Having been running for 3 years, the Energy Storage System (ESS) in The Active Classroom is now being renewed to meet fresh challenges such as new electric vehicle charging ports, Demand Side Response projects, and energy sharing with its sister building, The Active Office.
At Knowledge Transfer Network UK and Innovate UK‘s Materials Research Exchange in London last month, we brought 11 other Materials Engineering projects from Swansea University… Read More »Materials – It’s What We Do
The UK has made significant progress in decarbonising the economy – overall emissions have fallen by 40% since 1990 and almost half our electricity came… Read More »Achieving Net Zero: An Issue for Government, Industry and Consumers.
The national St David Awards scheme recognises and celebrates the exceptional achievements of people from all walks of life in Wales. Dave’s contribution to Wales… Read More »Professor Dave Worsley Shortlisted for Government Award
Steel is the core product in manufacturing, national infrastructure and high-tech 21st century industries such as electric vehicles and Active Buildings. It is the most… Read More »Developing New Functional Coatings for 21st Century Steel
The Research & Innovation Awards celebrate the outstanding research and collaborations that are undertaken at Swansea University, and the enormous impact these are having across… Read More »Dr Jenny Baker Wins Research and Innovation Award
What type of research is being undertaken by SPECIFIC’s Industrial Coatings group? In basic terms, our work has two primary strands:– Developing ways of putting… Read More »Scale-up to Star Trek: The Future of Industrial Coatings
SUNRISE is an international project to address global energy poverty with partners from India, Mexico, South Africa, and Kazakhstan. Twice-yearly conferences have been essential to… Read More »Leading the way for inclusive, sustainable conferences
There are existing protocols to evaluate emerging photovoltaic devices, but they are not appropriate for halide perovskite solar cells – a new generation of solar… Read More »Improving Protocols to test the stability of perovskite solar cells
The aim of the award is to recognise a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to engineering in the built environment and is a… Read More »Active Buildings Architect Shortlisted for Award