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2. DIT Overview
• ESTABLISHED 120 YEARS
• professional bodies tradition (building, accounting, environmental health, …)
• 1,000+ APPLIED ACADEMICS
• 100+ direct involvement (teaching &/or research) in Sustainability
(environment, energy, transport, …)
• LOCATIONS
• Kevin Street – Science (labs …)
• Focas Research Institute
• Bolton St – Built Environment (Engineering, Urban Planning, …)
• Cathal Brugha St – Food (Environmental Health, …)

3. Environment Research Capacity
• SCIENCE
• Marine – Barry Foley & Patrice Behan
• Air & Water Quality – Pat Goodman & James Walsh
• Surface Materials – Suresh Pillai
• NanoMaterials – Hugh J. Byrne, Gordon Chambers, Fiona Lyng
• Environmental Sensing & Imaging – Vincent Toal
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT/ENGINEERING
• Urban Development – Conor Skehan & Kevin Griffin
• Building Energy Efficiency – Michael Conlon & Kevin Gaughan
• Climate Change & Buildings – Frank Prendergast
• OTHER
• Technologies – Bing Wu
• Policy Making – Aidan Duffy
• Economic Instruments – Aidan O’Driscoll

4. Areas/Topics - DIT Interest
• 6.1. CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION & RISKS
• 6.1.1. Pressures on Environment & Climate
• 6.1.2. Environment & Health
• 6.1.3. Natural Hazards
• 6.2. SUSTAINABLE MGT OF RESOURCES
• 6.2.1. Cons & Sus Mgt of Natural & Man-Made Resources & Biodiversity
• 6.2.2. Management of Marine Environments

5. Areas/Topics - DIT Interest
• 6.3. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
– 6.3.1. Env Tech for the Natural & Man-Made Environment
– 6.3.3. Technology Assessment, Verification & Testing
• 6.4. EARTH OBSERVATION FOR SUS DEV
– 6.4.1. Earth & Ocean Observation Methods for the Env & Sus Dev
– 6.4.2. Forecasting for Sustainable Development
• 6.5. HORIZONTAL ACTIONS
– 5.1.0. Dissemination & Horizontal Activities

6. European Projects – sample
SCIENCE
• WHO PHEWE - Weather and Health
• WHO APHEKOM - Air Pollution, Health, Policy
• BIOETHANOL – R&D of Bioethanol Processing for Fuel Cells
• NANOIMPACTNET – Human & Env Health Impact of Nanomaterials
BUILT ENVIRONMENT/ENGINEERING
• SILENCE – Control of surface transport noise
• NICHES – Development of concepts for sustainable night distribution
• BESTUFS - Best Urban Freight Solutions
OTHER
• EUROSDR - European Spatial Data Research
• EFONET – Energy Policy
• EPHOCELL - Photovoltaics

7. Contact Details
ANDY MAGUIRE
Head of Enterprise & Research – Sustainability
DIT – 143 Rathmines Road, D6, Ireland
: + 353.1.402 3309
: andy.maguire@dit.ie

8. Environment Research Capacity
• SCIENCE
• Marine – Barry Foley
• Air & Water Quality – Pat Goodman & James Walsh
• Surface Materials – Suresh Pillai
• NanoMaterials – Hugh J. Byrne, Gordon Chambers, Fiona Lyng
• Environmental Sensing & Imaging – Vincent Toal
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT/ENGINEERING
• Urban Development – Conor Skehan & Kevin Griffin
• Building Energy Efficiency – Michael Conlon & Kevin Gaughan
• Climate Change & Buildings – Frank Prendergast
• OTHER
• Technologies – Bing Wu
• Policy Making – Aidan Duffy
• Economic Instruments – Aidan O’Driscoll