TrinityHaus lead Bloom's first Dementia Friendly Garden

Tom Grey, a Research Fellow in TrinityHaus Research Centre, is leading a team that is presenting a Dementia Friendly Garden in this year’s Bloom garden festival ( June 1-5, 2017, http://bloominthepark.com/ ). The festival is one of Ireland’s largest events and last year was attended by over 115,000 people and attracted huge media interest. With this level of exposure, the aim is to raise awareness of dementia; but more importantly to illustrate how design, and a supportive and therapeutic physical environment, can support people living with dementia.

Along with TrinityHaus, the Bloom Dementia Friendly Garden team is also comprised of landscape company called Newtown Saunders Ltd, and Sonas apc, a charity that provide training, resources and supports for those on the dementia journey.

The garden is sponsored by the TLC Nursing Home Group who are a community based private nursing home provider, with centres in Santry, Maynooth and Citywest.

It is supported by Understand Together, a public support, awareness and information campaign led by the HSE, working with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Genio and supported by more than 30 partners from across our society.

Dementia can bring difficulties with short-term memory, comprehension, orientation, spatial awareness, visual perception and mobility. These difficulties are accommodated in the Bloom Dementia Friendly Garden, where layout, colour, planting and customised garden furniture create an attractive, safe and therapeutic outdoor space. It is designed to tap into a person’s retained skills, abilities, interests and memories. Plants from the person’s youth, such a here daisies, lupins, lavender or camomile– trigger memories and facilitate reminiscence. Scented flowers, flowing water and birdsong stimulate the senses. Zoning and colours provide visual cues, helping with orientation and wayfinding. The accessible raised planter, mini glasshouse & tool shed, and vertical planter give easy access to gardening activities and engagement with nature. It was designed with one couple in mind, the stone wall and wild flowers and grasses reminding Pauline of her childhood spent on a farm and the water feature reminding Andrew of the stream that ran near his childhood home.

This initiative builds on previous research carried out by TrinityHaus with colleagues from Trinity Engage (the Centre for Research in Ageing) including a collaboration with the DSIDC’s Living with Dementia Programme, which resulted in research and design guidelines for Universal Design Dementia Friendly Dwellings, and ongoing work with Prof. Des O’Neill and other TCD colleagues, involving research into Dementia Friendly Hospital Design.

The Bloom Dementia Friendly Garden, and the projects outlined above, are all underpinned by the fact that Dementia Friendly Design can create supportive and therapeutic physical environments contributing to the health and wellbeing of people with dementia, while also supporting their families, and carers.

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) for more information.

29/05/2017

Tom Grey presenting on Dementia Friendly Housing at Health and Housing Conference in Belfast

Tom Grey will be presenting about Dementia Friendly Housing through a Universal Design approach this Friday the 30th of September at the Health and Housing Conference in Belfast.

28/09/2016

Tom Grey on Newstalk - Shared Space and Cycling

Tune in for an interesting discussion on Newstalk about cycling. Listen out near the end for TrinityHaus’s Tom Grey talking about shared space design and the research sponsored by the NDA’s CEUD.

28/09/2016

Delegation representing COST Action People Friendly Cities in a Data Rich World meets with Mayor of Vilnius in preparation for Summer Training School

COST Action TU1204 delegation lead by Professor Mark Dyer meets Vilnius Mayor to discuss future collaboration for Summer School on the topic of "Culture of online data production in Vilnius and the degree it can evolve towards enabling greater citizen collaboration". Delegation members include Dick Gleeson former Dublin City Planner, Yves de Weerdt VITO, and Professor Arturas Kaklauskas GVTU.

01/07/2016

Clinical Researcher Position - Dementia Friendly Hospitals - DEADLINE EXTENDED: April 25, 2016

TrinityHaus are seeking a researcher to work with us on an exciting dementia friendly design project. See the full job description here. Deadline for applications is April 25, 2016.

Contact Dimitra (xidousd@tcd.ie) for more information.

14/04/2016

Sponsorship Opportunity: Dementia Friendly Garden at BLOOM 2016

 

TrinityHaus along with its partners Newtown Saunders Ltd and Sonas apc, have been selected to present a Dementia Friendly Garden at BLOOM 2016. This is a great opportunity to showcase age-friendly and dementia-friendly design to over 100,000 visitors that will attend the event, but we need sponsorship to make it happen! If you would like to be involved as a sponsor, or have any ideas, we would be delighted to talk to you.

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) for more information.

15/03/2016

Dementia Friendly Hospitals - Newsletter #1: Case Studies and Design Concepts for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers, in Irish Hospitals - Meath Foundation

 

Welcome to the December Newsletter regarding the research project ‘Case Studies and Design Concepts for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers in Irish Hospitals. In this newsletter you will find information regarding the project, as well as key terms, and a map of the Tallaght Hosptital, the key site of this research. To access the newsletter, click on this link.

 

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) or Dimitra (xidousd@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

15/12/2015

Call for Applications now open: People-Friendly Cities in a Data Rich World - Winter Training School in Reykjavic, Iceland - March 29-April 5, 2016

 

Following a successful meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland where COST members from WG 3 and 5, among others, met to discuss the preliminary outline for the up-coming Winter Training School, COST Action TU1204, chaired by Prof. Mark Dyer, is happy to announce that the call for applications for trainees for the Training School is now OPEN! The Training School will take place March 29-April 5, 2016 in Reykjavik and will involve a mixture of lecture and case study/field study work in the Breidholt neighbourhood – a neighbourhood that has gone through a substantial transformation over the course of the last 10 years. Information on how to apply can be found in the Winter School program – including a link to the on-line application form. A note for potential applicants: As part of the training school, participants will be asked to present their findings at the MC meeting – scheduled for April 5th-7th, 2016 in Reyjkavik. The symposium is tentatively scheduled to take place on the afternoon of April 5th.

The deadline for applications is January 31, 2016.

 

Contact Dimitra (xidousd@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

15/12/2015

Dementia Friendly Irish Hospitals: Opportunities, Barriers, Costs and Solutions - Creating Design Guidelines and Audit Tools -Health Research Board

 

Following on from a recent funding award from the Meath Foundation, TrinityHaus and Tallaght Hospital have also been awarded research funding by the Health Research Board (HRB) as part of Applied Research Projects in Dementia 2015 programme. This programme is being administered by the HRB in collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) and the Department of Health.

This research will examine the key issues around the design of dementia friendly hospitals in Ireland to identify key opportunities, barriers, costs and solutions. This will be conducted using mixed methods research underpinned by Universal Design and stakeholder engagement processes using three case study Irish hospitals including AMNCH, Peamount and Naas.

Building on the Meath Foundation project, this study is being carried out by a multi-disciplinary team including Prof Des O’Neill and other expert colleagues from Tallaght Hospital, members of TrinityHaus who are heavily involved in various dementia friendly design projects, and O’Connell Mahon Architects, who have extensive experience in hospital design. In addition to the research team, this project is being supported by the Health Service Executiv, the National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, O’Connell Mahon Architects, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the National Centre for Arts and Health Tallaght Hospital, and the COO Tallaght Hospital.

This project, which will be greatly informed by the Meath Foundation funded research, will result in a set of Universal Design Dementia Friendly Hospital Design Guidelines along with a preliminary Irish based Dementia friendly Design Audit Tool.

More information on this project will be available on our website as the research develops.

In the meantime contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) or Dimitra (xidousd@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

09/11/2015

Tom Grey's recent talk regarding Universal Design Dementia Friendly Dwellings at the Alzheimer Cafe - South County Dublin

 

TrinityHaus would like to thank the Alzheimer Cafe - South County Dublin for the opportunity to talk about the Universal Design Guidelines: Dementia Friendly Dwellings for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers. It was great to experience the lovely atmosphere and get some excellent real-life feedback from all those present. We’d certainly encourage anybody who is experiencing dementia, whether personally or with a loved one, to attend these gatherings, if only for the delicious cakes!

The guidelines are available for download here.

 

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

22/10/2015

Tom Grey Speaking about Dementia Friendly Design at CARDI's International Training Program on Ageing

 

Tom recently gave a presentation about Dementia Friendly Design at the International Training Programme on Ageing which took place in Trinity College Dublin in September 2015. This programme was organised by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI), in association with The Irish Network for Research in Dementia and Neurodegeneration (INRDND), The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Alzheimer’s Society Northern Ireland, Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging.

According to CARDI the programme focused on "building capacity amongst emerging leaders in ageing research" and offered "…participants an opportunity to enhance their understanding of ageing and dementia from interdisciplinary and international perspectives; and to network with other emerging researchers as well as leaders from the field".

For more information about this event click here for a full programme of speakers.

25/09/2015

Case Studies and Design Concepts for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers, in Irish Hospitals - Meath Foundation

 

Tallaght Hospital and TrinityHaus have recently been awarded research funding by The Meath Foundation to carry out research to examine case studies and dementia friendly design concepts for Irish hospitals to support people with dementia, their families and carers. While this will examine how the physical hospital environment can provide a better experience for people with dementia, it will focus on how hospitals can be designed to enable family members and carers to provide the continued and consistent support of a familiar and trusted figure for the person with dementia throughout their visit to the hospital.

The research is being undertaken by a distinguished multi-disciplinary team including Prof Des O’Neill and other expert colleagues from Tallaght Hospital, members of TrinityHaus who are heavily involved in various dementia friendly design projects, and O’Connell Mahon Architects, who have extensive experience in hospital design. The project is being supported by the National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the National Centre for Arts and Health Tallaght Hospital, and the COO Tallaght Hospital.

More information on this project will be available on our website as the research develops.

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) or Dimitra (xidousd@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

10/09/2015

Dementia Friendly Gardens: Creating Therapeutic Outdoor Spaces

 

Building on the Universal Design Dementia Friendly Dwellings Guidelines as produced by TrinityHaus and DSIDC’s Living with Dementia Research Programme,TrinityHaus has carried out further specific research into Dementia Friendly Gardens for the Irish company Newtown Saunders Ltd . This has resulted in the creation of a dementia friendly garden toolkit and number of prototype gardens for domestic dwellings and long term residential care homes.

Following on from this TrinityHaus and Newton Saunders Ltd have teamed up with Sonas apc Ltd to work with care homes to redesign their garden spaces as part of a participatory design process involving residents, staff and care home management. Following engagement with a range of both private and public care homes, the team identified four care homes for detailed analysis and the preparation of sketch designs to make each care home garden more dementia friendly. Having completed this stage, one care home will be selected to construct the proposed garden and this will be used as pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of various dementia friendly design interventions.

Keep an eye on our website for further information and details about the pilot study.

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

14/08/2015

Tom Grey's Article in Housing Ireland 2015 regarding Universal Design Dementia Friendly Dwellings

 

The Housing Ireland Spring 2015 issue featured an article by TrinityHaus Research Fellow Tom Grey regarding Universal Design and dementia friendly dwellings. The article summarised the main findings from the research work completed by TrinityHaus and DSIDC’s Living with Dementia Research Programme, and also outlined the Universal Design Guidelines: Dementia Friendly Dwellings for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers.

This issue of Housing Ireland is available for download or click here for a PDF of the article.

Contact Tom (tom.grey@tcd.ie) if you have any queries.

28/05/2015

Universal Design Guidelines: Dementia Friendly Dwellings for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers

 

TrinityHaus and the DSIDC’s Living with Dementia research programme (TCD) have recently completed the Universal Design Guidelines: Dementia Friendly Dwellings for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers.

These design guidelines, which were commissioned by the National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) have been created to guide built environment professionals such as architects, planners, landscape architects, quantity surveyors, engineers and builders, as well as health service professionals, on how to produce dementia-friendly new housing or to retro-fit people’s existing homes, using a universal design approach.

According to CEUD “If new dwellings or alterations to existing dwellings are built in line with a Universal Design dementia friendly approach, then they will help people to remain living at home and in their community independently and safely for as long as possible. This approach will also support family members and carers to sustain the caring relationship, particularly if these carers are older people or a person with a disability”

The guidelines are available for download.

Please contact Tom Grey at tom.grey@tcd.ie or 00 353 1 896 3803 for further information.

23/05/2015

TrinityHaus and the Living with Dementia (LiD) Programme present at the IAGG -ER 8th Congress - Unlocking the Demographic Dividend

Research from the Universal Design of Dementia Friendly Dwellings project undertaken by TrinityHaus and the DSIDC’s on behalf of National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) was presented over the weekend at the IAGG-ER 8th Congress - Unlocking the Demographic Dividend, 23rd - 26th April, 2015, Dublin, Ireland.

Maria Pierce presented a paper ‘Universal Design for Dementia Friendly Dwellings: Hearing the Voices of People Embroiled in the Process’ (Authors: Maria Pierce, Thomas Grey, Suzanne Cahill, Mark Dwyer), while Tom Grey presented a poster ‘Designing and Retrofitting for Dementia Friendly Dwellings through the Universal Design Approach’ (Authors: Thomas Grey, Maria Pierce, Suzanne Cahill, Mark Dwyer). Click here to download the poster.

Please contact Tom Grey at tom.grey@tcd.ie or 00 353 1 896 3803 for further information.

27/04/2015

Research and Recommendations on the Universal Design of Dwellings for People with Dementia, their Families and Carers launched by Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State at the Department of Health

TrinityHaus and the Living with Dementia research programme (TCD) have recently completed a report commissioned by the National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) titled - Research for Dementia and Home Design in Ireland looking at New Build and Retro-Fit Homes from a Universal Design Approach: Key Findings and Recommendations 2015. The report recommends that by following the principles of universal design - combined with a collaborative approach to design - it is possible for people living with dementia, their families and carers, to live longer and happier lives in their own homes. The purpose of this research is to inform the development of design guidelines, to guide built environment professionals such as architects, planners, landscape architects, quantity surveyors, engineers and builders, as well as health service professionals, on how to produce dementia-friendly new housing or to retro-fit people’s existing homes, using a universal design approach.

At the launch of the report and recommendations, which took place on February 4, 2015 at the National Disability Authority, the Minister of State for Primary and Social Care, Kathleen Lynch stated that: “This research establishes firm foundations for the national research and design guidelines that will be launched this summer. These guidelines need to be widely disseminated and used not only by the built environment design community but also by people living with dementia, their families and carers when they are building new homes or retrofitting existing ones”.

The Chair of the National Disability Authority, Helen Guinan, said: “This is groundbreaking research not only in Ireland but also internationally. It will help to build knowledge and capacity within the built environment professional community to enable them to design, build and retrofit existing homes that will have a positive impact on people living with dementia, their families and carers. It will facilitate people living with dementia to remain in their own homes in greater safety and comfort.”

The official report can be downloaded here. The full guidelines will be launched by the NDA in May 2015.

13/02/2015

The Universal Design of dwellings for people with dementia, their families and carers wins runner-up prize at 'Elevator Award for Innovation in Dementia' awards on December 11, 2014

 

The Universal Design of dwellings for people with dementia, their families and carers project featured in the Autumn 2014 TrinityHaus Newsletter recently won a runner-up 'Elevator Award for Innovation in Dementia'. Up until now, research and design guidance on dementia has only addressed care homes. The 'Research, Recommendations and Design Guidance for Home Design for Ireland' project aims to provide design professionals and relevant stakeholders with the necessary universal design guidance to design new homes or to retrofit existing housing stock in order to maintain for as long as possible, the possibility of people living with dementia to be able to live in their own homes and communities. The full list of partners involved in this project includes: Neil Murphy, Dr Ger Craddock, Prof Suzanne Cahill, Prof Mark Dyer, Tom Grey & Dr Maria Pierce.

The final report will be available in early 2015, with the full set of UD guidelines launched in May 2015.

12/12/2014

Funding News - Two Projects funded by EPA

 

'Investigation into the causes, impacts and measures to deal with algal blooms in Vartry Reservoirs' - Diatom algal blooms in water supply sources can cause many problems in the drinking water treatment process. Vartry Reservoir is an important drinking water source in Ireland. Diatom algal blooms have caused problems in the sand filters in the Roundwood water treatment plant in recent years. The project, led by Dr Xiao, will aim to investigate the cause of the diatom algal blooms in Vartry Reservoir and to identify potential measures to deal with the impact of algal blooms in Roundwood water treatment plants.

'Technologies for monitoring, detecting and treating overflows from urban wastewater networks' - A combined sewer system is a wastewater collection system designed to collect and convey sewage and storm water through a single pipe. During precipitation events, the systems are designed to overflow when collection system capacity is exceeded, resulting in a combined sewer overflow (CSO) that discharges directly to surface waters. CSO discharges have been recognised as a potential cause of receiving water impairments. In early August 2014, 12 beaches in Dublin were closed due to health concerns over water pollution by CSOs discharges. Led by Dr Xiao, the project will review and assess the technologies for monitoring, detecting and treating CSO discharges in Irish context, and develop a decision support tool for determining the level of monitoring required of a CSO.

For more information on these projects, please contact Dr. Liwen Xiao at liwen.xiao@tcd.ie  .

 

21/11/2014

The newest issue of the TrinityHaus Research Matters Newsletter is live

 

Research Matters - Autumn 2014 - People-Centred Design: People-Centred Design is about creating environments that support health, well-being and social participation. In this edition of ResearchMatters we outline a few of our projects and initiatives where people are put at the centre of the design of the built environment. All of these projects are collaborative efforts and we are delighted to be able to work with great partners who share our interest in creating people friendly buildings, neighbourhoods and cities. We hope you enjoy our newsletter and feel free to contact us if you have queries.

18/11/2014

Tom Grey speaking about Universal Design as a 'Framework for Health and Wellbeing in the Built Environment' at the RCPI St. Luke's Symposium 2014

Dublin, 14 October, 2014

Tom Grey of TrinityHaus will present a paper called ‘A Framework for Health and Wellbeing in the Built Environment' at the upcoming Royal College of Physicians of Ireland annual St Lukes’ Symposium. This talk, which will take place on Tuesday the 14th of October 2014 is part of a session that looks at the interplay of architecture and medicine, and will examine the Universal Design approach in general while looking specifically at some recent research around the Universal Design of Dementia Friendly Dwellings. (See www.rcpi.ie)

For further Information please contact Tom Grey at tom.grey@tcd.ie.

08/10/2014

The Future of Flood Risk Management: FLOODRisk 2012 Conference

Rotterdam, 20-22 November 2012

TrinityHaus attended the FLOODRisk 2012 conference in Rotterdam where the results of the ongoing eGMS research project were presented by our Czech partners of Vodni Zdroje.

The conference set a milestone in the dissemination of flood risk management knowledge from across the globe. Institutional speakers from The Office of Public Work, Mr Mark Adamson (Ireland), The Environmental Agency, Mr David Rooke (UK), The Delta Programme, Mr Wim Kuijken (The Netherlands) described the role and strategy of their agencies in addressing flood risk management and the challenges of implementing the Floods Directive at national level. Interestingly there appears to be a significant shift in the time span covered by national strategic planning: with 100 years plans being prepared for basins such as those of the Thames and the Humber in the UK. Among the drivers of this shift is the realisation that the uncertainties introduced by factoring climate change in management strategies call for long term planning and, in turn, the development of an adaptive approach to flood risk management. Gains, losses and hence investment cannot be considered in the relative short context of 5 to 15 years, but a more far-sighted view has to be taken. The same realisation has occurred in the R&D world with new programmes, such as Flood Control 2100, being developed with a farther outlook in to the future.

Experience from the recent Queensland disasters in Australia has been reported by Mr Greame Milligan of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority. Mr Milligan has highlighted the role of urban planning in managing community recovery and resilience. Prof. Ed Link (Maryland University and former USACE staff) explained how, effective flood retention strategies were instrumental in protecting the population and economic assets during flood events on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in the USA. Prof. Link’s presentation, together with Ambassador Joan Boer’s (Ambassador of the Netherland in Thailand) retrospective on recent Thai events, have highlighted the role of politics in flood risk and relief management.

The numerous technical presentations discussed subjects ranging from community engagement and climate change adaptation, to flood modelling and remote sensing monitoring. Interestingly flood and risk modelling are increasingly relying on a probabilistic approach rather than a deterministic approach; at least in research if not in practice. Valuable contributions have been made in the fields of IT based solutions (including artificial intelligence algorithms) and sensor arrays which suggest that innovation in these fields will be central to future research efforts. Nonetheless there appears to be agreement around the fact that increased resilience can be efficiently achieved by including community engagement strategies and enabling self-help actions through community education.

The research carried out at TrinityHaus is at the centre of the debate with ongoing projects focussing on technologies for flood defence monitoring and integrity assessment; while future research concepts are being developed in collaboration with Irish and international partners for flood resilient communities through technological innovation and stakeholder engagement innovation.

For further information contact Matteo Viganotti at viganom@tcd.ie or Ruth Jackson at ruth.jackson@tcd.ie

18/12/2012

Prof. Oliver Kinnane at Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB ’12)

Prof. Oliver Kinnane recently presented a paper on the Post Occupancy Evaluation of the Wood Quay Venue at Dublin City Council Offices. He presented this at the Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB’12) (http://seb12.sustainedenergy.org/) conference that took place in Stockholm in September 2012.  Oliver also presented a on the monitoring study of the Low Carbon Adaptable Home.

The papers were titled:

Kinnane, O.P., Dyer, M., and Treacy, C. 2012. Analysis of thermal comfort and space heating strategy - a case study in Irish public buildings. In: Proceedings in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings SEB12, Stockholm.

Kinnane, O.P., Grey, T., and Dyer, M. 2012. A comprehensive monitoring system to assess the performance of a prototype house. In: Proceedings in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings SEB12, Stockholm.

For further information contact Oliver Kinnane at oliver.kinnane@tcd.ie

05/09/2012

Building Information Modelling and the Revit Users Ireland Group (RUIG)

TrinityHaus recently hosted the 5th Revit Users Ireland Group (RUIG) meeting which involved practical demonstrations of the new features of Autodesk Revit 2013 and Navisworks. A large diverse crowd of building professionals gathered to discuss many aspects of this cutting edge Building Information Modelling software (BIM). BIM is rapidly becoming a world leading design, analysis and management tool for the built environment, providing unique benefits in terms of sustainability and cost effective construction.

For over a year now TrinityHaus has been helping to host the ‘Revit Users Ireland Group’ (RUIG) meetings which are organised by ArcDox (www.arcdox.com) and Autodesk (www.autodesk.ie). RUIG is a multidisciplinary “Community of Innovators”, that meets once every quarter, sharing information, ideas, tips & trick, to promote the more efficient use of Revit & related tools across the disciplines, exploring ways to improve collaboration and “push the boundaries”, establishing Revit users in Ireland as world leaders in the implementation of BIM. This promises to be a very interesting event for all disciplines in construction, with presentations, demonstrations, followed by some discussions, and the opportunity to network with other keen Revit users in Ireland.

The next meeting will take place in September so keep an eye on the TrinityHaus website, or contact us for further information.

For further information contact Tom Grey at tom.grey@tcd.ie or Oliver Kinnane at oliver.kinnane@tcd.ie

05/07/2012

TrinityHaus meets with the ClimaDesign group from the Technische Universität München in Germany

TrinityHaus recently had the pleasure of meeting the ‘ClimaDesign’ (www.climadesign.de) group from the Technische Universität München in Germany. The group, headed by Prof. Gerhard Hausladen, was in Dublin as part of a study tour looking at recent city development and low energy design in the capital. ClimaDesign is examining energy efficiency at both the building and the city scale and thus shares many interests with TrinityHaus, where integrated thinking at all scales including; the occupant, the building, the neighbourhood and the city, is central to all research.

 

The catering skills of TrinityHaus were truly tested when hosting the group of 25! But a productive exchange of ideas and research interests have opened the door to future collaboration.

For further information contact Tom Grey at tom.grey@tcd.ie.

05/07/2012

OCTOBER 2014

Citizen Focused Challenge - Hacking the Urban Environment 2014

Professor Mark Dyer will be launching the Citizen Focused Challenge – Hacking the Urban Environment 2014 taking place at DogA, Norwegian Design and Architecture Centre at Hausmannsgate 16 in Oslo on 15th -17th October. Based on insights gained from design partners (lead user) teams are asked to present practical design solutions (tools, techinques or methods) to 'better connect citizens with city instititions and so create a more people-friendly city in a digital age'.

 

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JULY 2014

INDICATE - Dissemination Workshop

The INDICATE Project is holding a half-day dissemination workshop on July 8, 2014 in Dublin.

The aim of the workshop is to share information regarding INDICATE activities relating to the first year of the project and will include information on:

 

• Stakeholder Engagement and Business Model Development
• Characterization of the City
• Development of the Common City Indicators and the Common City Index
• Development of the Virtual City Model

In addition, there will also be an interactive session which will focus on the development of 4 personas (each representing a key stakeholder group) that would be fleshed out over the course of the workshop via the development of workflows (based on specific needs/uses of stakeholders, e.g. - city planner; urban designer/architect/planner; engineer; renewable technology consultant or provider). The aims of the interactive session will include: further development of the persona; identifying typical workflows for each persona along and how the tool might align; identifying the convergence and conflicts vis-à-vis the tool and the different types of users/stakeholders.

As part of the workshop, a light lunch will be provided.

Those interested in attending the workshop, to be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, from 9:30-12:30pm at the EU House on Dawson Street (Dublin 2) are asked to confirm their participation by contacting Dimitra Xidous at xidousd@tcd.ie .

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Transforming Ireland Seminar Series Autumn 2010

UCD Earth Sciences Institute, TCD TrinityHaus and Dublin City Council
Under the aegis of the TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance
In collaboration with Business in the Community Ireland,Comhar Sustainable Development Council, Environmental Protection Agency, Geological Survey of Ireland, Marine Institute, Met Eireann, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland & Teagasc

Present

Transforming Ireland
Mobilising innovation to meet energy and climate change obligations and sustainable economic development

A weekly seminar focusing on using innovation to convert challenge into opportunity by bringing key leaders from the research, policy and enterprise communities together to focus on a range of challenges and opportunities for key stakeholders, including the general public.

Thursdays at 12.30 - 14.00 from 16th September to December 2010. Venues are specified in the programme. ADMISSION FREE.

SEPTEMBER 2010 -

16th September, TCD-UCD Innovation Academy Space, 2-3 Foster Place, Dublin 2
> Low Energy Adaptable Homes - Thomas Grey, TCD TrinityHaus
> Passivehaus in Ireland - Vivienne Brophy, UCD Energy Research Group

23rd September, TCD-UCD Innovation Academy Space, 2-3 Foster Place, Dublin 2
> Some Materials for the Future: Low-carbon, Energy Efficient Composites for Sustainable Building - Dr. Sara Pavia, TCD
> Green Buildings - Sally Starbuck, GAIA Ecotecture

30th September, TCD-UCD Innovation Academy Space, 2-3 Foster Place, Dublin 2
> The future of Sustainability in Buildings - Brian O'Brien, Solearth Ecological Architecture

OCTOBER 2010 -

7th October, TCD-UCD Innovation Academy Space, 2-3 Fosters Place, Dublin 2
> Meeting the Challenge of Low Energy Lighting by 2010 - Liam Kelly, Managing Director Nualight

14th October, TCD-UCD Innovation Academy Space, 2-3 Fosters Place, Dublin 2
> The Future of Renewable Gas in Ireland – Cathal Gallagher, Bord Gáis Energy & Dr. Jerry Murphy, UCC
> Reducing Energy Demand, Cost and Carbon Footprint for the IT/Data Centre/Telecommunication Sectors – Brendan Marren, CES Energy

21st October, TCD-UCD Innovation Academy Space, 2-3 Fosters Place, Dublin 2
> Solar Energy: Reaching a new Solar Industry in Ireland - Mazhar Bari, CEO Solarprint
> Delivering Renewable Power to the People... - Tim Cooper, Coolpower

28th October, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Dublin 2
> Urban Sustainability Indicators - Dr. Ainhoa Gonzáles Del Campo, TCD
> The Choices for the Greater Dublin Region - Dr. Brendan Williams, UCD

NOVEMBER 2010 -

4th November, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Dublin 2
> Smart Cities - Michael Roche, IBM
> Citi for Cities project - Jim Kelly, Citi

12th November (FRIDAY), Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
> Climate Justice - Mary Robinson

25th November, Paccar Theatre, Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
> Energy Mapping - Jay Stuart, Managing Director, DW Ecoco Ltd
> Achieving a stock of Low Carbon Appliances by 2020 - Neil Stewart, Managing Director, Glen Dimplex Renewables

DECEMBER 2010 -

2nd December, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Dublin 2
> Green Car Roll-out - Paul Mulvany, Managing Director, ESB ecars
> Cycling and Electric Bikes - Olivier Vander Elst, Greenaer

9th December, Paccar Theatre, Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
> Minimising the Costs of Reducing Emissions from Road Transport – Andrew Kelly, ApEnvEcon
> Reducing Aircraft Emissions – Tony McDermott, CEO Liberator Aero

16th December, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 2
> Reducing Emissions in Manufacturing: Opportunities for Engineering in Ireland – Prof. Gerry Byrne & Dr. Eamonn Ahearne, UCD
> A Greener Future - Jim Barry, NTR plc

For further information please contact Emma Siddall (emma.siddall@tcd.ie).

01/09/2010

TrinityHaus i.School: Summer Camp and Scholarships

This is a two weeks full time programme organised by TrinityHaus i.School. Dedicated to transition and 5th year senior cycle students, it intends to combine entrepreneurship and innovation with sustainability. Twenty scholarships, which cover the participation fees and a €300 bursary, will be offered to promising students from secondary schools in Dublin through an application and selection process.
The first week of the programme will include a series of lectures and hands on workshops with the aim of providing an understanding of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability concepts as well as a set of formal tools in the same areas. The speakers selected will be from both academia and industry, including successful entrepreneurs and professionals.
The students will, during the second week of the summer camp, demonstrate their entrepreneurial skills and their passion for ideas by developing a product or service for low-carbon living in Dublin. The best project will be awarded by a panel of professionals and academics. This design challenge aims to engage the students in the development of real products or services.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 30th April 2010. Download the application form here.

If your school is interested in participating to the initiative contact Matteo Viganotti (matteo.viganotti@tcd.ie) to register.

01/04/2010