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Profile of Asitha Jayawardena | Strengths, Accomplishments and Recognition
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Strengths, Accomplishments
& Recognition
Education for Sustainability | Green Buildings | Civil Engineering
Education | Communication | Research | Social networking
Layout design | Branding | Marketing | CSR
One-stop Shop development | Website development
Stakeholder engagement
Writing | Blogging | Editing | Proof-reading | Touch-typing
Higher Education | Business | Media | Not-for-profit
Newsletters | Booklets | Fliers | Press articles | Column
Poetry | Photography | Painting
Local (London) | National | Global
Asitha Jayawardena MSc (Sustainability), MSc (Education for Sustainability), MPhil (Green buildings), BSc Eng (Hons) (Civil Engineering)
Founder, The Sustainable University One-stop Shop (http://www.sustainableuni.kk5.org) & The Planetshire University model (http://sunewsinfo.wordpress.com/proposal/)
Communications (voluntary), London RCE on Education for SD (http://www.londonrce.kk5.org)
LinkedIn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/asithaj/ LinkedIn posts | http://www.linkedin.com/today/author/101066234-Asitha-Jayawardena
LinkedIn Group | Sustainability, Education & Engagement | ESD at Planetshire University http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Sustainability-Education-Engagement-ESD-Planetshire-8102240
Twitter https://twitter.com/sustainableuni1 @sustainableuni1 | Portfolio http://issuu.com/aij3
SUMMARY Educated in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Green Buildings and Civil Engineering,
Skilled and Experienced in stakeholder engagement, research, innovation, social networking and
marketing, journalism, communication (science, sustainability and corporate), the arts (poetry, painting
and photography), layout design, web development, entrepreneurship
Passionate about Sustainable University, ESD, writing and innovation
Connected from London to global
Contents_______________________________________________________________________
� Strengths 2 � Accomplishments 3
o Online o PDFs & Printed work o National Press (in Sri Lanka) o Branding o Research
� Recognition 8 Global | National (UK) | Local (London) | Sri Lanka
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Strengths ___________________________________________
Asitha’s strengths include: � Multidisciplinary education (from Civil
Engineering through Green Buildings to Education for Sustainable Development ESD)
� Diversity in strengths, both ‘hard’ (e.g. research/ analysis) and ‘soft’ (e.g. poetry/ painting) versions
� Writing, blogging, editing, touch-typing and proofreading
� Ability to develop cost-effective integrated solutions, developing synergies (e.g. one-stop shops)
� Ability to think strategically, analytically and holistically
� Flair for communicating scientific/ technical content in simple language without losing the substance and message
� Ability to produce professional quality PDFs by doing lay-outs on MS Word
� Ability to make good use of free resources (e.g. website builders, software, social networking)
� Ability to create engaging stories out of dull information
� Ability to comply with specific branding guidelines when developing resources and tools
� Capacity for both innovation and repetitive tasks
� IT literacy � Social network and recognition, ranging
from local (i.e. London) through national to global
� Communications and branding experience at the London RCE on ESD and Holcim (Lanka) Ltd
Education for Sustainability |
Green Buildings | Civil
Engineering
Education | Communication |
Research | Social networking
Layout design | Branding |
Marketing | CSR
One-stop Shop development |
Website development
Stakeholder engagement
Writing | Blogging | Editing |
Proof-reading | Touch-typing
Higher Education | Business |
Media | Not-for-profit
Newsletters | Booklets | Fliers |
Press articles | Column
Poetry | Photography | Painting
Local (London) | National |
Global
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Accomplishments � Online � PDFs & Printed work � National Press (in Sri Lanka) � Branding � Research ___________________________________________
ONLINE One-stop Shop development The Sustainable University One-stop Shop (http://www.sustainableuni.kk5.org/): � A self-driven unsupervised and unfunded
experiment launched in January 2011 � Recently recognised by the UN Environment
Programme UNEP in its Greening Universities Toolkit (see Recognition below)
� Comprises: o Seven satellite websites:
News & Info http://sunewsinfo.wordpress.com/ Research http://suresearch1.wordpress.com/ Good Practice http://sugoodpractice.wordpress.com/ Quotes http://suquotesfacts.wordpress.com/ Blog http://su-notes.blogspot.co.uk/ Diary http://esddiary.wordpress.com/ Micro-blog (Twitter) http://twitter.com/#!/sustainableuni1
o An updates sharing scheme #SSW (see Social Networking below)
� Entirely developed using free web resources � 31,200 hits (as on 21 April 2014)
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Websites (Other than those of the SU One-stop Shop above) London RCE (Regional Centre of Expertise) on ESD (Education for SD): � Main website (http://www.londonrce.kk5.org) � News website (http://londonrcenews.wordpress.com/) London South Bank University (LSBU),
Education for Sustainability (EfS) Programme:
� EfS Learning Community, http://www.efscommunity.t83.net/
Social networking Social updates sharing scheme of the SU One-stop Shop: � Sharing for a Sustainable World #SSW
(http://tinyurl.com/cbpakhx) | #SDupdate #CCupdate #SUnews #SUresearch #SUgoodpractice #SUquotes #SUblog #SUdiary
� LinkedIn Group ‘Sustainability, Education and Engagement | ESD at Planetshire University’ http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Sustainability-Education-Engagement-ESD-Planetshire-8102240
� LinkedIn posts | #asiLI http://www.linkedin.com/today/author/101066234-Asitha-Jayawardena
� Klout score 50 as on 16 April 2014 (http://klout.com/sustainableuni1)
Micro-blogging (Twitter): � SU One-stop Shop: Twitter @sustainableuni1
http://twitter.com/#!/sustainableuni1 (Part of SU One-stop Shop)
o 20,300 tweets; 1150 followers (on 21 April 2014)
� London RCE on ESD: Twitter @rcelondon http://twitter.com/rcelondon
Blogging � Sustainable University Notes Blog http://su-
notes.blogspot.co.uk/
� ESD Diary (Reflections on Education for SD) http://esddiary.wordpress.com/
� Sustainability Notes (http://asitha-j.livejournal.com) � Sustainable Business blog
http://www.sustainablebusinessbuilder.blogspot.com Photo-sharing Nature & Structures photostream on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/aij3/
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PDFS & PRINTED WORK Newsletters London RCE on ESD: Sustainable London Learning SLL, http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/lrce-nl London Environmental Education Forum (LEEF): LEEFlet (http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/leef-nl) Holcim (Lanka) Ltd, Sri Lanka:
Holcim Voice (e.g. http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/hll-voice-nl)
(an example of 38 issues of four corporate
publications)
Note: This is a printed newsletter.
Booklets London RCE on ESD: Sustainable Business guide (http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/lrce-sb-bklt) University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka: � Buildings for Sustainable Development
(http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/uom-bsd-bklt) (developed for engineering students)
� Structures Exposed, No Maths Of Course! (a
booklet published internally as an extension to
the Final Year Undergraduate Project
‘Understanding of Structural Behaviour’)
Fliers London RCE on ESD: Flier (sample), http://www.slideshare.net/sustainableuni/lrce-flierlaidout110126
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NATIONAL PRESS (in Sri Lanka) Articles 141 articles (www.asitha-published-writing.moonfruit.com): � Sustainability articles | http://www.asitha-published-
writing.moonfruit.com/#/sustainability/4544219436
� Science & Technology articles | http://www.asitha-
published-writing.moonfruit.com/#/science-
technology/4544218151
� General articles | http://www.asitha-published-writing.moonfruit.com/#/general-articles/4544221427
� Humorous articles | http://www.asitha-published-writing.moonfruit.com/#/humorous-articles/4544221780
Five articles available from two newspaper websites: � Buildings for sustainability: An overview
http://www.island.lk/2007/07/03/L2.pdf
� WTC (World Trade Centre) disaster: Lessons of safety http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/09/21/fea02.html
� Understanding waste – the first step in solving Waste Crisis (Part 1 of 3) http://www.island.lk/2007/06/12/L2.pdf
� Read both books and life http://www.island.lk/2005/09/14/features5.html
� Chocolate: For gods and lovers http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/10/21/plus12.asp
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Column ‘Mind Mirror’ column (39 parts): entirely based on quotations and sayings (e.g. http://www.asitha-published-writing.moonfruit.com/#/mind-mirror-column/4544221795)
An original example: Music: Pleasure without vice http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/art-mindmirror-music
Poetry 105 poems, e.g. http://www.asitha-published-writing.moonfruit.com/#/poetry/4544221428
BRANDING Branding framework development London RCE on ESD: Development of branding framework, including logo http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/lrce-logo
Sustainable University One-stop Shop Compliance with branding guidelines Holcim (Lanka) Ltd: When producing newsletters, successfully complied with the stringent branding guidelines of the global Holcim Group, based in Switzerland
RESEARCH Seven peer-reviewed research publications Including two in Energy for Sustainable Development, The Journal of the International Energy Initiative:
2002 | Thermal comfort in proposed three-storey passive houses for warm humid climates http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082608603002
2003 | Roof orientation, roofing materials and roof surface colour: their influence on indoor thermal comfort in warm humid climates http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082608603452
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Recognition � Global � National (UK) � Local (London) � Sri Lanka ___________________________________________
GLOBAL UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme): The SU One-stop Shop is recognised in the UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme) Greening
Universities Toolkit
(http://www.unep.org/Training/docs/Greening_University_Toolkit.pdf,
page 61)
NATIONAL (UK) The Sustainable University: Progress and prospects The SU One-stop Shop appears under ‘Selected websites’ in the 2013 book The Sustainable University: Progress and prospects http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415627740/#description (page 318) Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE): The SU One-stop Shop appears on the HEFCE website under SD Resources http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/lgm/susdevresources/strategy/
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LOCAL (London) WestFocus University Collaboration: The SU One-stop Shop won a First Prize in the Bright Ideas contest 2012: � On WestFocus website,
http://www.westfocus.org.uk/news.php?article_id=32 � On Kingston University website:
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate-course/sustainability-environmental-change-msc/student-achievements.html
SRI LANKA The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL): Professor EOE Pereira Memorial Award for the Best Paper presented at Annual Sessions 2001 (as a co-author) (2002) The Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka
(SSE-SL):
Two special awards for promoting Structural
Engineering in the national press (1997, 2000)
Royal College, Colombo: � First Place at the 150
th Anniversary Art
Exhibition (Middle School)
� Art Prizes of Year 9 and Year 7