{"id":2493,"date":"2021-05-10T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/?page_id=2493"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:14:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gmgreencity.com\/projects-and-campaigns\/ignition\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gmgreencity.com\/projects-and-campaigns\/ignition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u20ac4.6 million EU funded IGNITION Project<\/a> sets target to uplift green infrastructure in Greater Manchester and develop business models for investment in Nature-base Solutions (NBS). The role of its NBS Living Lab at University of Salford is pivotal to achieving these targets as it provides a retrofit installation that showcases a variety of NBS climate mitigation solutions and delivers evidence to inform stakeholders on investment schemes based on real-time data, and raise awareness of economic, environmental and well-being benefits of such technologies for communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation integrates a green-blue roof, living wall, SUDS trees and rain garden with a connected water management scheme linking all elements, providing greater benefits as an integrated system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Living Lab exhibits a repository of lessons learnt from the journey towards creating innovative NBS solutions in an existing urban context. This complements IGNITION Project\u2019s pipeline of business and engagement approaches and tools for NBS innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/documentcloud.adobe.com\/link\/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:a2e43a48-6e4f-4c0c-8032-160813a69e8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Living Lab Brochure<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IGNITION Living Lab Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/hisham-elkadi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hisham Elkadi<\/a> (Director of IGNITION NBS Living Lab)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/philip-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philip James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/william-swan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Swan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/richard-fitton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Richard Fitton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/inji-kenawy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inji Kenawy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/nourhan-heysham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nourhan Heysham<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salford.ac.uk\/our-staff\/ethan-bellmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethan Bellmer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IGNITION Project Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Salford<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business in the Community (BITC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City of Trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment Agency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Groundwork<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manchester City Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salford City Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Utilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Manchester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links, Contacts and Supporting Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk\/what-we-do\/environment\/natural-environment\/ignition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IGNITION webpage on Greater Manchester Combined Authority website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/ignition-living-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2021\/07\/ignition-interim-report-april-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IGNITION Interim Report (April 2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"2 - Why IGNITION and what it does\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hn1bNRme2uA?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\">Why Ignition does what it does<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u20ac4.6 million EU funded IGNITION Project sets target to uplift green infrastructure in Greater Manchester and develop business models for investment in Nature-base Solutions (NBS). 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