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GreenBRIDGE: Buildings, Research, Innovation, Development, Governance, Energy

GreenBRIDGE is an interdisciplinary group of graduate researchers at the University of Cambridge interested in the sustainability of the built environment. We aim to provide a platform for discussion of ecological, social, cultural, technological and economic issues which affect the built environment.

 

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Conveners

Conveners

Peter Armitage  (Co-president, Junior Treasurer, Department of Architecture)
Hui Ben  (President, Dept of Architecture)
Linda Gichuyia (Junior Treasurer, Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies)
Professor Peter Guthrie  (Senior Treasurer, Centre for Sustainable Development)
Rosalyn Old (Marketing and PR manager, Dept of Land Economy)
Tania Sharmin (seminar Coordinator, Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies)
Eleni Soulti  (Secretary, Centre for Sustainable Development)
Tatiana V Vakhitova  (Alumni Coordinator, Centre for Sustainable Development)
 

Previous Conveners

Aaron Gillich  (President, Department of Architecture) [2012-14]
Daniel Godoy-Shimizu  (IT, Department of Architecture)
Malcolm Morgan  (Web Development, Centre for Sustainable Development)
 

Faculty Advisors

Porfessor Douglas Crawford Brown (Department of Land Economy)
Dr Theo Hacking  (Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership)
Dr Minna Sunikka-Blank  (Department of Architecture)
Dr Geoff Parker  (Department of Engineering)
Dr Alice Moncaster  (Department of Architecture)

Previous Advisors
Dr Diane Hinds  (Centre for Sustainable Development)

Programme 2014-15

GreenBridge
Energy Efficiency and Heritage Buildings
16 Oct 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Minna Sunnikka Blank, Kayla Friedman (Cambridge) at Greenbridge

Rethinking Existing Buildings in the UK (CEREB)
30 Oct 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Professor Andy Ford (CEREB, London SouthBank), Aaron Gillich (Cambridge) at Greenbridge

Teaching Sustainability to Engineering Students
13 Nov 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Mike Ashby (Engineering, Granta Eesing Ltd) at Greenbridge

POSTPONED-Sustainability in the Built Environment
27 Nov 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Peter Guthrie (Centre for Sustainable Development) at Greenbirdge

An Agent-Based Spatial Choice Model
22 Jan 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Seunghyun Cha (Cambridge) ~GreenBRIDGE

Risk-Conscious Decision-Making-Building Energy Performance.
5 Feb 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

Yeonsook Heo, Tania Sharmin, Dimitra Dantsiou (Cambridge) ~GreenBRIDGE

Sustainability in the Built Environment.
19 Feb 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

Peter Guthrie  (Cambridge) ~GreenBRIDGE

Climate for Architects and Urban Microclimate
5 Mar 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

Andreas Matzarakis (Freiburg) ~GreenBRIDGE

Origins of Enviromental Science and Domestic Energy: Case Studies
28 Apr 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

Dean Hawkes, Hui Ben (Cambridge),Jason Palmer, Nicola Terry ~ Greenbridge

Low Energy Buildings – Reality vs. Expectations
12 May 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

 Marialena Nikolopoulou (Kent), Richard Watkins (Kent) ~ GreenBridge

Greenbridge
26 May 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

Douglas Crawford-Brown (4CMR), Greenbridge

Domesticating pre-installed low and zero carbon energy technologies
9 Jun 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

Lise Andreassen (London) ~ Greenbridge

Performance Gap? Energy, Health and Comfort needs in Buildings
20 Jul 2015 10:00am - 6:30pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Workshop ~ GreenBRIDGE

Past events

GreenBridge
GreenBRIDGE
15 Oct 2009 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane, Seminar room
GreenBRIDGE
29 Oct 2009 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane
GreenBRIDGE
12 Nov 2009 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane
GreenBRIDGE
26 Nov 2009 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane
GreenBRIDGE 1 year Anniversary
21 Jan 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane , Seminar room
Scenarios for Strategic Planning in the Built Environment
4 Feb 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane
Designing Sustainability: Philosophy and Practice
18 Feb 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane
Heritage and Future Cities: Lessons from the Past for a Sustainable Future
4 Mar 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17 Mill Lane
Sustainable Development: Answers from Differents Actors
15 Apr 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, 17 Mill Lane, 2nd floor, Room G, Cambridge
Taking Stock: Methods for Built Environment Research
29 Apr 2010 - 30 Apr 2010 All day, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge
GreenBRIDGE
10 Jun 2010 4:30pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge
Social Scientific Methods for Understanding Climate Change Policy
14 Oct 2010 12:00pm - 4:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Ray Galvin (School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia), Lindsay Galbraith (Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge) and Jeonghwa Yi (Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge)

Conservation + Sustainability : Can Conservation and Retrofits ever Work Together?
28 Oct 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Oliver Caroe (Cambridge) Magdalini Makrodimitri (Dept of Architecture, University of Cambridge), Kayla Friedman (Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge) and Final speaker TBC

Energy Consumption from Dwellings: Do we understand it?
11 Nov 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Scott Kelly (Dept of Land Economy, University of Cambridge) Further speakers TBC

The Key Stakeholders’ Response to Climate Change
25 Nov 2010 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH 17, Mill Lane, Cambridge

Simon Chubb (Cambridge City Council), Aidan Parkinson (Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge), Elcin Akcura (Dept of Economics, University of Cambridge), Aoife Haney (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) and Murat Basarir (Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

Carbon Capture from Solid Fuels
27 Jan 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Saquib Sultan (Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) Marco Saucedo (Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) Wen Liu, (Cambridge)

Low Carbon Supply Chains and Technology Implementation
10 Feb 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH,17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Andrew Joyner (Advisor, Clinton Foundation) Nancy Bocken (Dept of Engineering, Cambridge) Jenny Ya He (Centre for Sustainable Development, Cambridge)

How to Enhance Value to Historic Context Through Contemporary Inventions
24 Feb 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH,17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Adam WIlkinson (Edinburgh World Heritage Trust), James White (Dept of Architecture), Heba Mostafa ( Dept of Architecture), Tatiana Vakhitova (Dept of Enginering)

PassivHaus – 20 Years of Experience in Very Low Energy Buildings
4 Mar 2011 6:00pm - 7:30pm, Lecture Room MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, CB3 0WA

Professor Feist, received the National German Environmental Award and International Environmental Award of the City of Gothenborg.(Founder and Director of the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt) NB: Venue, Centre for Mathematical Science

Sustainable Design: From Theory to Practice
10 Mar 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Henrik Schoenefeldt (Department of Architecture), Jeff Vickers (Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland), Bernhard Dusch (Institute for Manufacturing)

GreenBRIDGE: General Meeting
5 May 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge
Sustainable Design
19 May 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane

Co-ordinator – Bernhard Dusch

Qualitative Methods for Technical Topics I: A Survey of Local Practice
2 Jun 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Co-ordinator – Alison McDougall-Weil

Postponed MT-11, Qualitative Methods for Technical Topics II: Issues Workshop
16 Jun 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

Postponed MT-11T-Co-ordinator – Alison McDougall-Weil

GreenBRIDGE
19 Jul 2011 All day, CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge

meeting

Green Bridge Sustainability Seminar: Transparency Create Values–Corporate Environmental and Social Disclosure in China
8 Oct 2011 2:00pm - 4:30pm, LR 6, Engineering Department

Dr. Guo Peiyuan. NB: Saturday, Engineering Dept.

Summer School proceedings presentation GreenBRIDGE
13 Oct 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

GreenBRIDGE Organising Committee 2011

CANCELLED -Russia/Central Asia: Renewable Energy
27 Oct 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

This session has been cancelled.

Carbon Market and Eastern Europe
10 Nov 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

Jan-Willem van de Ven (Head of Secretariat, EBRD – EIB Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund). Other Speakers tbc

This session has been postponed until next year.
24 Nov 2011 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH
Applying Sustainability in Universities
26 Jan 2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

Ian Caldwell (King's College London, Directorate of Estates and Facilities)

Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society: GreenLeague Table Decomposed
9 Feb 2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

Dr Ben Russell (Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics CCM)

Promoting Sustainability Through Knowledge Exchange, Working in Partnerships to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings
23 Feb 2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

Robert de Jong (Project Manager, Urban Land Institute)

Understanding the UK Building Stock
8 Mar 2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH

Peter Armitage and Daniel Godoy-Shimizu (Dept of Architecture, Cambridge)

Building Energy Performance for Refurbishment: Baselines, Monitoring, and Benchmarks
3 May 2012 12:30pm - 2:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground Floor

George Bartley (Managing Director, Building Sustainability Ltd)

Key-requirements for Evaluating Smart and Sustainable Development in Cities and Communities
16 May 2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Patrizia Lombardi (Politecnico di Torino, DIST – Interuniversity Dept of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning). Extra session at 5.00pm*

Evaluating Sustainable Development in the Built Environment. Built Cultural Heritage Case.
17 May 2012 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground Floor

Stephen Bond (MA HonDArt FSA MRICS GradDipConsAA) and Tatiana Vakhitova (PhD). NB The group will meet at 12.00 today (Coffee from 11.45am)

GreenBRIDGE
18 May 2012 4:30pm - 7:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG1, Ground floor
Sensing the Historic Environment – Its Nature and Relevance
31 May 2012 12:30pm - 2:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground Floor

Prof Dean Hawkes (Welsh School of Architecture, and Emeritus Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge), Henrik Schoenefeldt (University of Kent) and Prof Colin Porteous (Prof of Architectural Science at the Mackintosh Environmental Research Unit, Glasgow School of Art)

Behaviour and Energy Use
14 Jun 2012 12:30pm - 2:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground Floor

Irina Shaorshadze and Aaron Gilich (Cambridge). Further speakers TBA.

Nature, Carbon and the Church
4 Oct 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Brian Cuthbertson (Head of Environmental Challenge, London)

GreenBRIDGE 2012 Symposium Summary
18 Oct 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Coordinator: Aaron Gillich (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge)

Towards Zero Carbon 2012-2016: A Turning Point in Building and Masterplan Design
1 Nov 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Venue TBA

Coordinator: Thomas Lefevre (Associate, Hoare Lea and Partners) Venue TBA

Sustainability Measures in Universities: Cambridge as a Case Study
15 Nov 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

David Green (Superintendent of Engineering Workshops), Joanna Simpson (Environmental Officer, Cambridge).

Computational Building Performance Analysis
29 Nov 2012 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Coordinator: Sam Wilkinson (PhD Candidate, University College London)

Cancelled- Aspects of Public Art, the Built Environment, and the Communication of Values
17 Jan 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor
Modelling Energy Use in the UK Housing Stock
31 Jan 2013 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Institute of Criminology, Room B3* (Sidgwick Site)

Dr Jason Palmer (Cambridge Architectural Research (CAR)) NB: Different time and venue today (Criminology B3)*

Community Based Social Marketing and Environmentalism: Engagement with a New Generation of Green Policies
14 Feb 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Aaron Gillich (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge).

Energy Retrofit
28 Feb 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Dr Anna Mavrogianni (Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL) and Dr Rokia Raslan (Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL).

Cambridge College Retrofit and Energy Efficiency
14 Mar 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Peter Armitage (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge)

Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Heritage and Planning
25 Apr 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Kayla Friedman (PhD Candidate, Dept of Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Development, Cambridge).

Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Green Building Technologies
9 May 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Peter Armitage (PhD Candidate, Dept of Architecture, Cambridge)

CANCELLED -Energy Efficiency Retrofits…(GreenBRIDGE)
23 May 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Eleni Soulti (PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Behaviour, Management, and Controls
6 Jun 2013 1:30pm - 3:30pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Aaron Gillich (PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)

Ensuring Energy Efficient Buildings
16 Oct 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Sung-Min Hong (UCL Energy Institute) at GreenBRIDGE

Green Research in Cambridge
30 Oct 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Students (Cambridge) at GreenBRIDGE

Passiv Haus Debate
13 Nov 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Margaret Reynolds (RIBA) at GreenBRIDGE

Retrofitting Commercial Buildings
27 Nov 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Francisco Guerrero N (Reardon Smith Architects) at GreenBRIDGE

Retrofitting Commercial Buildings
27 Nov 2013 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Francisco Guerrero N (Reardon Smith Architects) Jenny Ya He (Cambridge) at GreenBRIDGE

CANCELLED (Power of the People?- GREENBRIDGE)
22 Jan 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Sarah Inge Parker (Oxford), Malek Al Chabali (Oxford) at GreenBRIDGE

Cambridge’s Future: Green Jobs, Green Growth
30 Jan 2014 8:00pm - 9:00pm, Mill Lane Lecture Room 3

External event: Dr Julian Huppert (Member of Parliament for Cambridge)

Understanding and Encouraging Energy Efficient Home Renovations
5 Feb 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room S1, Upstairs in ARB (note change of venue)

Charlie Wilson (Tyndall Centre), Candice Howarth (Global Sustainability Institute) at GreenBRIDGE

Estimating Energy Savings and Models of Energy Consumption in Domestic Buildings
19 Feb 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, NB: Lecture Block Room 8, next to Lady Mitchell Hall (Note change of venue)

Mary Gregory (Dept of Energy and Climate Change) at GreenBRIDGE
NB: Lecture Block Room 8, next to Lady Mitchell Hall (Note change of venue)

Probabilistic graphical models in the assessment of socio-economic and environmental impacts
5 Mar 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG2, Ground floor

Phillip Leicester (Loughborough) at GreenBRIDGE

Understanding and Addressing the Performance Gap
30 Apr 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG2

Ricardo Moreira (XCO2 Energy Ltd) at GreenBRIDGE
 

Understanding Historic Buildings (Case Studies)
14 May 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG2

Villian Lo and Ranald Lawrence (Cambridge) at GreenBRIDGE

The Comfort Controversy
28 May 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG2

Fergus Nicol (London Metropolitan), Michael Humphreys (Oxford Brookes) at GreenBRIDGE

Power to the People?
11 Jun 2014 12:00pm - 2:00pm, CRASSH Seminar room SG2

Sarah Inge Parker (Oxford) at GreenBRIDGE

Energy Efficiency and Heritage Buildings
16 Oct 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Minna Sunnikka Blank, Kayla Friedman (Cambridge) at Greenbridge

Rethinking Existing Buildings in the UK (CEREB)
30 Oct 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Professor Andy Ford (CEREB, London SouthBank), Aaron Gillich (Cambridge) at Greenbridge

Teaching Sustainability to Engineering Students
13 Nov 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Mike Ashby (Engineering, Granta Eesing Ltd) at Greenbridge

POSTPONED-Sustainability in the Built Environment
27 Nov 2014 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Peter Guthrie (Centre for Sustainable Development) at Greenbirdge

An Agent-Based Spatial Choice Model
22 Jan 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Seunghyun Cha (Cambridge) ~GreenBRIDGE

Risk-Conscious Decision-Making-Building Energy Performance.
5 Feb 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

Yeonsook Heo, Tania Sharmin, Dimitra Dantsiou (Cambridge) ~GreenBRIDGE

Sustainability in the Built Environment.
19 Feb 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

Peter Guthrie  (Cambridge) ~GreenBRIDGE

Climate for Architects and Urban Microclimate
5 Mar 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building

Andreas Matzarakis (Freiburg) ~GreenBRIDGE

Origins of Enviromental Science and Domestic Energy: Case Studies
28 Apr 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

Dean Hawkes, Hui Ben (Cambridge),Jason Palmer, Nicola Terry ~ Greenbridge

Low Energy Buildings – Reality vs. Expectations
12 May 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

 Marialena Nikolopoulou (Kent), Richard Watkins (Kent) ~ GreenBridge

Greenbridge
26 May 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

Douglas Crawford-Brown (4CMR), Greenbridge

Domesticating pre-installed low and zero carbon energy technologies
9 Jun 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Room SG2, Alison Richard Building.

Lise Andreassen (London) ~ Greenbridge

Performance Gap? Energy, Health and Comfort needs in Buildings
20 Jul 2015 10:00am - 6:30pm, Room SG1, Alison Richard Building

Workshop ~ GreenBRIDGE

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