Costas Velis

CIWM James Jackson Award 2015 The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) Nov 2015 The research paper won the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) James Jackson Award, which recognises the best formal written paper on the topic of waste management. The award-winning paper introduces a valuable set of indicators to quantify the way cities manage their solid wastes. It has already been applied to 40 sites around the world, making it the most complete set available world-wide. Also received the ISWA Publication Award 2015. Obtain from:… Show more The research paper won the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) James Jackson Award, which recognises the best formal written paper on the topic of waste management. The award-winning paper introduces a valuable set of indicators to quantify the way cities manage their solid wastes. It has already been applied to 40 sites around the world, making it the most complete set available world-wide. Also received the ISWA Publication Award 2015. Obtain from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Costas_Velis/publication/269183669_Wasteaware_benchmark_indicators_for_integrated_sustainable_waste_management_in_cities/links/548eb7ec0cf225bf66a61fb3.pdf Show less

Best Paper 2015: Waste Management & Research Sage - Waste Management & Research (journal: http://wmr.sagepub.com/) Sep 2015 With co-authors David C Wilson et al. for paper entitled: "Comparative analysis of solid waste management in 20 cities". This is highly cited (Scopus 98 percentile for citation metric in the overall Environmental Science publications). doi: 10.1177/0734242X12437569. Obtain from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221693686_Comparative_analysis_of_solid_waste_management_in_20_cities

ISWA Publication Award 2015 International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Sep 2015 http://www.iswa.org/iswa/iswa-awards/publication-award/The ISWA Publication Award has been created with the intention of honoring the author(s) of a publication, article or book which is deemed to be exceptional in its contribution to the field of solid waste management. Awarded along with my co-authors Prof David C Wilson et al., for the publication introducing the new generation of the most up to date comprehensive and widely applied benchmark indicators tool or assessing SWM in… Show more http://www.iswa.org/iswa/iswa-awards/publication-award/The ISWA Publication Award has been created with the intention of honoring the author(s) of a publication, article or book which is deemed to be exceptional in its contribution to the field of solid waste management. Awarded along with my co-authors Prof David C Wilson et al., for the publication introducing the new generation of the most up to date comprehensive and widely applied benchmark indicators tool or assessing SWM in cities: Wasteaware. Also recipient of the CIWM James Jackson 2015 Award. Obtain from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Costas_Velis/publication/269183669_Wasteaware_benchmark_indicators_for_integrated_sustainable_waste_management_in_cities/links/548eb7ec0cf225bf66a61fb3.pdf Show less

Best papers published in 2013 across all ICE journals (27 peer-reviewed) ICE - Institution of Civil Engineers: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/info/awards2014 Jun 2014 Along with my co-authors Professor David C Wilson of Imperial College London (corresponding author) and Ljiljana Rodic of Wageningen University, we have won a prestigious award (Telford Premium) from the Institution of Civil Engineers. This overview paper on the concept and realities of integrated sustainable waste management in developing countries has been awarded, as one of the four best papers published in 2013 across all 27 peer-reviewed ICE journals. The paper is now free to download from… Show more Along with my co-authors Professor David C Wilson of Imperial College London (corresponding author) and Ljiljana Rodic of Wageningen University, we have won a prestigious award (Telford Premium) from the Institution of Civil Engineers. This overview paper on the concept and realities of integrated sustainable waste management in developing countries has been awarded, as one of the four best papers published in 2013 across all 27 peer-reviewed ICE journals. The paper is now free to download from the ICE website: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/warm.12.00005 Show less

Sustainability Award for Collaborative Organisation University of Leeds Jun 2014 This is a collective award for the PaCE institute (Pathogen Control Engineering Institute) laboratories, with exemplar our new state of the art Solid Waste and Resource management laboratories. (See, on page 8: www.leeds.ac.uk/forstaff/download/1162/)PaCE brings together a group of academics focusing on public was academics focusing on public health and environmental engineering. Sustainability not only runs through the research, but also the way laboratory facilities are managed in the… Show more This is a collective award for the PaCE institute (Pathogen Control Engineering Institute) laboratories, with exemplar our new state of the art Solid Waste and Resource management laboratories. (See, on page 8: www.leeds.ac.uk/forstaff/download/1162/)PaCE brings together a group of academics focusing on public was academics focusing on public health and environmental engineering. Sustainability not only runs through the research, but also the way laboratory facilities are managed in the institute. Rather than the traditional academic approach of each lab belonging to a particular academic or group, PaCE have pioneered the management of shared labs across the institute. Labs are managed by the lead technician, Karen Stevens, with a experimentally focused academic staff responsible for particular areas, two technicians leading day to day management, key decisions taken by all staff at institute meetings and ultimate responsibility, including H&S, resting with the institute director. Recently PaCE have extended this approach outside the institute, developing a new lab space for “Resource Recovery from Waste” research in the Engineering Building. This is under the responsibility of Dr Costas Velis, run by PaCE technicians, and shared with academics and researchers in SPEME. This is enabling new research collaborations, better use of equipment and technician resources, better use of space and better management of the lab environment. Key to this sustainable way of working is an open and collaborative research culture within the institute and support from all institute members. Show less

Associate Editor Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology Nov 2013 http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/best20/current

ISWA Publication Award 2013 International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Oct 2013 http://www.iswa.org/iswa/iswa-awards/publication-award/ The ISWA Publication Award has been created with the intention of honoring the author(s) of a publication, article or book which is deemed to be exceptional in its contribution to the field of solid waste management.

Associate Editor Waste Management & Research Oct 2012 http://wmr.sagepub.com/

Best Sustainable Project Design Guide: “Sustainable Landfill” Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering May 2004