Resources
Here you’ll find more detailed PDFs, brochures and reports relating to sustainability in the Bristol City Region. If you’d like us to consider adding a publication or download here, please contact p.rainger@forumforthefuture.org
Green Capital Vision – 2026 [PDF]
The Green Capital Vision sets out a series of vision statements describing how Bristol city region will have changed by 2026.
Engineers of the 21st century [PDF]
Refurbishing homes in Bristol
This project looks at the opportunities and barriers, in terms of finance and energy efficiency, for the refurbishment of private housing in large-scale contracts. The project uses Bristol as a case study. The intended audience for this work is investors, contractors and local authorities interested in the economies of scale for large refurbishment contracts. The method encompassed developing baseline house types; selecting the most appropriate refit options available; modelling the energy and carbon savings using NHER SAP software; and feeding in cost estimates provided by partners.
Walkit-First-Year-Report_December_2009 [PDF]
Forum for the Future launched the walking website in Bristol in 2008. This short report into it’s first full year in operation suggests at least 22,000 fewer short car journeys have been in the city thanks to people using the site.
PhD First Year Progression Report-1 [PDF]
PhD – First Year GWR Conference Poster -Jan 10-1 [PDF]
Matthew Taylor’s first year PhD report and conference poster on the WoE Environmental Sustainability of the Bristol City-Region: Current and Potential Scenarios, outlines his background research and methodology to take forwar this research programme at the University of the West of England.
Forum’s South West Smart Card draft report [PDF]
Forum for the Future’s report for the South West Smartcard Board, describing the sustainability benefits of a common Smart Card for local transport across the south west region, as part of the overall business case for the new travel card.
Cumberland basin redesign – Ideas for Bristol [PDF]
Alf Perry from ARUP describes a design idea for Bristol to improve the spaghetti junction around Bristol’s Cumberland Basin.
AccessWest – Summary Report 06 [PDF]
Between September 2005 and July 2006, Forum for the Future conducted research into sustainable mobilty in the Bristol city region. This report describes findings from a stakeholder consultation, capturing views of opinion formers from government, businesses and NGOs. The report describes seven steps towards sustainable mobility in the West of England.
Information on Forum for the Future’s 2007 / 2008 work on a toolkit to provide the Sustainability Framework for Urban Extensions.
Bristol Futures – PhD journal article 2010 [PDF]
Journal article looking into Bristol futures by Matthew Taylor, PhD researcher into the Environmental Sustainability of the Bristol City-Region.
WoE Climate Change Report – March 2011 [PDF]
Joint West of England Partnership and Forum for the Future report – Collective Leadership for a Low Carbon Economy - March 2011.
North Bristol Travel to Work Map – April 2011 [PDF]
North Bristol’s sustainable commuting map, produced by the North Bristol Sus Com group of major employers in the area, working together to combat traffic congestion and help their 40,000 employees choose more sustainable ways to commute to work.
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