Online

The Dwr Uisce project has run for over six years and has made significant impactful contributions on the sustainability of the water related energy use in Ireland and Wales. This event consolidates and celebrates the research-based achievements, marks the closure of the project, and looks ahead to the continuing transition towards net zero water systems.  

The Dwr Uisce project was funded by the Interreg Ireland Wales programme and in the spirit of Ireland-Wales cooperation this final project event will also strike a celebratory musical tone to mark the closure of the project and programme. 

The final agenda can be downloaded here.

Venue: Trinity Business School, Pearse St, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The Dwr Uisce project has run for over six years and has made significant impactful contributions on the sustainability of the water related energy use in Ireland and Wales. This event consolidates and celebrates the research-based achievements, marks the closure of the project, and looks ahead to the continuing transition towards net zero water systems.  

The Dwr Uisce project was funded by the Interreg Ireland Wales programme and in the spirit of Ireland-Wales cooperation this final project event will also strike a celebratory musical tone to mark the closure of the project and programme. 

Click here to download the agenda.

This lunchtime webinar is an opportunity to hear from Dŵr Uisce project researchers describing and reflecting on their experience of managing this transdisciplinary research project and developing a useful and usable tool for visualising the project metadata.

AGENDA

Welcome and introduction to Dwr Uisce

Managing a TDR project: the Dwr Uisce experience

DUVis: exploring the visualisation tool and engaging with it

Discussion and Q&A 

Closing remarks

The webinar explores the learnings and outcomes of the potential for wastewater heat recovery in industrial settings at ABP Food Group.

AGENDA

10 minutes - Welcome and introduction to Dwr Uisce

10 minutes - ABP perspective and learnings

20 mins - Potential for heat recovery, findings and learnings from the pilot system

15 mins - Discussion and Q&A

30 mins - Virtual 3D tour of the demonstration site

Closing remarks

Join us ONLINE to discover our drain water heat recovery system, its benefits and its relevance for reducing emissions and saving costs.

AGENDA

10.30 - 11.40 Talks, presentations and discussion

11.40 - 12.10 3D Virtual Tour of the DWHR Site Demonstration of Penrhyn Castle

The link to join the online event will be sent closer to the date.

Venue: Online

Date: 11 October 2022

We are delighted to announce that we will host a Launch Event of our drain water heat recovery system at Penrhyn Castle on 11 October 2022.

AGENDA (Click to download)

10-10.30 Registration, tea/coffee and networking

10.30 - 11.40 Talks, presentations and discussion

11.40 - 12.40 DWHR Site Demonstration & Historical Tour of Penrhyn Castle

12.40 - 13.40 Lunch and Networking in the Tea Rooms

Venue: Penrhyn Castle, Bangor LL57 4HT, United Kingdom. Click here to download directions.

The option to join online is listed below.

Date: 11 October 2022

Heat recovery potential of leisure centres: opportunities, challenges, and risks. A panel discussion

Description

Climate change poses significant challenges and the global community is not on track to meet sustainable development targets or the Paris Agreement to mitigate climate change. The Covid-19 pandemic and necessary government measures to curb the spread of the virus has put climate action on hold and shut down economies. The need for improved ventilation as an important mitigating factor against the risk of Covid-19 transmission has additional implications for additional costs and emissions for businesses.   

Leisure centres, as large users of water and energy, are faced with high operational costs and will also be generating significant emissions of greenhouse gases. However, heat recovery technology can yield very significant reductions in water and water-related energy demands and costs without impacting service quality and delivery. These reductions can be a promising response to the current challenges of climate change and post-Covid-19 economic recovery.

To discuss energy demands in leisure centres and the important contributions to emissions and cost reductions that can be made through heat recovery, the Dŵr Uisce project (https://www.dwr-uisce.eu/) is hosting an expert panel discussion on heat recovery as one of the several ways these reductions can be made.

The panellists will be discussing a range of questions and some of the current opportunities, challenges, and risks associated with installing heat recovery in leisure centres in order to promote conversation and ideas on how leisure centres can take action that can save costs and improve their environmental footprint in the process.

MEET THE PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

Objectives

The objectives of the panel discussion are:

• To introduce our research on heat recovery in leisure centres to key stakeholders

• To discuss possible options to these challenges of climate change and post Covid-19 economic recovery

• To develop partnerships and a network of people working on reducing the operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions associated with leisure centres

Agenda

14:00 – 14:05                     Welcome and introductions  

14:05 – 14:15                     Opening remarks

14:15 -  15:55                     Panel discussion  

15:55 – 15:20                     Live Q&A and interactive session with audience

15:20 -  15:25                     Closing remarks from all speakers  

15:25 – 15:30                     Closing and next steps

Date: Tuesday 23 February 2021

Time: 2 – 3:30pm GMT

Venue: Online via Teams

Please submit questions to the panel to a.bellodambatta@bangor.ac.uk by Monday 15 February 2021. There will also be an opportunity for live Q&A during the event.