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| Happy New Year |
| Hope you had a festive and relaxing Christmas, and will have a prosperous New Year |
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Martin, Ros & Scott
The Centre for Sustainable Design ® www.cfsd.org.uk (CfSD) @ UCA |
| The Centre for Sustainable Design ® (CfSD): Highlights from 2014 |
| Research |
| – CfSD recognised for research impact in UK REF 2014 |
| – CfSD launches PhD programme related to product sustainability and sustainable innovation |
| – CfSD is interested in partnering in European and UK research and know transfer projects based on extensive its experience of product sustainability and sustainable innovation, and it’s participation in significant range of H2020, FP, ERDF, Interreg and ESF projects |
| Sustainable Innovation 2014 |
| – 110 delegates from 20 countries attended 19th annual conference |
| – Presentations |
| – Ten lessons leant |
| – Videos |
| Circular Economy Innovation |
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– CfSD has completed research and developed a range of initiatives based on its experience and knowledge of Design for Remanufacturing, New Business Models, Recycling & Materials Security – see www.cfsd.org.uk/news/circular-economy-innovation |
| – Global Survey of Repair Cafes and Hackerspaces |
| – Make and Fix: A New Industrial Revolution |
| – Makers and Fixers: Video |
| – Makers and Fixers: Ten Lessons Learnt |
| – #GreenHack_Challenge |
| – Co-designer and developer of the Farnham Repair Cafe |
| Publications |
| Eco-innovate: a guide to Eco-innovation for SMEs & business coaches |
| – Over 35000 downloads since March 2013 |
Lessons Learnt from Supporting SMEs on Eco-innovation through the FUSION project 2012 – 2014 |
| Eco-design for the construction industry: a guide for SMEs |
| Remanufacturing & product design |
| Training |
| A series of customised training courses on product sustainability & sustainable innovation were delivered to twenty individual manufacturers in Hong Kong using the power of the GreenThink process |
| Looking forward to 2015 |
| Sustainable Innovation 2015 |
| – 20th anniversary conference focused on ‘state of the art’ in sustainable innovation & design |
| – Deadline for abstracts – 1st April 2015 |
| Training on Product Sustainability & Sustainable Innovation |
| – Training programmes on product sustainability and sustainable innovation can be customised to the needs of manufacturers in Europe, North America & Asia basefd on CfSD’s extensive knowledge & experience |
| More information |
| If you are interested in discussing CfSD’s knowledge and expertise related to its Projects, Research, Consultancy and/or Training please contact mcharter@ucreative.ac.uk |
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