This series of articles is a partnership between SPECIFIC, SUNRISE and the Active Building Centre. Our projects work with academic, industry and community partners in… Read More »The Active Classroom: still providing insights and performing well…
[Written by Peter Bullock, Evergreen Smart Power] National Grid’s need to keep the electricity network balanced rarely makes for a stimulating topic of conversation, but… Read More »Flexibility Hits the Headlines
Congratulations to Jenny Baker on being awarded a £1.3M, 5-year Early Career Research Fellowship by EPSRC to pursue her research in sustainable manufacturing of solid… Read More »CONGRATS TO JENNY BAKER ON HER EPSRC FELLOWSHIP!
This Summer, we hosted the first ever UK-China Workshop on Organic and Perovskites Solar cells at Swansea University Bay Campus. The main objective of the… Read More »Strengthening Research Linked Between UK and China
A Q&A with SPECIFIC’s Technology Director, Dr Justin Searle, on how the Active Office has performed, and what’s next… How has the Active Office run… Read More »The Active Office: One Year On…
A ‘Q&A’ with Chris Weirman on the latest solar PV and solar thermal project at SPECIFIC. Please introduce yourself and your role at SPECIFIC: My… Read More »Getting the Best out of Solar Technologies: a Q&A on the Latest Project…
[Written by Gill Kelleher, Policy and Engagement Manager at SPECIFIC] David Attenborough’s poignant message at the opening ceremony of the United Nations sponsored climate talks,… Read More »‘Active Homes’ are Key to a Decentralised Energy Future
[written by Silvia Villarroya-Lidon, Ser Solar Fellow – Industrial Engagement] As 2018 came to an end, we looked back at our PV teams’ technical and… Read More »A Year of Sunshine with the PV Team
[By Adrian Walters, IP & Project Manager for SUNRISE] Background: In 2017 the photovoltaic groups at Swansea University (SPECIFIC IKC) and CINVESTAV, Merida were awarded a Newton Fund grant, funded by… Read More »Assessing the Viability of Producing PV instead of Textiles
(Written by Joanna Clarke, Buildings Integration Manager at SPECIFIC) The Active Office is now occupied by members of the new Active Building Centre (ABC) team,… Read More »Active Office: Occupied & Generating Electricity AND Heat via PV-T