SEE Interactive Map - Environment Layer Text Version

This page contains the text for the Environment subjects of the SEE Your Future interactive map.

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Anechoic Chamber

Silent and with no sound reflections, our anechoic chamber is used to test and measure the noise output from new products, and explore how humans perceive sound. These tests are used in the product design and development stages for everything from headphones and speakers, to car engines and building materials.

Area of Study: Acoustics and Audio

Typical Career Roles: Acoustician / Acoustic Engineer / Acoustics Consultant / Environmental Consultant

Energy House

Our on-campus Energy House is a testing environment, used for testing new products and materials such as smart meters, insulation and building materials, improving the energy efficiency and carbon footprint of homes. Developments in products and technology are revolutionising the built environment, with demand for the end products increasing.

Area of Study: Environment / Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Energy Analyst / Building Surveyor / Architectural Engineer / insulation Engineer

Peel Park

Urban green spaces like Peel Park are sustainably managed to meet the social and health needs of local communities and to encourage biodiversity in urban areas. Urban parks are often used to hold activities to promote physical and mental wellbeing and to create havens for urban wildlife, such as hedgehogs.

Area of Study: Geography / Environment

Typical Career Roles: Environmental Manager / Sustainability Officer / Park Development Officer

Living Wall (IGNITION Project)

The University of Salford is home to IGNITION project’s Living Lab, which aims to create a model for green infrastructure and increased biodiversity across Greater Manchester. It includes building an experimental rain garden, a large-scale green wall, a green roof and sustainable drainage trees.

Area of Study: Environment / Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Architectural Engineer / Environmental Design Engineer / Sustainability Consultant

Manchester Airport

Measuring and monitoring the impact of airports is an important area of acoustics and environment surveys, to ensure people's safety and protect local areas. Recording noise levels of flights, and undertaking vibration impact studies, are important processes which help to prevent disruption and pollution to both human and animal life.

Area of Study: Environment / Audio and Acoustics

Typical Career Roles: Environmental Protection Officer / Environmental Acoustician / Noise Consultant

Salford Royal Hospital

Environmental managers evaluate the accessibility of health services to determine links between people's surroundings and their wellbeing. Environmental health and safety professionals work to improve public health by addressing risk factors, focusing on areas such as pollution, food supply, and living and working conditions.

Area of Study: Environment

Typical Career Roles: Environmental Manager / Health and Safety Officer / Environmental Health Officer

Old Trafford Stadium

Stadium noise surveys are carried out regularly to avoid a negative impact on the environment and people who live near to the stadium itself. With both the Manchester United and Manchester City football grounds close by, this is an important consideration for our city.

Area of Study: Acoustics and Audio

Typical Career Roles: Acoustician / Acoustics Consultant / Environmental Consultant / Acoustic Engineer

The Etihad Stadium

Football stadiums are designed to reflect crowd noise and help create atmosphere for fans and players. The work of acoustic consultants influences the design of curved roofs, and microphone and speaker systems installed, to enhance the experience inside the stadium, and reduce the impact of noise on the local area.

Area of Study: Acoustics and Audio

Typical Career Roles: Acoustician / Acoustics Consultant / Environmental Consultant / Acoustic Engineer

The River Irwell

River management is important to addressing environmental disasters caused by global climate change, such as flooding. The University of Salford's Geography and Environmental Management team, have worked on sustainable river restoration and natural flood management projects for the River Irwell and other local rivers.

Area of Study: Geography / Environment

Typical Career Roles: Environmental Consultant / Flood Management Specialist / Flood Risk Consultant

Heaton Park

Every year, festivals like Parklife employ acoustic consultants and audio professionals, to measure, monitor and control the noise levels from musicians and crowds throughout the event. To make sure events like these can happen each year, they cannot exceed specific noise limits to avoid disturbing residents and the local area.

Area of Study: Acoustics and Audio

Typical Career Roles: Acoustics Consultant / Noise Control Engineer / Noise Pollution Officer

The Arena

The arena in Manchester is a city-centre venue that is built around the historic Victoria Station. To allow large scale events to occur here without being disrupted by trains, and without disturbing nearby residents, structural, material and acoustic choices for the venue will have been extremely important during construction work.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment / Audio and Acoustics

Typical Career Roles: Architectural Engineer / Acoustics Consultant / Building Acoustics Engineer / Building Surveyor

Albert Hall

This former derelict chapel is now an impressive and atmospheric music hall which hosts gigs, club nights and private events. Property consultants initially assess buildings like this for development opportunities, while building and quantity surveyors analyse the building's condition, and estimate budgets before investors commit and begin work.

Area of Study: Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Property Consultant / Building Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor

Metrolink Trams

The extensive Metrolink tram network is a result of multiple civil and structural engineering firms designing, constructing, maintaining and developing the network, while technical firms deliver the systems required to keep everything moving. It also provides Manchester with a greener transport option, with 62% of its power generated by wind.

Area of Study: Civil Engineering

Typical Career Roles: Civil Design Engineer / Structural Engineer / Consultant

Banks

During building and construction work, quantity surveyors estimate project costs and budgets, while construction project managers ensure the overall project is completed on time and on budget. Once completed, quantity surveyors value the work carried out and arrange payments.

Area of Study: Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Construction Project Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Manchester Town Hall

This Victorian neo-gothic building is just one example of the impressive and varied styles of architecture that Greater Manchester is home to. It is currently undergoing extensive restoration work to improve the safety, access, visitor experience and energy efficiency of this public building, all while maintaining its heritage features.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Building Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor / Project Manager / Site Manager / Civil Engineer

The Urbis Building

Home to the National Football Museum, the Urbis building was not just designed to be eye-catching, it was also designed to be highly energy efficient. Architects and engineers involved installed an adiabatic cooling system for the summer, and a heat recovery system for the winter, reducing its overall energy usage.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Architectural Engineer / Civil Engineer / Structural Engineer

Imperial War Museum

Built on a Blitz bombsite, and designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, the museum's structure consists of three interlocking shards, representing a globe shattered by conflict. The interior design uses clever techniques including a sloping floor, low natural light, and limited right angles to disorientate visitors and intensify their experience.

Area of Study: Architecture

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Architectural Engineer / Interior Architect

Bridgewater Hall

A specially designed concert hall, every aspect of the building works together to create the perfect acoustic environment for live music. The entire structure floats on giant springs, so there is no rigid connection between the building and its foundations, which protects the acoustic environment from external noise and vibration.

Area of Study: Acoustics and Audio

Typical Career Roles: Acoustician / Acoustics Consultant / Structural Engineer

Ancoats

Filled with former mill and factory buildings, Ancoats was a hub of activity during the industrial revolution. As architects and developers breathe new life into these impressive buildings, this area has been a focus for regeneration work and is now home to apartment buildings, retail space, creative studios, bars and restaurants.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Architectural Engineer / Surveyor / Property Developer

Trinity Bridge

Designed by renowned Spanish architect and structural engineer, Santiago Calatrava, the Trinity Bridge is an iconic structure and is the only project he has completed in the United Kingdom. The bridge crosses the River Irwell and joins Salford and Manchester.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Architectural Engineer / Civil Engineer / Structural Engineer

Cars

In urban areas like Manchester, the noise generated by traffic has a huge impact on the public and the environment. During the design of car engines, mechanical and automotive engineers need to work with acoustic specialists to test noise output levels from the engines, to ensure the car won't exceed legal limits.

Area of Study: Audio and Acoustics

Typical Career Roles: Acoustician / Acoustic Engineer / Consultant

Construction Sites

The built environment sector is extremely collaborative and relies on team work. Architects, Architectural Engineers, Civil / Structural Engineers, Surveyors and Site / Project Managers all work together at various points of construction and development projects to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, on-budget and to meet client requirements.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Structural Engineer / Quantity Surveyor / Construction Project Manager and more…

Supermarkets

Environmental professionals have varied roles in the food production industry. For example, food security geographers monitor the complex supply chains that keep supermarket shelves full and research the global market's effect on UK food prices. Environmental managers provide solutions to reduce carbon emissions from food production, packaging and transportation.

Area of Study: Geography and Environment

Typical Career Roles: Food Security Researcher / Environmental Manager / Sustainability Manager

Apartment Buildings

During construction of city apartment buildings, ensuring the gas, water and electricity services function properly and safely is a huge technical task that relies on skilled civil, structural and architectural engineers. Another important consideration is the soundproofing of buildings like these, providing residents with privacy but also blocking out city noise.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment / Audio and Acoustics

Typical Career Roles: Civil Engineer / Architectural Engineer / Acoustic Consultant

Tower of Light

A collaborative project of architecture, engineering and sustainable energy firms, this sculpture-like structure is designed to provide a source of low-carbon heat and power. Providing energy to some of Manchester's most iconic buildings, this new energy landmark contains sunlight-reflectors which fill the tower with moving light throughout the day.

Area of Study: Geography and Environment / Built Environment

Typical Career Roles: Energy Management Consultant / Architectural Engineer / Structural Engineer

MediaCity

The home of TV and media production in the North, as well as our MediaCityUK campus, this creative hub offers fantastic opportunities in the audio and technical fields. Technical and audio production skills are in high demand here in Salford Quays.

Area of Study: Acoustics and Audio

Typical Career Roles: Audio Engineer / Post-production Specialist / Sound Engineer

Science and Industry Museum

Home to the world's first steam-powered inter-urban railway which was used for transportation of both people and goods between Manchester and Liverpool.

Area of Study: Civil Engineering

Typical Career Roles: Civil Engineer / Civil Project Engineer

RHS Garden Bridgewater

Sustainably designed to increase biodiversity and support the natural surroundings, key features of this impressive garden include green roofs, rainwater harvesting and ground source heat pumps. Salford Architecture students worked on a live industry brief to design a Welcome Building for the garden which included site visits and professional critiques.

Area of Study: Architecture / Built Environment / Environment

Typical Career Roles: Architect / Architectural Engineer / Environmental Design Engineer / Sustainability Consultant

Peak District

Environmental professionals work to balance the conservation of the Peak District with the need of its residents and regular visitors. They aim to protect its biodiversity and work to restore habitats, such as its blanket of peat bogs, which store carbon and help to combat the effects of global warming.

Area of Study: Geography and Environment

Typical Career Roles: Sustainability Manager / Environmental Manager

The Sea

Human activities have a devastating impact on our oceans, marine life and marine habitats. Geographers and environmental professionals work to monitor the speed of rising sea levels, assess water quality, and manage and reduce ocean pollution.

Area of Study: Geography and Environment

Typical Career Roles: Sustainability Consultant / Coastal Risk Officer / Water Management Consultant

Scout Moor Wind Farm

Sustainable energy sources like wind power are essential to slowing the effects of climate change. Sustainable energy officers negotiate the building of new wind farms, monitor the effects of wind farms on carbon emissions, and assess their impact on local ecosystems and communities.

Area of Study: Geography and Environment

Typical Career Roles: Environmental Manager / Sustainable Energy Officer

Northern Roots Urban Farm

Northern Roots is creating the UK's largest urban farm, which includes carbon rich grasslands and woodlands, a sustainable energy farm, and biodiversity and community growing projects. The University of Salford has partnered with Northern Roots to help develop the project's initial plan, as well as carrying out community consultation and soil testing.

Area of Study: Geography and Environment

Typical Career Roles: Environmental Manager / Project Manager / Environmental Consultant