The £7million Sêr Solar project was launched in 2013, led by Professor James Durrant (Imperial College London). Professor Durrant was appointed as Sêr Cymru Research… Read More »Sêr Solar Vlog – Fostering Excellent Photovoltaic Research Capacity in Wales
Perovskite solar cells are a relatively new breakthrough in photovoltaics, bursting onto the scene and rapidly advancing from lab scale all the way through to… Read More »SPECIFIC’s Perovskite Journey Vlog with Prof Trystan Watson
Ten years ago this month, we brought together academic and industry partners with expertise in printed photovoltaics, electrical storage, thermal storage and industrial coatings; they… Read More »Celebrating 10 Years of Energy Technology Development
Dr Cécile Charbonneau is the lead researcher of our Photovoltaic Nanomaterials Team. Cécile has been with the SPECIFIC team since the outset and her passion… Read More »Staff Profile: Meet Cécile
In November 2020, we launched the first version of our Active Building Toolkit. The main purpose of the toolkit was to share our experiences of… Read More »Supporting projects with the Active Buildings Toolkit
“We talk about our successes, but nobody wants to admit when there’s been a problem. We need a climate of honesty where people can say:… Read More »The Future Of Home Heating
Due to Government legislation and a ‘greener’ way of thinking amongst consumers, the electric car market is growing quickly. When comparing year-on-year data, September 2020… Read More »Celebrating SPECIFIC’s EV Champion, Nigel Morris.
SPECIFIC researcher Suzanne Thomas is working on integrating perovskite solar cells, which are cheap and easy to process, with the Internet of Things (IoT) for… Read More »Perovskite Solar Cells and the Internet of Things
In this blog Data Systems Technician, Luke Ardolino, looks at the Active Office energy data at a high level to see what changes have made to our energy usage profile.
We have recently completed a collaborative project with Safehouse Technology – whose smart sensors not only keep loved ones safe, but can also be used… Read More »Cost Effective, Smart Monitoring of Residential & Industrial Properties