{"id":2396,"date":"2021-04-28T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/?page_id=2396"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:14:29","slug":"living-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/living-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"IGNITION Living Lab @Salford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To understand better how to build investor confidence on NBS, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ignitiongm.com\">The IGNITION project<\/a> aims to demonstrate the benefits, economic and other wise by exploring innovative financing mechanisms and developing the arguments for NBS through the Living Lab at University of Salford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"3 - What is the Living Lab\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8zaKbRLaYQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What is the Living Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IGNITION&#8217;s Living Lab design incorporates Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for climate change adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main components of the Living Lab comprise of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/living-lab\/rain-garden\/\">Rain garden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/living-lab\/green-wall\/\">Green wall<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/living-lab\/sustainable-urban-drainage-sud-trees\/\">Sustainable urban drainage trees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/living-lab\/the-green-roof\/\">Green roof<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>additional GI installations showcasing data from the Living Lab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Phase 1 includes the rain garden design, while Phase 2 includes the rest of the installations, with a total installation bid of around \u00a31M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1808\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Ignition Living Lab\" class=\"wp-image-2796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-1536x1085.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/3d_v2_low-01-01-2048x1447.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To understand better how to build investor confidence on NBS, The IGNITION project aims to demonstrate the benefits, economic and other wise by exploring innovative financing mechanisms and developing the arguments for NBS through the Living Lab at University of Salford. 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