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
The awards from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers are the only industry awards that focus on actual, measured performance outcomes, and not just… Read More »Active Office Highly Commended in Project of the Year at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards
We are delighted to announce that the Active Office has won ‘Most Innovative Building Project’ and ‘Most Innovative Public Sector Project’ at the 2021 Building… Read More »Wins for the Active Office at the Building Innovation Awards
The Active Office recently turned 3 years old, and for its birthday it asked for more data charts! In this blog, Data Systems Technician, Luke… Read More »A Year of Lockdown Data at The Active Office
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.
The Active Office is the latest building in SPECIFIC’s full-scale demonstration programme, which aims to test and prove the ‘Active Buildings’ concept with a range… Read More »The Active Office
A Q&A with SPECIFIC’s Technology Director, Dr Justin Searle, on how the Active Office has performed, and what’s next… How has the Active Office run… Read More »The Active Office: One Year On…
Innovative design and pioneering technology helped Swansea University scoop for a top award for one of its highest-profile new buildings. The Active Office, which demonstrates… Read More »Active Office scoops top honour at building awards for Swansea University
We’re thrilled to announce that the Active Office is following in the footsteps of its big sister, The Active Classroom, and has been shortlisted for… Read More »Celebrating Shortlist Success for the Active Office
(Written by Joanna Clarke, Buildings Integration Manager at SPECIFIC) The Active Office is now occupied by members of the new Active Building Centre (ABC) team,… Read More »Active Office: Occupied & Generating Electricity AND Heat via PV-T