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Category Sustainability

It Takes a Village: Externally Funded Collaborative Research and Innovation

Guest post by Brenda Massey Unitec has a reputation for focusing on applied and impactful research, delivering breakthrough discoveries and practical, low-cost solutions that are readily implementable. Research at Unitec concentrates on opportunities and problems identified by industry, community and… Continue Reading →

Waste Management in the Construction and Demolition Industry

Guest post by Yanina Purcell, ESRC Unitec’s Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC) investigates ideas and concepts, and conducts research, under two main themes of waste and pollution. ESRC estimates that construction and demolition (C&D) in Auckland produces 25,000 tonnes of… Continue Reading →

Hihiko o Mangarautawhiri: Power sovereignty in Te Rohe Pōtae

Guest post by Cat Mitchell, Ngā Wai ā Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre Most people across Aotearoa get one power bill, but this is not the case for whānau of Te Rohe Pōtae (the King Country), who get… Continue Reading →

Industry experience for Unitec science students

Co-authored by Dr Diane Fraser Since 2011, Unitec’s School of Environmental and Animal Sciences (EAS) has worked to partner students at Level 7 with external organisations, as part of their self-directed study course for their Bachelor of Applied Science degree…. Continue Reading →

Architecture lecturer Min Hall develops a prefab building product using straw

Min Hall, a Lecturer at Unitec’s School of Architecture, was awarded Early Career Researcher Fund (ECRF) grants for both 2019 and 2020. These awards have enabled her to focus on Project Pātūtū, in which she is the lead researcher investigating… Continue Reading →

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