Darryl is an environmental scientist specialising in the built environment. His research and policy interests include renewable energy systems, sustainable construction through alternative material use and natural resource management. Darryl has been engaged with a number of major infrastructure projects within London including the London 2012 Olympics and is closely involved in the development of the Institute for Sustainability, including the Sustainable Industry Park at Dagenham Dock.

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
• C2C - Interreg IVB NWE Programme 
• Turas - FP7
• FLASH - ERDF
• Energy efficient bio-based natural fibre insulation - The BioComposites Centre Bangor University

Darryl is a member of the following professional bodies:

• UK-GBC (UK Green Building Council)
• Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group
• ICE London Waste Expert Panel
• Environmental Research Group

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.

• Newport.D.J., Plastic Pipe XII:  Manufactured Aggregate as imported backfill material for Plastic Pipes, Milan, Italy,  April 2004.

• Newport.D.J., Production of Lightweight Gravel from Secondary Wastes using the Trefoil Process.  Submitted to the SKB Report. National Recycling Congress, Rotterdam, May 2004

• Newport.D.J., Latif.E., Wijeyesekera.D.C., Tucker.S., Potential for Research on Hemp Insulation in the UK Construction Sector submitted at the AC&T Conference, London, January 2010

• Newport.D.J., Green.J.E., Liuy. Y., Wang.H., Tan.W., Utilization of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash in lightweight aggregates,  submitted to Central South University Press and SpringerVerlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

• Vandergert P, Jaluzot A and Newport D. 2012. “Evaluating the role of green infrastructure as an integral element of urban sustainability and resilience”, conference paper presented at 1^st International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, 5-6 November 2012, UCL, London.