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At the forefront of sustainable design, our research has charted and contributed to the evolution of practice in this field.
Our work on sustainable design ranges from ‘green’ design, for example involving the use of recycled materials, through eco-design involving lifecycle assessment and management and, more recently, to sustainable design and innovation, involving broader social and ecological transformations. Our research focuses on current and emerging practice in a number of specific areas, which are detailed below.
Research Areas
Open University Sustainable Design research publications can be accessed via the Open Research Online research repository site at http://oro.open.ac.uk/
Researchers include:
Robin Roy
Emma Dewberry
Stephen Potter
Sally Caird
Georgy Holden
Peter Lloyd
Stephen Peake
Claudia Eckert
Matthew Cook
- Low Carbon living in the Built EnvironmentAdoption, Use and Appraisal of Domestic Low Carbon Technologies
- Sustainable EnergyThe Faculty has been engaged in teaching and research on energy since the mid-1970s. The Energy and Environment Research Unit (EERU) was set up in 1986 and is currently directed by Stephen Peake. EERU is an interdisciplinary group of physicists, engineers, designers, environmental scientists, biologists and social scientists.
- Sustainable Products and Services
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