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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 […]

Jo Flanagan receiving an award at the PraxisAuril Knowledge Exchange Awards

ISSUE 9 DECEMBER 2022

Energy House 2.0 is ‘Net Zero Project of the Year’ At the annual PraxisAuril Knowledge Exchange Awards the University was awarded the prize for the Net Zero Project of the Year for Energy House 2.0. Also shortlisted in this category were The University of Plymouth’s ‘Marine ECharging Living Lab’ and University of Bath’s Innovation Centre […]

Four people wearing hard hats and high vis jackets viewing Energy House 2.0 under construction

ISSUE 8 SEPTEMBER 2022

Chris Skidmore MP tours Energy House Labs On Thursday 8 September, Chris Skidmore MP visited the University’s Energy House Labs to hear all about the work we do to improve energy efficiency in the home. He was part of a group on a fact-finding mission from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Environment which […]

Richard Fitton and David Farmer inside Energy House 1.0

ISSUE 7 JUNE 2022

Sharing Our Expertise Energy House Labs has been in the news over the last few months, with multiple appearances from the team on BBC, ITV, and Channel 5. Dr Richard Fitton, Dave Farmer, and Grant Henshaw have all made an appearance on our TV screens, discussing all things energy and buildings. Dr Richard Fitton has […]