Estates development

Our Sustainable Construction Policy ensures that developments to our Estate minimise harm to the environment and seek opportunities for enhancement. Christchurch House labs Phase 1 and Studland House Phase 1, our two significant refurbishment projects, achieved sustainability standards Ska ‘Gold’ and BREEAM Refurbishment ‘Very Good’, respectively.

96% of waste diverted from landfill for all construction projects

Karen Thompson, Senior Lecturer In Leadership Strategy & Organisations Responsible Project Management

A new concept developed within BU uses the SDGs as a framework for understanding the impact of projects on society and the environment. Karen's Project Management students have been using this framework to evaluate projects, chosen from their placement company or public projects such as HS2 or The Ocean Clean Up. The case studies are presented using a combination of literature review, blog post and a poster and will be published on the Responsible Project Management website. This aims to help share good practice of managing projects responsibly with practitioners, researchers and educators across the world. “Project management professionals increasingly have a responsibility to ensure that harm is reduced and ideally that natural and social resources are restored by the projects they manage.” Responsible Project Management is a BUled collaboration between researchers and practitioners. This project has created educational resources that are being adopted in HEIs across Europe. For practitioners, the project is identifying and sharing case studies that will contribute to development of the profession. The importance of this work was externally recognised in 2019 with two Awards from the Project Management Institute (UK) and was Highly Commended at the UK and Ireland Green Gowns Awards.