Colin John Cunningham

FRSA CBiol CEnv MSB MIEnvSc

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Welcome to my personal web pages  

I'm an environmental scientist from Edinburgh, Scotland. I'm 40 years old and married to Dr Tanya Peshkur since 2002. My main role is Director of the Scottish Environmental Technology Network (SETN) funded by the Scottish Government. SETN supports the Environmental Goods & Services sector in Scotland working with Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Scottish Funding Council (SFC) from our base in the School of Engineering at The University of Edinburgh.
What's New?
 
I have been working with Calnetix Power Solutions on their Clean Cycle™ waste heat power generation system. This captures  wasted heat from reciprocating engines, biomass boilers or industrial stacks and turns it into electricity. 
 
The system is based on their Optimized Rankine Technology™, which harnesses the well-proven Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and optimises it for the smaller-scale applications.
 
 
Recycling of gully waste and road sweepings
I'm co-inventor of the Advanced Treatment Station (ATS) patented water filtration system. The system was developed with for use in Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS).
 
This has been extended for 
recyling gully waste & road sweepings called the Treatment and Recycling Plant (TARP).
 
Water is recycled to wash and fill the gully trucks giving >95% recycling reducing landfilling. 

 

 

Useful stuff
 

I've found lots of good information on www.ecogeek.org/

 

LinkedIn is a very useful networking tool and I also find lots of information through joining groups.

 

Freecycle is a great idea. It's like ebay but without the money. Keeps useful items out of landfills.

 

Fun stuff 

 

A friend of mine Lewis Barlow is an amazing magician who performs at events/functions and has a show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His speciality is close up magic and it's mind-blowing!!