Newsletter #3 December 2025
Dear GREENIN Members,
As the festive season approaches, we send our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones. Your engagement has been the driving force behind everything we’ve achieved, and we’re truly grateful for your contributions to the GREENIN community.
With a global presence, GREENIN has proudly presented and contributed to a variety of impactful events this year. From collaborating with HESTIA, BREATHE IN and AirHub on their launch events, to sharing expertise at international conferences like the Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management and the International Symposium on Green Urban Futures in Australia, our team has actively engaged with diverse audiences worldwide. These contributions reflect our commitment to fostering collaboration and advancing greening solutions for healthier, more sustainable environments.
As we look ahead to 2026, we’re excited to keep working together to make a difference. Until then, take time to relax, recharge, and enjoy the season. Thank you for being an essential part of GREENIN. Wishing you a happy New Year!
Warm regards,
The GREENIN Team
Mini-fellowships
Applications for the GREENIN Micro Network Plus mini-fellowships are now OPEN!
These fellowships are designed to support short-term placements and knowledge exchange activities focused on indoor greening and environmental quality. Each followship provides up to £2,000 for non-salary costs such as travel, subsistence, and consumables, enabling participants to collaborate across academia, industry, and community organisations.
Deadline: 31 January 2026.
Upcoming Webinar
Register for our upcoming webinar Urban forestry and climate adaption & the Indoor Green Environment Wednesday 14 January 2026, 12:30 - 13:30. Register HERE
Featuring guest speakers:
Dr Emma Ferranti, Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at University of Birmingham: Urban forestry and climate adaption in Birmingham and the West Midlands
Dr Sumit K. Mishra, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, India: Greening the Indoors: Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Sustainability
Past Webinar
Watch webinar #43 - Vertical Farming and the Urban Environment & the Indoor Environment and Children's Health, which took place on 3rd December 2025 - 12:30-13:30 BST. Watch here
Introducing BreatHE IN: Building Healthier Environments Indoors Network
BreatHE IN: Building Healthier Environments Indoors Network was launched on 19th November. This EPSRC-funded micro network + is led by the University of Birmingham and its goal is too advance knowledge and awareness on healthier indoor environments by promoting holistic solutions with the built environment at its core. Among the activities planned by BreatHE IN, Sandpits are of particular interest. These will be two in-person events that will include networking and workshops to shape and fund high-risk/high-reward feasibility studies. BreatHE IN is devoted to support early-career researchers with bursaries to attend events and a mentorship scheme.
The network launch was a testimony to the vibrancy of the engineering healthier environments community, bringing together in Birmingham a substantial representation of partners and stakeholders, including funding bodies, academics, companies and policy-making institutions. Sister networks such as GREENIN were present supporting the event and introducing their own aims and agenda.
To keep updated and involved with the activities proposed by BreatHE IN, please contact the network manager Emilie Cosway (e.cosway@bham.ac.uk) or network lead Bruño Fraga (b.fraga@bham.ac.uk).
Introducing AirHub
Air Hub is a newly EPSRC funded, 2-year micro network plus, considering PM2.5 indoors: what it is, how it affects us, and what we should do about it. The Network is led by Abigail Hathway (University of Sheffield) and supported by a multidisciplinary team of co-I’s at the University of Sheffield (Simon Johnston, Chantelle Wood), Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (Heather Elphick), City St. George’s University of London (Sierra Clark), UCL (Gergo Baranyi), University of York (Sarah West) and the University of Liverpool (Jonathan Higham).
A workshop on Health Impacts of Indoor Particulate Matter is scheduled for 5 Feb 2026.
To secure your place register here
Exciting news! The CHEPA tool is out now!
The CHEPA (Classroom HEPA) impact calculator is a tool that helps estimate how an air filter unit could impact air quality and energy consumption in a classroom. It’s free, quick to use, and designed for non-experts. Find out more here
Urban Greening ‘How to’ Toolkit out now!
The RECLAIM team is thrilled to announce the launch of the Urban Greening “How-To” Toolkit for local authorities, councillors and community leaders!
Developed through the UKRI-funded RECLAIM Network Plus, with contributions from local councils and experts at the University of Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), this free toolkit offers practical guidance to bring more green space into our towns and cities.
It provides easy-to-follow advice on using trees, green roofs, rain gardens, ponds and more to tackle urban challenges like air pollution, flooding, heatwaves, noise and biodiversity loss. By bridging scientific research with on-the-ground insights, the toolkit empowers local decision-makers to implement effective nature-based solutions for healthier, more resilient communities.
Press release: See the Press release:
Download the Urban Greening Toolkit: Urban Greening “How to” Toolkit — RECLAIM
Let’s work together to turn our urban spaces green!
We’re excited to share some encouraging numbers as our network grows!
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