Researchers from SPECIFIC and COATED M2A programme at Swansea University have collaborated with the University of Bath to make a groundbreaking advancement in thermal storage research, developing a new efficient material that is easily scalable and can be sized and shaped to fit multiple applications.
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
In a new paper, Dr Guangling Zhao and colleagues undertook an economic analysis of the Active Office’s building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and energy storage. It showed… Read More »An Economic Analysis of the Active Office’s Integrated PV and Batteries
SPECIFIC has secured funding from the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which will be co-funded by the Welsh Government. The two-year agreement… Read More »SPECIFIC Secures Funding to Continue After EU Funding Ends
SPECIFIC researchers have established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking, for the first time, the potential for perovskite solar cells to… Read More »SPECIFIC Researchers Develop World’s First Completely Roll-to-roll Printable Perovskite Solar Cell
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
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