Buildings, Energy and Environment Research Group

Capabilities

Mark Group house at the Built Environment

Materials and design

  • eucalyptus fibres
  • sustainable school building designs
  • digital innovation
  • design, simulation and testing
  • self-cleaning technologies for PV systems
  • modern methods of construction, prefabrication and custom-built homes
  • off-site construction and custom build solutions
  • CFD modelling and building simulation
  • Building Energy Simulation and wind tunnel testing
  • thermal properties
  • User Centered Sustainable Design
  • Airtightness
  • daylighting

Sustainable living

  • total quality environmental management
  • Indoor air quality
  • low energy buildings
  • outdoor thermal environment
  • urban resilience
  • education for sustainability in architecture
  • social housing
  • resilience of communities and buildings
  • enhance the quality of the built environment
  • human comfort and overheating
  • climate resilience of buildings
  • energy use and comfort standards in developing countries
  • independent/assisted living
  • creative energy homes
 

Energy storage and sustainability

  • renewable energy
  • sustainable energy
  • solar energy
  • heat storage
  • Phase Change Materials (PCM)
  • thermochemical energy storage systems
  • heat recovery technologies
  • passive and active heating and cooling systems 
  • evaporative cooling systems
  • low carbon technologies
  • energy conversion systems
  • desiccant cooling systems

Smart materials

  • green roofs
  • appliance/behaviour modelling
  • urban physics
 

 

Buildings, Energy and Environment Research Groups

Faculty of Engineering
The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD


telephone: +44 (0) 115 74 86257
email: BEE@nottingham.ac.uk