Newsletter: October 2007
Knowledge and Location Help Companies to Grow
Four companies were already benefiting from the commercial and technical advantages of being based at the Lancaster Environment Centre, one of the largest environmental research centres in Europe, when its new office accommodation for businesses opened on 22nd May 2007.
Water Industry Research for the Future
Professor Louise Heathwaite, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Water Management at the Lancaster Environment Centre, is the academic lead for the N8 Sustainable Water Use project.
New Training Programme in Contaminated Land Remediation
In October 2006 LEC launched a new CPD training course in "Contaminated Land: Risk Assessment and Bioremediation". With contributions from academic members of staff and leading consultants the course serves to address fundamental issues relating to contaminants in the environment.
New Test Method Reduces Risk in Bioremediation
Contaminated Land Remediation companies contemplating options for bioremediation can now reduce their risks by using new analytical techniques developed by Lancaster Environment Centre and the University of East Anglia and now licensed to Alcontrol Laboratories.
REACH Chemicals Legislation Centre
Following extensive consultation with industry and key stakeholders, Lancaster Environment Centre launched ‘The REACH Centre’ on 28th June 2007 at a special event attended by a number of industry leaders and Gary Titley MEP.
Graduate Consultancy the Key to Cost Savings at Fish Processor
Following extensive consultation with industry and key stakeholders, Lancaster Environment Centre launched ‘The REACH Centre’ on 28th June 2007 at a special event attended by a number of industry leaders and Gary Titley MEP.
Energy market failure addressed
Lancaster Environment Centre is facilitating the formation of a consortium of companies to market renewable energy, particularly microgeneration, in the United Kingdom. The objective is to increase adoption of microgeneration in the domestic and commercial sectors by providing potential customers with an appraisal of the most suitable technologies for their particular site.
Training your staff
LEC delivers events and workshops throughout the year. These are targeted at companies who want to increase their technical knowledge in specialist areas ranging from contaminated land remediation to monitoring nuclear sites. Each event is aimed at delivering state of the art knowledge to your company as well as generating mutually interesting research projects.
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