De-carbonise the built environment and develop smart cities

Our expertise

Any advice or consultancy we offer, will be tailored to your business and informed by an initial carbon reduction audit and report. However, the following are the key areas we have expertise in.

Building and urban bioclimatic design

We understand how buildings interact with the surrounding environment and respond to large and small changes in the climate. Using advanced planning, interior design techniques and sustainable architecture practices such as biophilic design (including nature in the design), we can address issues such as overheating, energy demand and human health and safety.

Structural design and technology

Concrete healing technologies and quantitative surveying techniques are enabling us to provide solutions that will protect land from flooding and reduce earthwork defects. This will allow the development of construction management approaches that are both environmentally friendly and financially viable.

Future and smart cities

We are using sustainable engineering principles to develop applications and technologies that will improve quality of life and reduce carbon emissions. Using advanced software, data gathering and analysis techniques, we can assess scenario-based solutions to develop the best smart designs.

More specifically, we can advise on:

• Energy performance in buildings
• Cooling and heating systems
• Carbon footprint calculations
• Building refurbishment for energy efficiency
• Low carbon buildings — sustainable architecture
• Low carbon materials
• Low carbon construction technologies and techniques
• Renewable energy applications at building scale
• Optimization of renewable systems
• HVAC system design/improvement
• Building envelope improvement (renovation, restoration)
• Smart building design/management and data applications

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Our researchers

Find out more about our key built environment and smart city researchers, who are available to work with your business.