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21 February 2024 – Sustainability in Construction – Retrofit Challenges and Opportunities

On Wednesday 21 February 2024, Sustainable Futures at The University of Manchester are hosting a one-day event exploring retrofit and sustainable buildings. Joining this event, you will have the opportunity to hear about existing and emerging innovative projects, collaboration opportunities to accelerate the transition to more sustainable buildings, and participate in facilitated discussions to explore […]

Eight staff members displaying an award won at the CIPR North West PRide Awards.

Issue 13 December 2023

SALFORD SECURES FOUR PR AWARDS FOLLOWING EH 2.0 TRIUMPH Salford celebrated a night of multiple victories on Thursday, November 30, clinching four accolades at the prestigious CIPR North West PRide Awards. Recognised as the leading regional PR awards in the UK, the PRide Awards honor exceptional practices and creativity within the profession over the past […]

Issue 12 October 2023

Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability pays visit to Energy House 2.0 In August, Amanda Solloway, Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability, was given a special tour of Energy House 2.0. Minister Solloway was greeted by our former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Helen Marshall, before Technical Director, Professor Richard Fitton, guided her around our ground-breaking £16m research […]

Issue 11 June 2023

DESNZ DEMONSTRATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY POTENTIAL (DEEP) PROJECT In June, Dave Farmer presented the findings from the University of Salford’s contribution to the DESNZ DEEP project to an audience of over 150 politicians, policy makers, and retrofit industry representatives at an event in Leeds. Dave led a 16-month test programme at Energy House 1 investigating […]

Issue 10 March 2023

Energy House 2.0 officially launches! In January 2023, we officially opened Energy House 2.0 with two days of visits from industry, academia, national and regional policy makers with extensive media coverage. Across the two days, alongside our principal collaboration partners, Barratt Developments, Bellway Homes, and Saint-Gobain and a number of the innovators we have supported […]