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LINKAGES AND COLLABORATIONS

The Faculty of The Built Environment collaborates with

the University of the West Indies on the Caribbean

Energy Efficiency Project.

The Caribbean Network on Urban and Land

Management (CNULM) of the University of the West

Indies, St Augustine campus (UWI) brings together

universities, agencies and organizations involved in

Urban and Land Management across the region. It

does so by participating in a range of projects and

actions that foster inter-agency communication and

cross-disciplinary exchanges.

The latest project to be initiated by CNULM is an ACP/

EDULINK 11 project entitled Mainstreaming Energy

Efficiency and Climate Change in Built Environment

Training and Research in Caribbean (CarEnTrain). The

project, which began in October 2013 will run for a

period of 42 months, and will include the University of

Technology, as one of several implementing partners.

The overall objective of the project is to improve energy

security in the Caribbean and mitigate climate change

by reducing the consumption of energy resulting

from urban sprawl, inefficient transport system and

improving energy efficiency of building. It is projected

that an additional long-term benefit will be increased

collaboration between faculties of regional universities,

increased regional and international policy dialogue on

‘pro-people’ urban energy policy, and energy-sensitized

universities management policies. The UTech, Jamaica

team is led by Dr Carol Archer.

Awardees of Lincoln Fellowship

Members of the faculty were awarded the 2014

David C. Lincoln Fellowship in Land Value Taxation

for research on Property Tax compliance. The David

C. Lincoln Fellowship in Land Value Taxation (LVT)

was established in 1999 to develop academic and

professional interest in this area through the support of

major research projects. The ultimate aim of the project

is to increase property tax compliance in Jamaica.

Annual Faculty Awards

The Faculty’s Awards ceremony was held on March 26,

2015 on the Lawns of the Faculty. Special awards were

presented to seventy-eight (78) students, twenty-four

(24) of whom were on the Dean’s list. Awards were

also presented to seven (7) distinguished part-time

members of staff who served the Faculty/School for a

number of years in different capacities.

Students of the Year: Left, Mr. Ryan Dyer (centre) is all smiles having copped the E. Nadine Isaacs Architect Limited Award for the Caribbean School of

Architecture Student of the Year at the Faculty’s Annual Awards ceremony held on Thursday, March 26, 2014 . Dr. Patricia Green, Head, Caribbean School

of Architecture presents the award while Mr. David Cuthbert, Programme Director for the B.A. Arch. Studies (BAAS) programme shares in the presentation.

At right, Dr. Carol Archer, outgoing Dean of the Faculty of The Built Environment, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Ja.) presents multiple award

winner Mr. Joel Trotman with the Jentech Award for Student of the Year for the School of Building and Land Management.

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

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