Environmental Research Institute
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Environmental Research Institute Lee Road Building, Cork, Ireland
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Environmental Research Institute Beaufort Building, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland
The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork (UCC).[1] is flagship University Institute, located in Cork, Ireland.
Research at the ERI is focused to facilitate a transformation to a zero carbon, resource efficient, and sustainable society, by generating new research knowledge for the understanding and protection of our natural environment, and by developing technologies, tools, services and policy knowledge.
The Institute brings together over 350 researchers from 17 University schools and departments and 6 research centres to address the global sustainability challenges of Climate Action, Circular Economy & Healthy Environment in a trans-disciplinary approach.
The Institute’s 6 research centre’s include the Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI)[2], Centre for Research on Atmospheric Chemistry (CRAC) [3], Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Centre (AFDC)[4], UN Environment GEMS/Water CDC (UN GEMS)[5], Cleaner Production and Promotion Unit (CPPU)[6] and Centre for Law and the Environment (CLE)[7]
The ERI has substantial research facilities at its two dedicated buildings on Lee Road, Cork and the Beaufort Building, Ringaskiddy along with environmental research facilities across UCC campus. The ERI Buildings host over 250 researchers and have 7000 m2 of offices, laboratories and workshops and incubation suites for industry. The Beaufort Building houses Ireland’s National Ocean Test Facility (LIR-NOTF) [8] which has a suite of state-of-the-art test tanks for testing wave energy devices.
The Institute currently has 213 active research projects with a value of €53 M. From 2013 to 2017, the ERI has published 1,374 peer-reviewed research publication and a total of 195 PhD and MSc students have graduated under the supervision of ERI PIs.
An independent assessment of research quality at University College Cork in 2015 found that the Institute’s level of societal impact was excellent by international standards. An independent report into the commercial and economic impact of research investment in Ireland (PRTLI programme) found that the ERI had a high impact in all six evaluation categories (commercial, human capital, capability, reputation, national policy, wider impacts).
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