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Sustainable Innovation at Heathrow

Job Description

Project Overview and Background
Heathrow has a bold ambition as it sets a direction towards a future of sustainable aviation. Its sustainability strategy – Heathrow 2.0 – sets out stretching objectives in diverse areas such as community wellbeing, climate change and the circular economy.
One year on from the launch of Heathrow 2.0 it is entering an exciting stage, with innovation in advanced and sustainable materials central to a sustainable construction programme, and to the achievement of a resource efficient airport.
This project is central to Heathrow’s ambition to deliver an exemplar sustainable airport for the future, ensuring that the infrastructure and activities of the airport provide a great passenger service whilst progressively moving to zero carbon. Heathrow is offering itself as a ‘sustainable innovation testbed’ and this project will be at its heart.
This project requires a holistic systems thinking approach to realise the challenges set out in the Heathrow 2.0 plans. In general, this approach will need to include the sustainable management of resources and the ability to identify and implement best practice for an expanding, complex multi-stakeholder environment and consideration of the whole life-cycle of Heathrow assets to ensure interventions are targeted at areas to capture the most appropriate benefits.
Particular, but not exclusive, foci could include:
• The application of novel materials in infrastructure and buildings to move towards a sustainable Heathrow
• Runways, taxiways and apron design and construction including the potential for in situ (ex situ) condition monitoring
• How design, choice and installation of materials/coatings can influence the carbon consumption of buildings (new and retrofit)
• Applied research techniques, involving testing and monitoring design interventions and new materials