EPSRC and SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment
The 14th annual LoLo – ERBE Colloquium will take place this year on Thursday 9th November 2023 at The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT. The whole day in-person conference showcases the Centre’s research, which focuses on the latest findings in energy demand, to an audience of over 100 stakeholders across industry, government …
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At the end of September, we welcomed our new cohort of ERBE CDT students to Loughborough, to commence their PhD journey with a weeklong residential course in Energy Resilience and the Global Built Environment. In addition to setting the scene for the training they will undertake during their time with the CDT, this immersive “block …
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Please join us in London for this years in-person conference to showcase our research. Register your attendance for free here to secure your place. Thursday 9th November 2023, 10:00 – 19:00 The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT Keynote speaker: Julian Leslie – Chief Engineer, National Grid ESO What is the Colloquium? The annual Colloquium …
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Loughborough University has been ranked first in UK and 15th globally for advancing affordable and clean energy. The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings have placed Loughborough University first in the UK and 15th globally for advancing Affordable and Clean Energy – the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7. The Impact Rankings are an international measurement …
Why don’t residential Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) predictions agree with metered energy consumption and what impacts could this have on the design of the future energy system? Applications are now open for a studentship at UCL in collaboration ETH Zurich and the Lab for Energy Systems Analysis at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. Supervisors: Professor Tadj Oreszczyn and Dr Jessica Few of UCL Energy …
Applications are now open for a studentship at UCL in collaboration with the V&A Museum to explore technical solutions for how museums can decarbonise and become more energy resilient in the face of climate change. Supervisors: Dr Scott Orr of UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, Dr Sung-Min Hong of UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, Melissa Painter of V&A Museum …
UCL’s Energy Institute is seeking applications for a fully funded Studentship in: ‘Transforming our energy system: Energy demand flexibility from smart meter data’ Do you want to make a difference tackling climate change and energy costs? Interested in how electric vehicles and heat pumps affect the energy system and its flexibility? Apply for this exciting PhD opportunity …
UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering is seeking applications for a fully funded Studentship in: ‘Improving building performance through better feedback: understanding the effectiveness of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE)’ Effective feedback is vital for any product to work as intended and meet the needs of the user. Unfortunately, evidence shows many buildings do not perform as …
UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering is seeking applications for a fully funded Studentship in: ‘Data-driven techniques for healthy, energy resilient housing’ The UK has an abundance of data on housing, energy use, and health. Cutting edge data science and housing stock models will be used to explore the complex inter-relationships between home energy efficiency, fuel …
UCL’s Energy Institute is seeking applications for a fully funded Studentship in: ‘Developing an open access tool to generate synthetic occupant profiles from smart meter data for building stock modelling‘ This project aims to develop an open access tool to generate synthetic populations of building occupant profiles using smart meter data. The tool will enable the generation …