{"id":11065,"date":"2025-08-27T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?p=11065"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:26:20","slug":"campus-news-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/2025\/campus-news-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus News \u2013 Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCD is a \u2018Living Lab\u2019 for Sustainability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>UCD is on a path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The University has reached its interim targets and is informing wider climate mitigation and adaptation actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability is a core value of UCD\u2019s diverse community of staff, students and alumni. Together, we are committed to achieving environmental, societal, cultural, economic and governance goals for sustainability. The UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 is a new, action-oriented roadmap for how the University will maximise its contribution to achieving sustainability at local, national and global levels. This will be achieved through education, research and innovation, campus infrastructure and operations, the UCD community, and partnerships and wider engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to the vision is the concept of UCD as a \u2018living lab\u2019, where students, staff, and the wider community collaborate on real-time sustainable practices and research. A focal point for creative problem solving and collaborative innovation is UCD Greenacre, a new experiential sustainability hub located within a woodland area of the Belfield campus. UCD Greenacre will showcase the many sustainability initiatives underway across UCD and will also be an incubator for sustainability innovation. Inaugural pilot projects will focus on learning about circular food systems by implementing innovative approaches to food production, waste reduction and resource recovery, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Sustainability.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Larry O\u2019Connell, Director of the National Economic and Social Council, at the launch of the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030.\" class=\"wp-image-11117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Sustainability.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Sustainability-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Sustainability-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Sustainability-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Larry O\u2019Connell, Director of the National Economic and Social Council, at the launch of the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0.25rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f1f1f1;color:#f1f1f1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full no-margin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irish.jpg\" alt=\"Tri-Continental Sustainability Competition\" class=\"wp-image-10340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irish.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irish-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irish-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irish-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group all-padding gray-border\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tri-Continental Sustainability Competition <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A team of students from UCD won second prize at the inaugural Tri-Continental Sustainability Competition, which was held at the University of Notre Dame in March. The competition is part of a three-year collaboration between UCD, Notre Dame (USA), and Strathmore University (Kenya) that brings students from different continents together to exchange perspectives and develop new ideas to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This year\u2019s competition was on the theme of sustainable food systems. The UCD Nutribot team pitched their idea for an app to help users eat both nutritiously and sustainably. The Nutribot app uses a holistic health approach and includes AI-powered recommendations. UCD will host next year\u2019s competition, which will focus on energy, and in 2027 participating students will travel to Kenya and focus on water.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stephen-Murphy-Ruairi-Collins-and-Eoin-Duffy.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Murphy, Ruair\u00ed Collins and Eoin Duffy\" class=\"wp-image-10343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stephen-Murphy-Ruairi-Collins-and-Eoin-Duffy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stephen-Murphy-Ruairi-Collins-and-Eoin-Duffy-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stephen-Murphy-Ruairi-Collins-and-Eoin-Duffy-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stephen-Murphy-Ruairi-Collins-and-Eoin-Duffy-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stephen Murphy, Ruair\u00ed Collins and Eoin Duffy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCD Students Win Top Prize in EirGrid\u2019s CleanerGrid Competition <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechanical engineering students Ruair\u00ed Collins, Eoin Duffy and Stephen Murphy are winners of the second annual CleanerGrid contest, which tasks third-level students with solving critical energy challenges, with a focus on sustainability, efficiency and clean energy technologies. The competition addresses a specific aspect of Ireland\u2019s clean energy transition, and this year\u2019s theme asked students to present a vision of what the growing energy sector will need to look like in 2050 to have sustainably achieved net-zero emissions. The UCD team, dubbed Todhcha\u00ed Glas, claimed the top prize of \u20ac12,000 for their proposal showing how pumped hydro energy storage could help with managing wind and solar energy variability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group all-padding has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f7f3eb\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Green-Library-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Green-Library-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Green-Library-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Green-Library-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Green-Library-copy.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Green Library Award for UCD Library <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>UCD Library has been named this year\u2019s winner of the Green Library Award in recognition of its commitment to environmental sustainability. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions awarded the coveted prize to UCD Library for its practice of upcycling, recycling and rehoming old furniture as part of the ongoing redevelopment of the James Joyce Library. Much of the old furniture, which dates back to the 1970s, has been upcycled and offered to local communities instead of going to landfill. The UCD Library Furniture Recycling Team has donated hundreds of items to local schools, community centres, afterschool programmes, Men\u2019s Sheds, and the St John of God Hospitaller Services Group, as well as to individuals in the UCD community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Northeastern-partnership.jpg\" alt=\"Northeastern Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Prof. David Madigan, Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin, and UCD President, Prof. Orla Feely.\" class=\"wp-image-10357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Northeastern-partnership.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Northeastern-partnership-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Northeastern-partnership-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UCD-Northeastern-partnership-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Northeastern Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Prof. David Madigan, Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin, and UCD President, Prof. Orla Feely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCD and Northeastern University Collaborate on New Masters Programme in Sustainability Engineering Leadership <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>UCD and Northeastern University have announced the establishment of a new double masters degree programme in Sustainability Engineering Leadership. The collaboration between the two universities further strengthens ties between Massachusetts and Ireland as hubs of innovation and sustainability. This first-of-its-kind degree programme was developed in response to the growing global demand for expertise in sustainability and leadership within the engineering sector, and it aims to equip graduates with the technical, analytical, and leadership skills needed to drive meaningful change across industries worldwide. Beginning September 2025, the programme offers a global student cohort the opportunity to study during their first year in Boston and their second year in Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group all-padding has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d623f6bff7259fd684871bff0ef8f2a1\" style=\"background-color:#c61a45\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4315215bc782eb2c3d369d08e8815894\">UCD Joins the Race to Zero <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a40af28919983fcb7f44b961e641c13f\">UCD has officially joined the Race to Zero for universities and colleges. The initiative unites more than 800 higher education institutions worldwide in a shared mission to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. It is part of a broader United Nations-backed campaign to mobilise businesses, cities, financial institutions and academic organisations to deliver a resilient zero-carbon future. UCD\u2019s membership signals the University\u2019s commitment to environmental leadership, as it works towards a 2040 deadline for a net-zero UCD.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group all-padding has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns no-margin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gerald-Mills.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Gerald Mills\" class=\"wp-image-10361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gerald-Mills.jpg 250w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gerald-Mills-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prof. Gerald Mills.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCD Expert Selected for New IPCC Climate Project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>UCD\u2019s Professor Gerald Mills is one of only two experts from Ireland chosen to co-author a report on cities and climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). One of the world\u2019s most eminent scientific bodies, the IPCC provides regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, and recommends adaptation and mitigation actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Mills is a physical geographer who works on the climate of cities. He was nominated for the IPCC project by Ireland and by the World Meteorological Organisation, and was selected from 1,201 nominations submitted by IPCC\u2019s national focal points and observer organisations. The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities will, for the first time, assess the role of cities in climate change at all scales, from global to urban, to understand how best to develop city-scale mitigation and adaptation efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More Campus News at <a href=\"https:\/\/ucd.ie\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ucd.ie\/news<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCD is a \u2018Living Lab\u2019 for Sustainability UCD is on a path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The University has reached its interim targets and is informing wider climate mitigation and adaptation actions. Sustainability is a core value of UCD\u2019s diverse community of staff, students and alumni. 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