Centre for Sustainable Technologies Professor Neil J Hewitt Director, Centre for Sustainable Technologies Dr Trevor Hyde, Reader, Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Energy Research Centre for Sustainable Technologies Building Energy Systems Bio-energy Demand Side Management Energy Storage Energy Process Modelling Energy Market Modelling Heat Pumps Passive Buildings Solar Energy Thermal Comfort Laboratories Solar Research Low Carbon Retrofit Heat Pump Research
Centre for Sustainable Technologies Academic Staff Members
Centre for Sustainable Technologies Research Income Track Record ~ £13M Grant Awarding BodyD Amount Timeframe Charles Parsons Energy Research Award DCMNR £2,400,000 2007-2016 Decarbit EU FP7 £160,000 2007-2012 Biofuel Micro-Trigeneration with Cryogenic Energy Storage EPSRC £126,685 2008-2012 CALEBRE £272,482 Energy Storage DEL £1,600,000 2008-2011 Solar Energy Storage INI Proof of Concept £101,000 2008-2010 Photobiorectors £104,000 2010-2011 Biomara EU Interreg £181,189 2009-2013 NPP OCTES £150,000 2011-2013 CESAR FP7 €355,000 EINSTEIN €500,000 2011-2015 MERITS €250,000 2012-2016 Copper Industries TSB INI £107,000 2012-2014 Total Energy Management in Production Operations Enterprise Ireland €300,000 2012-2015 NPP SuLa POREEN EU Marie-Curie £50,000 High Performance Vacuum Flat Plate Solar Collectors £300,000 2013-2017 i-STUTE £880,000 2013-2018 SPIRE EU INTERREG £2,933,000 2013-2015 Scarlet 2014-2017 GRAGE H2020 £80,000 2014-2018 Hybrid Photovoltaic/Solar Thermal (HyPV/T) Façade Module INVEST NI POC £105,792 2014-2015 INPATH-TES PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES €192,000 2015-2018 Senergy Demonstrator INI-CASE £249,855 CHESS-SETUP €220,000 2016-2019 4S-DHW Eensulate £350,000 €792,750 2016-2020
Ulster Built Environment Research Institute The Built Environment Research Institute was assessed as being 6th ranked in terms of research power by the Times High Education Supplement in 2015 based on the UK universities 2014 Research Excellence Framework assessment results.
Research Facilities Jordanstown Campus
Manufacturing Facility CST @ Ulster Building Energy Systems 31.1°C 35.0°C 32 33 34 35 Ultra-Low U-Value Vacuum Glazing Ultra-Low U-Value Vacuum Glazing Small Sample Guarded Hot Plate Ultra-Low U-Value Vacuum Glazing Manufacturing Facility Large Sample Guarded Hot Box
CST @ Ulster Bioenergy Engine test bed facility Downdraft Gasification Anaerobic Digester reactor development Novel high efficiency oil seed extraction Complete analysis including CV, Gas, Ash etc System Modelling
CST @ Ulster Demand Side Management & Energy Storage Heat Pumps and Thermal Storage Passive House Development with Integrated Solar Thermal Storage Seasonal Thermal Thermal Storage Compressed Air Energy Storage Test Drillings
CST @ Ulster Market Modelling & Process Modelling Energy Market Modelling Techno-Economic Modelling CCS & New Power Stations
CST @ Ulster Heat Pumps ASHP Test Chamber WSHP Test Stand Advanced High Temperature Heat Pumps
CST @ Ulster Solar Energy Solar Energy Test Facilities Solacatcher and DSM Heat Pumps Heating Ulster’s “Terrace Street”
CST @ Ulster Building Integration Solacatcher and DSM Heat Pumps Heating Ulster’s “Terrace Street” Heat Pumps and Thermal Storage Thermal comfort Real Life Fully Instrumented Test Houses
Ulster Energy Education at Ulster BSc Honours Energy BEng Honours Architectural Engineering PgD/MSc Renewable Energy & Energy Management PhD opportunities (Typically up to 15 per year)
Ulster - Centre for Sustainable Technologies Recent Collaborations
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