cumbria environmental university initiative project overview presentation to mark fryer allerdale...
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Cumbria Environmental University Initiative
Project overview presentation to Mark Fryer
Allerdale Borough Council
Broughton Moor illustrative layout
The proposed campus
• Environmental University– Test-bed for new thinking and excellence
– Practical leadership in regeneration and sustainability
• New model settlement – Reduced emissions and impacts through most natural construction
systems and materials
– True integration between workspace and living space eliminating the need for routine travel
• Visitor Centre and tourist attraction– A principle centre of adventure, interest and excellence
Deliverables to region
• Magnet for wealth creation
• Key mechanism for economic regeneration
• Multiple opportunities for new jobs
• Unique focus for tourism
• An unrivalled educational facility
• Environmental regeneration
• Purposeful re-deployment of land
Project partnershipSite: Allerdale Borough Council
Project Manager: Era Limited
Financial plan and audit: PriceWaterhouse Cooper
Land remediation: URS Dames & Moore
Government: New Economics Foundation
Architect: Faber Maunsell / Hackney Barr
Self-Build management: dfh Seidlungsbau GmbH
Construction finance: Co-Op Bank, Triodos Bank
Project direction: CEUI
Agency partnership
NWDA
CIIA
CCC
ADC
BMPC
FE
Educational partnersAccreditation / WBL: Middlesex University
Rethinking Construction: CITB / dfh Seidlungsbau
Economic Regeneration: NEF / The Regen School
Ecology: CHE / Schumacher College
Biotechnology / Ayurveda: ISIS / GIFTS
Leadership: AI Network / Ashridge
Entrepreneurship: SSE / e.street
Zero Emissions: EAFIT / UNU / ZEN
Consciousness & evolution: MUNL / University for Spirit
Total budget
£100,000,000- over ten years
Development budget
£500,000- over one year
Principle features
Environmental University• Eight principle faculties
– New Construction
– New Economics
– Zero Emissions & Natural Capitalism
– Natural Health & Ayurveda
– Agriculture & Forestry
– Communication & Design
– Art and Craft
– Consciousness and Leadership
• Learning and practicing how to build the most effective civilisations of the new millennium
Principle features
New model settlement• A high tech village community
– ~ 400 buildings
– ~ 3000 inhabitants
• Living, learning, building, farming, teaching• Self contained, yet drawing on and giving back to
local communities• Stress free, economically viable, purpose built• Dynamic ‘think tank / action tank’
Principle features
Visitor centre• An “Eden Project” like phenomenon• A tourist magnet• Self contained, but giving outwards to local
communities and also drawing in from them• A dynamic, economically viable, purpose built
model which can be franchised onwards and outwards - UK and worldwide
Project summary
• An integrated realisation of the local planning objectives– Leisure
– Tourism
– Forestry
– Education
– Farming
– Telecommuting
– Sustainable housing
– Economic regeneration
– Employment
• Puts West Cumbria ‘On The Map’
© CEUI 2002