We’re pleased to announce that Energy House Labs has been awarded £4.84 million from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to develop a new state-of-the-art solar array at Energy House 2.0. The new facility will recreate solar radiation inside our climate-controlled laboratory, allowing us to carry out research into how homes can stay cool and comfortable as […]
We’re delighted to share that the Future Homes Project at Energy House 2.0 has been named Most Innovative Partnership at the Building Innovation Awards. The three-year collaboration brought together Energy House Labs, Bellway, Barratt Redrow and Saint-Gobain to explore how energy-efficient, comfortable and low-carbon homes can be delivered at scale. As part of the project, two full-size new-build homes, Bellway’s The Future […]
Research led by Professor Lubo Jankovic at Energy House Labs has been featured in The Guardian, highlighting how reversible heat pumps could help reduce overheating in modern homes. The research, carried out in Energy House 2.0, tested a heat pump alongside fan coils in one of the houses. When the temperature inside the facility reached 32°C, the rooms remained between 19°C […]
Energy House Labs welcomed members of the UK Government’s Committee on Fuel Poverty last month for a fact-finding visit, providing an opportunity to showcase the research and innovation taking place across our world-leading facilities. Led by our very own Professor Richard Fitton, a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty, the visit highlighted how our […]
Research from Energy House Labs that could help social housing providers identify damp, mould and poor indoor environmental conditions was recently showcased at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) Connected Homes event. Dr Ioannis Paraskevas, Head of the Smart Meters > Smart Homes Lab, presented an innovative solution that has the potential to monitor indoor […]
New research from our Energy House Labs team has taken Heat3D beyond the laboratory, testing an innovative approach to measuring building performance across 22 occupied homes and providing new insights into how buildings perform in real-world conditions. The second Heat3D paper, published in Buildings MDPI’s special issue “The Dynamic In Situ Characterisation of Buildings”, takes the research […]