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DNCC Sustainability Forum
24th January 2013
Lynn Oxborrow
WHAT IS FUTURE FACTORY?
• ERDF supported project established in
2009
• … now extended until 2015 with a total
budget of £4 million
• Collaboration between NTU schools:
CADBE, NBS and others
• Objective to assist East Midlands SMEs to
adopt more efficient and sustainable
ways of doing business:
• Through…. sustainable product and
process design, supply chain & logistics,
packaging, energy consumption,
marketing, training…..
WHAT WE OFFER:
ASSISTANCE (2 days engagement with SMEs)
• Workshops, events and expert panels with
internationally renowned speakers
• Business needs analysis & future scenarios
• Research assistant support
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS (min 2 days)
• Short customised projects, research & analysis,
product development & testing
• Access to specialist resources & technology
• Heavily subsidised expert consultancy,
recommendations & objectives
GRADUATE PLACEMENTS
• Subsidised employment of recent graduate
• ‘Live’ student consultancy projects
WHAT WE OFFER:
AND MORE….
• Networking with like-minded people
• Expert guidance and 1-2-1 ideas generation
• Information and inspiration
• Library, website and social media
• Showcasing and PR opportunities
• Signposting to further support….
Events
International experts
Sustainability in the Supply Chain
Conference: Speedo & Puma, 2012
Video highlights:
ttp://www.ntu.ac.uk/future_factory/events/past_events/index.html
Interactive workshops
materiO, Paris,
Dec 2012
Expert panels
Furniture & interiors
panel, Nov 2011
Showcase and networking
Afternoon Tea with Future Factory:
A Project Showcase event
9 June 2011
Newton Arkwright
Courtyard, Old
Chemistry Lab, &
Arkwright Building
Future Factory
projects…
NKONO – BBQ man
• Support through workshops and
expert panel
• 1-2-1: testing of product;
forecasting, business model,
branding
• Cameroonian food product and
outlet
Trent Upholstery
• CAD/CAM access for
sustainable sofa design
• Materials and prototyping
• Marketing strategy for new
product
Co-op Product
Developed Portal to share reuse/ recycling ideas
Networking launch with SMEs,
staff and students
6000 visitors - week 1
Nottingham Playhouse
Thermal imaging of energy
hotspots in listed building
Recommendations for energy
efficiency and cost savings
First improvements currently in
progress
Future Factory
Graduate
Placements
Hugh Frost Designs
Initial support to recruit a product design graduate…
• …. who developed new product as well as business
plan for its roll out
• …. which led to business award entries and prizes,
including free office space and consultancy, as well
as investment pitch opportunities
• HF Designs are predicting substantial business and
sustainability benefits as a result of this
intervention.
Carbon Reduction Action Plan:
Group student project
Notable Outcomes
2010 = 21.09 CO2 Tonnes
2011 = 13.27 CO2 Tonnes
7.82 CO2 Tonnes reduced in one
year
= 27% reduction
Students identified a supplier of
a coal that could potentially
save Memsaab 30% of energy
CO2 emissions equating to:
10tonnes of CO2
What to do next?
Contact the Future Factory team:
www.ntu.ac.uk/futurefactory
New 2013 events calendar coming up in next few weeks
Case studies
News items
Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/FutureFactoryNTU
and @futurefactNTU
Email: [email protected]
Tel: Angela Scott, project co-ordinator, on 0115 8488675