SEEK: Salford Environment for Expertise and Knowledge
Erik Bichard
Prof Erik Bichard
postal addressRoom 411 Maxwell Building, University of Salford , The Crescent, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT .
email addresse.bichard@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 6826
website addresshttp://www.buhu.salford.ac.uk/research_centres/csc/
Key Memberships
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Full Member of Research Centre: Urban Quality Research Centre
From October 2009 to present.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI)
From October 2009 to present.
Profile Summary

Strategies to Motivate sustainable decisions in the Built Environment, Sustainable Return on Investment Methods for Community Businesses,  Incentives for Sustainable Behaviour Change, The Role of Secondary Material in Regeneration Strategies,  Sustainable Governance and City-Regions, The Sustainable Value of Under-Invested Sectional of Society

Key Qualifications
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1987
MCD Master of Civic Design (from University of Liverpool).
1985
MSc Master of Environmental Resources (from University of Salford).
Key Projects
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2011
Apr
Sustainable Return on Investment
Plus Dane Group, £4,400.00.
Principal Investigator: E Bichard (100%).
2010
Aug
KTP with Create Construction
Technology Strategy Board, £119,681.00.
Principal Investigator: A Lee (40%). Co-Investigators: E Bichard (20%), W Swan (10%), S Wu (30%).
2009
Dec
KTP with Fusion21 LTD
Technology Strategy Board, £232,315.00.
Principal Investigator: W Swan (40%). Co-Investigators: A Lee (20%), S Todd (30%), E Bichard (10%).
Key Publications
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Authored Books
2008
Apr
Bichard, E & Cooper, C L 2008, Positively Responsible: How Business Can Save the Planet, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, UK.abstract
Refereed Journal Articles
2011
Oct
Bichard, E & Kazmierczak, A 2011, 'Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change?', Climatic Change, SpringerLink, pp.1-22.abstract
2011
Aug
Bichard, E & Kazmierczak, A & Kazmierczak, A 2011, 'Are Homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change? ', Cliamtic Change, 1, pp.1-22.abstract
2010
May
Kazmierczak, A & Bichard, E 2010, 'Investigating homeownersinterest in property-level flood protection ', International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 1(2), pp.157-172.abstract
2009
Jan
Bichard, E 2009, '¿The application of sustainable behaviour change strategies in three built environment companies¿', Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, , 7(1), pp.7-20.abstract
Book Sections
2009
Jan
Bichard, E 2009 'Creating a Healthy Work Environment through Sustianable Practices: Future Challenges', in: Cooper, C L & Cartwright, S (eds.), The oxford Handbook of organisational Well-Being, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp.542-562.abstract
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2010
Aug
Bichard, E & Kazmierczak, A 2010, Could non-cash rewards motivate homeowners to protect their houses from flooding?, in: Kabish, S (ed.), 'Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats (IAPS 21 Conference, Abstracts of Presentations)', iaps, Leipzig, Germany. Conference details: 21st International Association People-Environment Conference - Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats, 27th June to 2nd July, 2010..abstract
2010
Jan
Kiviniemi, A & Bichard, E 2010, BIM in Evaluation and Management of Sustainability, in: Huovila, P & Raasakka, V (eds.), 'SB10 Espoo: Sustainable Community - buildingSMART, held in September 2010, in Espoo, Finland', In house publishing, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Conference details: SB10 Espoo: Sustainable Community - buildingSMART, held in September 2010, in Espoo, Finland.abstract
Poster Presentations
2010
Jun
Bichard, E 2010, '¿Could non-cash rewards change behaviour and motivate homeowners to respond to the risk of flooding caused by dangerous climate change?¿ ', Exhibited at: 2010 International Climate Change: Climate Adaptation Futures, Preparing for the Unavoidable Impacts of Climate Change Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, From 27/06/2010 To 01/07/2010.
Reports for External Bodies
2011
Sep
Bichard, E & Thurairajah, N 2011, 'Resilient Homes (Phase 2): The Timperley Green Homes trial on methods to motivate home-owners to address property-level effects of climate change', for: Environment Agency and Trafford BC, University of Salford, Salford, UK.abstract
2009
Jul
Bichard, E & Kazmierczak, A 2009, 'Resilient Homes: Reward-based methods to motivate householders to address dangerous climate change', for: Environment Agency, University of Salford, Salford, UK.
Key Presence
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Media Appearances
2011
Jan
Energy House (BBC National News, United Kingdom, January 2011).

Featured in national news coverage about he Salford Energy House

Memberships of External Bodies
2010
May
Full Member of International Scientific Committee for the SB11 Helsinki Conference (Finland, May 2010 to December 2011).