Members of the IDCOP research team presented their current work on climate change weather file generation for thermal building simulations to the UKCIP team in Oxford. An automated form of generating simulation weather files in TMY2 (Typical Meteorological Year) format using UKCIP data was presented. Further steps of how to disseminate this tool to the […]
Prof AbuBakr Bahaj was invited to give a presentation at an international workshop hosted by the British Council Germany and the Einstein Forum, Potsdam. The workshop ‘Carbon in the City – International Perspectives’ was held on the 11th of May 2007 at the British Embassy, Wilhelmstrasse 70 in Berlin and brought together experts from India, […]
SERG presentions on microgeneration for the French Embassy in London and at Imperial College Dr Patrick James was invited by the French Embassy in London to give a talk on ‘Microgeneration: Opportunities and Barriers’ on the 15th of February 2007. The event was held at the Novartis Foundation in London. The same talk was presented […]
Malcolm Wicks, Secretary of State said that he ‘considers that the report “Unlocking the Power House” makes an important contribution to the growing body of research on the deployment of microgeneration technologies and will help to inform the development of the microgeneration aspects of the Energy White Paper.’ The report is part of a recently […]
The Sustainable Energy Research Group presented 9 papers at the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC IX) in Florence including papers on marine current energy converters, energy and comfort in commercial buildings and microgeneration. Several members of the group also chaired sessions within the conference. On the photo left to right: Luke Blunden, William Batten, AbuBakr […]
The Conservative Party Leader Mr David Cameron MP visited the Sustainable Energy Research Group within the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment. He was welcomed to the University by the Vice Chancellor Prof Bill Wakeham and Prof William Powrie, head of School. Prof ‘Bakr Bahaj described some of the Sustainable Energy Research Group’s activities […]
YCAST visting the Professional Services Building PV insataltion at the university 5 Canadian undergraduates, Natalie Parks of Dalhousie U, David Rancourt of Sherbrooke U, Kathryn Klement of U Toronto, Vittorio Spoldi of U Calgary, and Michael Burgess of UBC were the first recipients of a new British Council Canada award for Young Canadian Ambassadors in […]
BBC’s South Today News requested an interview with Dr. Bahaj on photovoltaics and solar thermal energy. The PV array on the roof of the new Professional Services Building was visited and demonstrated to the reporters. On air 25 August 2005, 6:30pm – BBC South Today
G8 scientists requested a visit to the Sustainable Energy Research Group at the University of Southampton to see current research and test facilities of the group, including marine current energy converters and the group’s PV installations. The scientists visited the laboratory of the group taking a closer look at the marine current energy converter prototypes […]
Poster of the IDCOP research consortium awarded best poster of Sustainable Urban Environments: Vision into Action Conference EPSRC SUE: Vision into Action Conference, Birmingham, UK 28 February – 02 March 2005 IDCOP Consortium Poster
