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Reimagine Energy: Dr Sarah-Jane Potts Wins Grant to Inspire Future Engineers through Energy Generating Playground Equipment
Congratulations to Dr Sarah-Jane Potts for winning an Engineering Education Grant Scheme (EEGS) for her outreach project, which aims to inspire students to pursue engineering through fun, hands-on activities. The…
The Active Building Centre Showcase Demonsrated the Need and Opportunity For Delivering Low Carbon Buildings
As world leaders convened in Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27, it was fantastic to take part in the Active Building Centre Showcase event which had a packed agenda of leaders in…
SPECIFIC Highlighted as a Local Climate Action Project Showing How Communities Can Take the Lead in Tackling Climate Change
SPECIFIC was one of four Welsh projects highlighted as inspiring examples of how local projects are finding ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make lifestyles greener and to protect residents…
Swansea University Researchers at the Forefront of Tackling Climate Change
On November the 6th, world leaders will meet in Egypt for the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP27. As COP is being held Africa this year it is…
Professor Matthew Davies becomes President Elect of the RSC Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community
We’re proud that Professor Matthew Davies will be the next President of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Community (ESEC) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The ESEC aims to…
The Future of the Active Classroom: Deconstructability of Buildings for a Circular Economy
We will soon have to say a fond farewell to our Active Classroom on the Swansea University Bay Campus. But this won’t be the end of its life. Plans are…
The Solar OASIS: Clean, green, reliable electricity for village as first Active Building in India opens
A village in rural India will now get clean, reliable electricity for the first time, thanks to SUNRISE’s newly opened Active Building, similar to our Active Classroom, which generates, stores…
Accelerating Active Building Technology – A New Collaboration with Tata Steel
We have launched a new 3-year collaboration with Tata Steel UK to advance the development of solar roofing panels that can be printed onto the steel used in buildings. This…
Energy Warriors: The Next Generation of Renewable Energy Scientists
SPECIFIC recently had the pleasure of hosting the Energy Warriors conference. Over 50 students from three different schools visited the Swansea University Bay Campus to become renewable energy scientists for…
Vlog: Solar Powered Milk Collection Centre in Rwanda
https://youtu.be/EGUmwSNo-Ro SPECIFIC has been supporting Solapak Development Limited to install a solar power system at Kageyo Milk Collection Centre in Rwanda. In this vlog, Business Development Manager Mark Spratt takes…
