QSAND (Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters) promotes sustainable reconstruction following disasters.
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10 Jan 2022
When a disaster strikes, how should an affected community prioritise their response? QSAND can help to ensure sustainability is at the forefront of all reconstruction efforts. Find out more with our introductory animation
youtube.com/watch?v=fUYIglgC…
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7 Oct 2024
Great to see these studies from @CroixRougeLu, measuring the environmental impact of shelter typologies, and providing important input for the SMAC carbon calculator tool.
DRC: croix-rouge.lu/wp-content/up…
Madagascar: croix-rouge.lu/wp-content/up…
Burundi: croix-rouge.lu/wp-content/up…
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28 Aug 2024
Cannot wait for this in January! It will be a great opportunity to work with Tanja and connect her fascinating research with the wide range of disaster-related activities here at Loughborough.
@QSANDcalling @lborogeog @WEDCUK @UKMECS and many more!
28 Aug 2024
The year 2025 will be off to a good start for me: I am delighted to have been selected as a visiting fellow by @LboroIAS! I will visit @GeorgeFoden and colleagues, to further discuss our respective studies on #Malawi and #disaster. Watch this space! lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/fel…
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5 Aug 2024
It was wonderful to work with the BJTU team on this paper! We explore how sustainable and energy-resilient strategies can be integrated into emergency shelter design with @QSANDcalling
12 Mar 2024
QSAND was used as a guiding principle in this project, which aimed to integrate energy-focused resilience strategies into humanitarian shelter design.
Read more about how the QSAND team supported this innovative design process:
@LboroSTEER @lborogeog
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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QSAND calling retweeted
31 Jul 2024
In #Malawi, burnt brick construction emits 1.5M tonnes of #BlackCarbon annually. Despite bans, dirty fuel use persists. Is there a better solution? A #blog by @GeorgeFoden explores incentivizing #CleanEnergy for households:
mecs.org.uk/blog/the-carrot-…
#SolarCooking #Sustainability
ALT A sign banning use of charcoal. Malawi, 2022. Image Copyright of Robert van Buskirk.
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14 Jun 2024
Great to see both QSAND and SMAC getting a shout out at #GSCmeeting24 in @Better_Shelter's Open Session discussing their fascinating work on LCA in humanitarian shelter action.
Find out more at:
qsand.org/
sheltercluster.org/environme…
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QSAND calling retweeted
14 Jun 2024
Provocative first session of Day 3 #GSCmeeting24.
In fragile settings, nothing we do is neutral. Everything we do will have positive and negative consequences. So how do we minimise and mitigate against secondary negative effects?
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13 Jun 2024
The new Global Shelter Cluster Strategy launched at #GSCmeeting24!
Lots to consider, but of particular relevance to QSAND are:
🌍 Improve environmental impact
🏁 Enable recovery and durable solutions from the start
📢 Advocate for S&S responses
qsand.org/ for more
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QSAND calling retweeted
29 Apr 2024
Join us online or in person at this HNPW session on environmentally sound procurement for shelter action, in which we'll be discussing the use of different decision-making support tools to support sustainability in humanitarian practice.
Register here:
vosocc.unocha.org/Report.asp…
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12 Mar 2024
It was great to share with engaged students on the QSAND process and share more on some real life examples from Malawi - thanks @moniadelpinto for the opportunity!
12 Mar 2024
Today's guest presentation for the #DisasterRiskManagement module @LboroEng was on #postdisastershelter in #malawi Thank you George Foden for prompting a great conversation and involving students in the @QSANDcalling workshop!
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12 Mar 2024
QSAND was used as a guiding principle in this project, which aimed to integrate energy-focused resilience strategies into humanitarian shelter design.
Read more about how the QSAND team supported this innovative design process:
@LboroSTEER @lborogeog
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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17 Jan 2024
QSAND is a featured project in Loughborough's Successful Transitions Under Environmental Change research challenge.
Read more about related research in @lborogeog, @LboroIRPH, @LboroSTEER and the wider School of Social Sciences and Humanities here:
lboro.ac.uk/schools/social-s…
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11 Jan 2024
What is QSAND and how can it be used to support sustainable decision-making in post-disaster contexts? Find out all about QSAND in our introductory video
qsand.org/video/infovideo201…
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4 Dec 2023
Great to see QSAND being used in a new and different way, supporting an emergency shelter design that runs entirely on renewable energy - read more about the BJTU Solar Decathlon Project here!
4 Dec 2023
It's exciting to see our paper published on the amazing work of the BJTU team.
Sustainability, resilience and energy issues need to be integrated into shelter action. The BJTU team propose a way to do so.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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30 Nov 2023
You can keep up-to-date on what the QSAND team has been up to on our Events Page. Don't miss out on a future QSAND event! qsand.org/events/
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QSAND calling retweeted
8 Nov 2023
I loved taking part in @imascientist, and the prize money allowed me to run a workshop in Salima, Malawi, with shelter practitioners and government officials on @QSANDcalling to (hopefully) help improve humanitarian shelter response.
Read the report here:
about.imascientist.org.uk/20…
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6 Oct 2023
"QSAND is very relevant to both practitioners and academicians in determining sustainability of shelter projects. Bravo!"
"Thank you so much for the interesting training. It was great and relevant."
Thanks to all who participated, we look forward to engaging more in the future!
5 Oct 2023
This morning, QSAND Programme Lead @GeorgeFoden presented a QSAND introductory workshop at the Malawi Shelter Cluster Meeting in Senga, Salima District.
Later today we will conduct a training exercise, and looked more closely at the interlinked issues of shelter and energy
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QSAND calling retweeted
6 Oct 2023
The Malawi Shelter Cluster Coordination Meeting begins with an overview of the activities members have been engaged with, particularly in response to Cycle Freddy
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5 Oct 2023
Great to see how the issues of energy and housing are connected, with some key considerations for QSAND and @LboroSTEER to help address
5 Oct 2023
Vincent Mwale of Mzuzu University's Department of Energy Systems on the importance of ensuring energy resilience in rural communities.
Renewable minigrid solutions were presented, and the Shelter Cluster participants are keen to see how they can support at the household level.
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5 Oct 2023
This morning, QSAND Programme Lead @GeorgeFoden presented a QSAND introductory workshop at the Malawi Shelter Cluster Meeting in Senga, Salima District.
Later today we will conduct a training exercise, and looked more closely at the interlinked issues of shelter and energy
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27 Sep 2023
QSAND was used to support the assessment of a resettlement programme in Kachin State, Myanmar, prior to the military coup in 2021. Watch the team reflect on this process at the 2021 WEDC conference here: repository.lboro.ac.uk/artic…
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