The Active Building Centre Research Programme is working towards a transformation of the UK’s built environment.
Joined September 2020
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Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Decided over Easter to change jobs? How about coming to work with me!?
Innovation Lead in Net Zero Heat
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Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
New Job Alert!
Would you like to contribute to the UK's #netzero agenda?
Do you love driving #engagement strategies?
Are you interested in new low carbon #technology ?
Then check out this #jobopportunity at
@SheffMechEng
👇
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Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Would you like to contribute to the UK's #netzero agenda and the #decarbonisation of domestic heat?
Are you interested in innovative thermal storage technology?
Are you experimentally minded?
Then check out this #jobopportunity at @SheffMechEng 👇
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Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
📅 TONIGHT | 6 pm
Don't miss this year’s Zienkiewicz Lecture with @UniStrathclyde Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Jim McDonald 🗣
'A Whole Systems Approach to achieving Net Zero: a 21st Century Energy System'
Watch live on YouTube ▶ Swan.ac/Zienkiewicz-Lecture
ALT Graphic showing pictures of Professor Olek Zienkiewicz. Zeinkiewicz Lecture 2022 A Total Systems Approach to Achieving Net Zero: A 21st Century Energy System Many thanks to our sponsors: UK acm. The Learned Society of Wales. iacm. Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering. Engineering Research Network Wales. South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust.
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Delighted to announce that I have started my new role as Head of @UoNArchitecture and #WeAreHiring!
We have 3 vacancies:
Deputy Director RIBA Part 2 & L7 Apprenticeship
Associate/Assist Prof Sustainable Urban Design
Assist Prof Architectural Humanities jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacanc… – at Nottingham, England
Check out the new article and paper from @ShiraniFiona and the @CUSocSci team - Transformational innovation in home energy: How developers imagine and engage with future residents of low carbon homes in the United Kingdom
bit.ly/3TafYY7
#transformingconstruction
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
How are we fighting the #ClimateCrisis? We asked staff from #materials projects at @SUEngineering to share their research.
@carolmaddock3 from our friends at @SUNRISEnet1 talks about the importance of involving different communities
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Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
CALL FOR PAPERS! Data Politics in the Built Environment
Guest Editors: @AndyKarvonen (Lund University) & @tom_hargreaves1 (University of East Anglia)
Abstract Deadline: 26 Sep 2022
More details: buff.ly/3zW34pB
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
This new review of building-level #energy system technologies includes practical methods w/ case studies from real-world applications. Includes coverage of codes, standards, and requirements. Check out a FREE preview! bit.ly/3PtRgPI
#smartgrids #microgrids #smartcities
If you are interested in resident engagement and low carbon homes, check out the latest paper from our social science team @CardiffSOCSI 👇
How innovative low carbon home developers imagine and engage with residents is so important for living well & meeting performance goals. Read what we found out in our paper, with 1st author @ShiraniFiona
:doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.…
@rhale18 @BuildingActive @CardiffSOCSI
Join us to discover the latest innovations in energy storage tech.
See @KTN_Infra in Manchester on 13 July for the Long Duration Energy Storage Showcase – a chance to learn about ours and all the other exciting projects from the comp.
Register here: bit.ly/3tKMfKs
Some fantastic insights here from our #socialscience team @CardiffSOCSI 👇
#NetZeroCarbon #TransformingConstruction
See our paper exploring interplay of zero carbon housing, green infrastructure and the development of community and place in AMPS Annual Conference. Available here youtube.com/watch?v=PFOFaLfZ… @BuildingActive @CardiffSOCSI Understanding Risk Group
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Congrats to our @UoNArchitecture team whose community energy scheme at Trent Basin has scooped a national @REAssociation sustainability award.
Find out more ▶️: ow.ly/Js5w50JzcL1
#WeAreUoN @ProjectSCENe @UoNEnergy @UoN_Cities
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Congratulations to the ERA & @innovateuk funded Trent Basin Community Energy Scheme which won the Community Award @REAssociation's British Renewable Energy Awards. Trent Basin generates 75% of its residents' energy needs & saves 34 tonnes of CO2 per year! #NetZero @UoNEnergy
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Wonderful to hear from Dr Ahsan Khan from @BuildingActive at this weeks NHIC Strategic Forum session for members. To watch the recording and view the slides click 👇
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Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
♨️At SPECIFIC, we're investigating methods for #thermalheatstorage. We use #ActiveMaterial to store heat energy, ready to release it at a later point when we need it.
@FlexisProject | @TataSteelUK | @SUEngineering
➡️Here's how it works youtu.be/T068hbipSt4
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
Delighted that we have been shortlisted for the #BritREAwards by @REAssociation for our @trentbasinnews #Community #Energy Scheme in #Nottingham, developed through @ProjectSCENe and other projects, supported by @innovateuk @EnergyRA @beisgovuk @BuildingActive
Final on 9th June!
We have been working on a pretty interesting thermal storage innovation for use in the home.
The team are hosting a webinar on what they have been up to and the potential impact.
25th May at 1pm. Register below:
bit.ly/3wEHz9F
@MixergyLtd @CREST_lboro @SheffUniEng
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
I'm on a panel at @UK_CW today. 3.30pm main stage. Come and hear me discuss #TransformingConstruction with some real experts providing the details, including how hospitals will be built differently.
I'll do the provocation and jokes. – at East Ham, London
Active Building Centre Research Programme retweeted
New Research Paper - Net zero by 2050: Investigating carbon-budget compliant #retrofit measures for the English housing stock
@sheffielduni and @UCL_Energy explore a range of retrofit interventions to the English residential building stock.
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