air quality during different times of day, such as drop-off and collection. Equipped with bespoke air quality data and a short report benchmarking their results against WHO and local authority guidelines, the schools plan to create behaviour change interventions.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/partnerships/place-based-research/our-projects/grapevine/fresh-approach/" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Read more about this project <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;">For more examples of how we are pointing the way ahead towards a better and fairer future for all, visit <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/ref/stories/">Research Stories | University of Warwick.</a></p> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component 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aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <h4 style="text-align: start;">Regional Energy System Operator Project (Coventry)</h4> <p style="text-align: start;">We worked in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority, Coventry City Council, the University of Birmingham and commercial partners to explore the advantages of a new kind of energy system operating at city scale to reduce carbon emissions and lower costs for consumers.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/energy-grp/research/hp-contents/reso" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Read about the RESO project <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <h4 style="text-align: start;">Energy Efficiency in Foleshill (Coventry)</h4> <p style="text-align: start;">We're working with Coventry City Council, artists, researchers and the local community in Coventry on promoting energy efficiency improvements to house owners in Foleshill.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/partnerships/place-based-research/artist-researcher-collaborations/creative-sustainability/energy" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Read about this community energy efficiency project <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;">For more examples of how we are pointing the way ahead towards a better and fairer future for all, visit <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/ref/stories/">Research Stories | University of Warwick.</a></p> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="content-blocks/energyresearch.png" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--9"> <div class="container-component"> <h3 style="text-align: start;">Our energy efficient Sports and Wellbeing Hub</h3> <p style="text-align: start;">Our Sports and Wellbeing Hub was designed and built with sustainability at its core. It has PV panels installed on the roof and extensive in-house monitoring took place once the building was opened to identify further energy savings.</p> <p style="text-align: start;">Within the first year, energy savings of more than £40,000 were being delivered with a carbon saving of approximately 98 tonnes. It has become the most energy efficient leisure centre in the UK, performing 27.5 percent better than CIBSE’s Energy Benchmark. In addition to the energy efficiency features of the building, the Hub has a wildflower area and wetland areas with greatly enhance the biodiversity of the campus and provide valuable habitat corridors to the surrounding area.</p> <br> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/services/sport/active/hub/" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Explore our Sports and Wellness Hub <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="../culture/content-blocks/sportshub.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div 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and our neighbours including walking and cycling paths, and a dedicated space for generating renewable energy.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/news/eco-park/" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Discover more about our plans <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="content-blocks/ecopark.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--9"> <div class="container-component"> <h3 style="text-align: start;">Biodiversity</h3> <p style="text-align: start;">We’re protecting, creating and enhancing habitats and species within the campus and beyond and are part of the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/sustainability/what-we-are-doing/case-studies/biodiversity/" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">See how we are improving biodiversity <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="content-blocks/campuswalks.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col 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The mobile sales point for vegetables and fruits will serve neighbourhoods in Coventry where access to healthy food is low. In the long run, the van will also serve as a platform for “field experiments” to better understand the barriers to healthy diets.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/food/research/food-health" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Discover our food health projects <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;">For more examples of how we are pointing the way ahead towards a better and fairer future for all, visit <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/ref/stories/">Research Stories | University of Warwick.</a></p> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="content-blocks/foodvan.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--9"> <div class="container-component"> <h3 style="text-align: start;">Research</h3> <h3 style="text-align: start;">eDNA Biodiversity Metabarcoding</h3> <p style="text-align: start;">In partnership with Coventry City Council Biodiversity Team, this project aims to help develop an alternative to traditional biodiversity surveys.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/partnerships/place-based-research/our-projects/edna/" class="btn btn-brand btn-lg text-align-centre-left">Find out more about our eDNA project <i class="fas fa-angle-right icon-end" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <p style="text-align: start;">For more examples of how we are pointing the way ahead towards a better and fairer future for all, visit <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research/ref/stories/">Research Stories | University of Warwick.</a></p> <p style="text-align: start;"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/about/regional/environment/#Top">Back to top</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--3"> <div class="container-component"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="content-blocks/allesley_park_-_credit_gwydion_m._williams_300x300.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--9"> <div class="container-component"> <h3 style="text-align: start;">Research</h3> <h3 style="text-align: start;">Warwick's Applied Statistics & Risk Unit supporting Warwickshire Food Strategy</h3> <p>Dr Martine Barons has a passion for using mathematical modelling to improve people's lives. 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