Our research
Our vision is to bring together interdisciplinary expertise from across the University of Nottingham to support cities in their transition towards more sustainable and resilient futures: environmentally, socially and economically.
Our research activities span across the themes:
Our research application areas include:
Our work is not only of national importance, but also of international relevance. Read more about our international impact here.
Learn more about some of our projects in the links below:
The Active Building Centre - The Active Building Centre's vision is to transform the UK construction and energy sectors through the deployment of Active Buildings contributing to more efficient energy use and decarbonisation.
EV-elocity - EV-elocity looks at increasing the uptake of electric vehicles through helping consumers to monetise their investment using vehicle-to-grid innovation, enabling the optimisation of energy use and supporting the decarbonisation of cities and communities.
AMiCC - AMiCC (Amicable Charging) aims to demonstrate how wireless technology can unlock a range of the blockers to the market transitioning to electric vehicles and decarbonized cities.
Re-inhabiting the City – An umbrella project exploring the sustainable reoccupation of city centres.
InSmart – This project brought together cities and scientific organizations in order to establish a methodology for enhancing sustainable planning for both the current and future city needs through an integrative and multidisciplinary planning approach.
Sustaining Urban Habitats - The aim of this programme, funded by a prestigious Leverhulme Programme Grant, was to transform our understanding of how sustainable cities can be.
Creative Energy Homes - A research/educational 8-house project and showcase of innovative energy efficient solutions for sustainable homes and communities.
Smart Nottingham - Our SMART City programme aims to work with our universities and with industry to deploy emergent technology solutions across energy, transport, housing, and health services while exploring the interaction between these. We want to focus on adopting disruptive technology that improves lives as a result.
Project SENSIBLE – The Storage Enabled Sustainable Energy for Buildings and Communities project aimed to understand the economic benefits that energy storage can bring to households, communities, and commercial buildings.
Project SCENe - Project SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks) at Nottingham's Trent Basin, aimed to accelerate the adoption of community energy systems, a different way of generating and supplying locally generated heat and electricity to homes and commercial buildings.
TURAS - “TURAS" was the acronym for the EU funded project ‘Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability’, which brought 29 partners on a journey of exploration and renewal, a re-examination of how we build resilience in our cities, towns and neighbourhoods.
SCENIC – SCENIC (Smart Controlled Energy Networks Integrated in Communities) looked at multi-vector energy management in communities.