Active Building Centre Research Programme

Decided over Easter to change jobs? How about coming to work with me!? Innovation Lead in Net Zero Heat innovateuk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/innovateukcare… help innovators move us off gas faster #NetZeroHeat pls RT

New Job Alert! Would you like to contribute to the UK's #netzero agenda? Do you love driving #engagement strategies? Are you interested in new low carbon #technology ? Then check out this #jobopportunity at @SheffMechEng 👇 bit.ly/3Y1cdp7

Would you like to contribute to the UK's #netzero agenda and the #decarbonisation of domestic heat? Are you interested in innovative thermal storage technology? Are you experimentally minded? Then check out this #jobopportunity at @SheffMechEng 👇 bit.ly/41dNBwr

📅 TONIGHT | 6 pm Don't miss this year’s Zienkiewicz Lecture with @UniStrathclyde Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Jim McDonald 🗣 'A Whole Systems Approach to achieving Net Zero: a 21st Century Energy System' Watch live on YouTube ▶ Swan.ac/Zienkiewicz-Le…

Delighted to announce that I have started my new role as Head of @UoNArchitecture and #WeAreHiring! We have 3 vacancies: Deputy Director RIBA Part 2 & L7 Apprenticeship Associate/Assist Prof Sustainable Urban Design Assist Prof Architectural Humanities jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx…

Check out the new article and paper from @ShiraniFiona and the @CUSocSci team - Transformational innovation in home energy: How developers imagine and engage with future residents of low carbon homes in the United Kingdom bit.ly/3TafYY7 #transformingconstruction

How are we fighting the #ClimateCrisis? We asked staff from #materials projects at @SUEngineering to share their research. @carolmaddock3 from our friends at @SUNRISEnet1 talks about the importance of involving different communities ow.ly/ZSwK50K490j

CALL FOR PAPERS! Data Politics in the Built Environment Guest Editors: @AndyKarvonen (Lund University) & @tom_hargreaves1 (University of East Anglia) Abstract Deadline: 26 Sep 2022 More details: buff.ly/3zW34pB

This new review of building-level #energy system technologies includes practical methods w/ case studies from real-world applications. Includes coverage of codes, standards, and requirements. Check out a FREE preview! bit.ly/3PtRgPI #smartgrids #microgrids #smartcities

If you are interested in resident engagement and low carbon homes, check out the latest paper from our social science team @CardiffSOCSI 👇

Join us to discover the latest innovations in energy storage tech. See @KTN_Infra in Manchester on 13 July for the Long Duration Energy Storage Showcase – a chance to learn about ours and all the other exciting projects from the comp. Register here: bit.ly/3tKMfKs

Some fantastic insights here from our #socialscience team @CardiffSOCSI 👇 #NetZeroCarbon #TransformingConstruction

Congrats to our @UoNArchitecture team whose community energy scheme at Trent Basin has scooped a national @REAssociation sustainability award. Find out more ▶️: ow.ly/Js5w50JzcL1 #WeAreUoN @ProjectSCENe @UoNEnergy @UoN_Cities

Congratulations to the ERA & @innovateuk funded Trent Basin Community Energy Scheme which won the Community Award @REAssociation's British Renewable Energy Awards. Trent Basin generates 75% of its residents' energy needs & saves 34 tonnes of CO2 per year! #NetZero @UoNEnergy

Wonderful to hear from Dr Ahsan Khan from @BuildingActive at this weeks NHIC Strategic Forum session for members. To watch the recording and view the slides click 👇 ow.ly/gmjC50JwRfe

♨️At SPECIFIC, we're investigating methods for #thermalheatstorage. We use #ActiveMaterial to store heat energy, ready to release it at a later point when we need it. @FlexisProject | @TataSteelUK | @SUEngineering ➡️Here's how it works youtu.be/T068hbipSt4

Delighted that we have been shortlisted for the #BritREAwards by @REAssociation for our @trentbasinnews #Community #Energy Scheme in #Nottingham, developed through @ProjectSCENe and other projects, supported by @innovateuk @EnergyRA @beisgovuk @BuildingActive Final on 9th June!

We have been working on a pretty interesting thermal storage innovation for use in the home. The team are hosting a webinar on what they have been up to and the potential impact. 25th May at 1pm. Register below: bit.ly/3wEHz9F @MixergyLtd @CREST_lboro @SheffUniEng

I'm on a panel at @UK_CW today. 3.30pm main stage. Come and hear me discuss #TransformingConstruction with some real experts providing the details, including how hospitals will be built differently. I'll do the provocation and jokes.

New Research Paper - Net zero by 2050: Investigating carbon-budget compliant #retrofit measures for the English housing stock @sheffielduni and @UCL_Energy explore a range of retrofit interventions to the English residential building stock. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…