The Active Building Centre
Active Buildings integrate renewable energy technologies for heat, power and transport. They are energy efficient, with novel ways of controlling and releasing energy.
Project leader
Dates
September 2018 to March 2022
Project staff
Dr Damian Giaouris, Dr Haris Patsios, Dr Mehdi Pazhoohesh, Dr Zoya Pourmirza
Sponsors
Partners
Swansea University, Imperial College London, Sheffield University, Tata Steel, NSG Group, BIPVco, Siemens
Description
The Active Building Centre (ABC) is one of two hubs funded through the Transforming Construction Industrial Challenge.
ABC will revolutionise the way the UK designs, constructs and operates buildings. It will realise the potential for the integration of advanced offsite manufacturing with state of the art digital design. This will include incorporating and integrating energy generation, storage, and release technologies. Thus, we will create Active Buildings. Active Buildings will reduce the operational costs of buildings. They will also reduce demand on the UK energy infrastructure.
The project will enable energy resilient communities. The energy needs of these communities will be powered by the sun. They will share energy with transport and other buildings. At the same time, they will realise value for the UK by overcoming barriers and developing new business models with global potential.
Newcastle University brings expertise to this project through our UKCRIC Urban Observatory. The Urban Observatory is highly skilled in building integration into energy systems. It has expertise in wider energy systems interactions, including:
- building energy performance
- building-scale renewables
- energy policy
Website: http://www.activebuildingcentre.com/