THE PROJECT This project was carried out under the supervision of Dr Nick Kelly and Dr Gary Connor. It was also conducted in partnership with the Wise Group with Mr Neil Phillips as the industrial contact person. PAGE OVERVIEW: Project Objectives Project Deliverables Project Team Acknowledgements   PROJECT OBJECTIVES There are three main objectives to this project. They are; 1. To develop a methodology or ‘pathway’ for communities who aspires to become carbon neutral. 2. To refine this methodology through implementation and technical analysis of the case study: the Riverside community, in Stirling. 3. To identify the impacts, barriers and drivers associated with becoming a carbon neutral community.   PROJECT DELIVERABLES There are four deliverables of this project. They are listed as follows; A readily adaptable carbon-neutral-community pathway/methodology for communities who are interested in going carbon neutral. A website with a step by step guide to help communities in the process of becoming carbon neutral. A user-friendly tool to generate the electricity and heating demand profile generator for a community. Demand profiles and an analysis report for Riverside community.   PROJECT TEAM The project team consists of five team members from various nationalities and bacgrounds. Please scroll down to find out more about each of the team member.. Abd Jamil, Fairuz Hashim, Aeni Cowie, John Chukwu, Dirichi Rizos, Ioannis     Abd Jamil, Ahmad Malaysian BEng Electrical Electronics Engineering Tenaga National University Malaysia fairuzaj@gmail.com     Hashim, Aeni Malaysian BEng Electrical Engineering University of Suthampton UK aenihh@gmail.com     Cowie, John Scottish BEng Architectural Engineering Heriot Watt University Scotland jtcowie@hotmail.com     Chukwu,Dirrichi Nigerian BEng Electrical Electronics Engineering Federal University of Technology Nigeria dariche25@yahoo.com     Rizos, Ioannis Greek MEng Mechanical Engineering University of Patras Greece Johnriz@hotmail.com       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our team would like to express our thanks and appreciation to our Academic Supervisors, Dr. Nick Kelly and Dr Gary Connor of the University of Strathclyde for their invaluable guidance to the group. In addition, we would like to thank our industrial contact Mr. Neil Phillips of the Wise Group for his assistance during this project. We are also grateful for the constructive criticisms from the other members of the academic staff and coursemates throughout the project duration. Last but not least, a apecial thanks goes to the Riverside community for their continuous cooperation in making this project happen especially to Mr Jon Cape and Mr. Shaun Rands.