Cumbria Environmental University Initiative

Project overview presentation to Mark Fryer

Allerdale Borough Council

Broughton Moor illustrative layout

The proposed campus

• Environmental University– Test-bed for new thinking and excellence

– Practical leadership in regeneration and sustainability

• New model settlement – Reduced emissions and impacts through most natural construction

systems and materials

– True integration between workspace and living space eliminating the need for routine travel

• Visitor Centre and tourist attraction– A principle centre of adventure, interest and excellence

Deliverables to region

• Magnet for wealth creation

• Key mechanism for economic regeneration

• Multiple opportunities for new jobs

• Unique focus for tourism

• An unrivalled educational facility

• Environmental regeneration

• Purposeful re-deployment of land

Project partnershipSite: Allerdale Borough Council

Project Manager: Era Limited

Financial plan and audit: PriceWaterhouse Cooper

Land remediation: URS Dames & Moore

Government: New Economics Foundation

Architect: Faber Maunsell / Hackney Barr

Self-Build management: dfh Seidlungsbau GmbH

Construction finance: Co-Op Bank, Triodos Bank

Project direction: CEUI

Agency partnership

NWDA

CIIA

CCC

ADC

BMPC

FE

Educational partnersAccreditation / WBL: Middlesex University

Rethinking Construction: CITB / dfh Seidlungsbau

Economic Regeneration: NEF / The Regen School

Ecology: CHE / Schumacher College

Biotechnology / Ayurveda: ISIS / GIFTS

Leadership: AI Network / Ashridge

Entrepreneurship: SSE / e.street

Zero Emissions: EAFIT / UNU / ZEN

Consciousness & evolution: MUNL / University for Spirit

Total budget

£100,000,000- over ten years

Development budget

£500,000- over one year

Principle features

Environmental University• Eight principle faculties

– New Construction

– New Economics

– Zero Emissions & Natural Capitalism

– Natural Health & Ayurveda

– Agriculture & Forestry

– Communication & Design

– Art and Craft

– Consciousness and Leadership

• Learning and practicing how to build the most effective civilisations of the new millennium

Principle features

New model settlement• A high tech village community

– ~ 400 buildings

– ~ 3000 inhabitants

• Living, learning, building, farming, teaching• Self contained, yet drawing on and giving back to

local communities• Stress free, economically viable, purpose built• Dynamic ‘think tank / action tank’

Principle features

Visitor centre• An “Eden Project” like phenomenon• A tourist magnet• Self contained, but giving outwards to local

communities and also drawing in from them• A dynamic, economically viable, purpose built

model which can be franchised onwards and outwards - UK and worldwide

Project summary

• An integrated realisation of the local planning objectives– Leisure

– Tourism

– Forestry

– Education

– Farming

– Telecommuting

– Sustainable housing

– Economic regeneration

– Employment

• Puts West Cumbria ‘On The Map’

© CEUI 2002