Darryl Newport is a high-level environmental scientist and built environment specialist with over 10 years of research, policy-related and teaching experience. Special interests include renewable energy systems, sustainable construction through alternative material use and natural resource management; conservation, biodiversity, particularly around the Thames Gateway Initiatives and sustainable communities.

Additional projects include:

• Environmental Consultant to London Thames Gateway Development Corporation developing a business case for a Sustainable Industrial Park within East London.
• Materials Expert to Westminster City Council – Regeneration of Leicester Square.
• Numerous Ongoing Projects both National and International - Researching Novel Construction Materials from Waste and Other Sustainable Materials.

Darryl is a member of the following professional bodies:

• UK- GBC (UK Green Building Council)
• RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), ION (Institute of Navigation) and IMAREST(Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology)

Director of Sustainability Research Institute:

Sustainability Research Institute Research Leader and Project Management in areas of Urban regeneration, Sustainable Construction, Waste Management, Transportation, Conservation and Renewable Energy Systems

Summary of Expertise:

High-level Environmental Scientist and Built Environment Specialist with over 10 years of research, policy-related and teaching experience. Special interests include renewable energy systems, sustainable construction through alternative material use and natural resource management; conservation, biodiversity, particularly around the Thames Gateway Initiatives and Sustainable Communities.

Activities/responsible for:

Darryl has recently set up UEL’s involvement in the Carbon Trust’s Higher Education Carbon Management Programme, which provides universities and higher education colleges with practical advice and guidance on cutting carbon emissions and reducing energy costs.

Darryl is the head of the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation' (LTGDC) Sustainable Procurement Project, in collaboration with the Olympic Delivery Authority’s Sustainable Procurement Project, which aims to increase understanding of the significant investment planned in environmental technology in east London. As part of a consortium including the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation, ARUP and UCL, Darryl is leading the development of the Dagenham Dock Institute for Sustainability, an innovative business park supporting companies engaged in socially and environmentally friendly consumption and waste management.

Research Archive:

2/04/04:  Plastic Pipe XII, Milan, Italy:-  Manufactured Aggregate as imported backfill material for Plastic Pipes

13/05/04: SKB Report. National Recycling Congress, Rotterdam:- Production of Lightweight Gravel from Secondary Wastes using the Trefoil Process

30/10/04:  UEL, School of Computing and Technology:- LWA Production using Moltrie Municipal Waste Filter Ash  

Degree:

BSc (Hons) Surveying and Mapping Sciences

Other qualifications:

Group membership:

Project Management in areas of Urban regeneration, Sustainable Construction, Waste Management, Transportation, Conservation and Renewable Energy Systems.