Our carbon PV team recently visited Merida, Mexico to deliver a university workshop on screen-printed solar cells, meet with collaborators at Cinvestav and hold discussions… Read More »Screen-Printing Affordable Solar Cells with Students in Mexico
Surfability are an adaptive surf school located in a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly building in Caswell, Swansea which incorporates several renewable energy technologies. They wanted to know more about these technologies, and learn how to maximise their benefits and to run more sustainably.
Our new Active Building Guide will help young people to consider the impact of buildings on our climate and the ways in which building design… Read More »New Young Person’s Guide to Active Buildings
The Tan Y Lan Fach holiday cottages in rural Carmarthenshire were early adopters of solar thermal, PV, and heat pumps. SPECIFIC recently worked with the… Read More »Q&A Blog: Renewable Technologies at Tan Y Lan Fach Holiday Cottages
SPECIFIC was pleased to welcome Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies to see the Active Buildings, at a critical time for the project… Read More »SPECIFIC’s uncertain future: momentum could be lost, just when we need to accelerate towards Net Zero
The Tan Y Lan Fach holiday cottages in rural Carmarthenshire are fitted with a ground source heat pump, solar thermal hot water system, and solar panels. The owners wanted to know how to maximise the benefits of these technologies.
SPECIFIC’s Active Classroom has been featured in the first Royal Anniversary Trust report, which outlines an ambitious roadmap for decarbonising the tertiary education sector. Swansea… Read More »SPECIFIC featured in flagship Net Zero report
Last January, our PV team decided to put the first UK-made carbon perovkiste solar panels through their paces by testing their performance in the South… Read More »One Year Outdoor Testing the First UK-Made Carbon Perovskite Solar Panels
SPECIFIC’s thermal storage research team has recently developed a new, much improved version of their heat storage material. As the UK experiences the first chill… Read More »Researchers Develop New and Improved Material for Heat Storage
Solapak Development Ltd provide stand-alone sustainable energy solutions for use in developing world rural economies. They wanted to expand their services to include remote monitoring systems for energy-poor dairy communities and they had engaged with two milk collection centres in Rwanda.