1. Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Professor Neil J Hewitt
Director, Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Dr Trevor Hyde,
Reader, Centre for Sustainable Technologies

2. 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

3. Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Academic Staff Members

4. Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Research Income Track Record ~ £13M
Grant
Awarding BodyD
Amount
Timeframe
Charles Parsons Energy Research Award
DCMNR
£2,400,000
Decarbit
EU FP7
£160,000
Biofuel Micro-Trigeneration with Cryogenic Energy Storage
EPSRC
£126,685
CALEBRE
£272,482
Energy Storage
DEL
£1,600,000
Solar Energy Storage
INI Proof of Concept
£101,000
Photobiorectors
£104,000
Biomara
EU Interreg
£181,189
NPP OCTES
£150,000
CESAR
FP7
€355,000
EINSTEIN
€500,000
MERITS
€250,000
Copper Industries
TSB INI
£107,000
Total Energy Management in Production Operations
Enterprise Ireland
€300,000
NPP SuLa
POREEN
EU Marie-Curie
£50,000
High Performance Vacuum Flat Plate Solar Collectors
£300,000
i-STUTE
£880,000
SPIRE
EU INTERREG
£2,933,000
Scarlet
GRAGE
H2020
£80,000
Hybrid Photovoltaic/Solar Thermal (HyPV/T) Façade Module
INVEST NI POC
£105,792
INPATH-TES PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES
€192,000
Senergy Demonstrator
INI-CASE
£249,855
CHESS-SETUP
€220,000
4S-DHW
Eensulate
£350,000
€792,750

5. 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.

6. Research Facilities
Jordanstown Campus

7. Manufacturing Facility
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

8. 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

9. 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

10. CST @ Ulster Market Modelling & Process Modelling
Energy Market Modelling
Techno-Economic Modelling
CCS & New Power Stations

11. CST @ Ulster Heat Pumps ASHP Test Chamber WSHP Test Stand
Advanced High Temperature
Heat Pumps

12. CST @ Ulster Solar Energy Solar Energy Test Facilities
Solacatcher and DSM Heat Pumps
Heating Ulster’s “Terrace Street”

13. 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

14. 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)

15. Ulster - Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Recent Collaborations

16. Thank you for your attention Questions?