The Living Lab for environmental and biodiversity regeneration

About this initiative

The aim for this project is to develop a series of living labs that allow students from TU Dublin and from primary and post primary schools in our local communities to  monitor the local environment and test and evaluate engineering solutions for biodiversity regeneration. The sensors and other equipment installed as part of this project will be accessible by all undergraduates on all 3 campuses and local primary and post-primary students via a LORAWAN network. A series of presentations will be developed and linked to the SDG resources already developed within TU Dublin. These resources will accompany the living labs and will teach students at all levels the key challenges that our environment faces and how engineers and scientists can be part of the solution. The project will also develop a series of age-appropriate experimental studies based around a Living Lab concept with practical, hands-on experiments that are designed to help students understand the role of energy, mechanical and electronic engineers in monitoring and restoring the environment.