Energy
Why choose us for Energy?
We have a strong focus on renewable energy and sustainability and our academic staff are active in supporting commerce and industry in meeting the challenges of recent energy price hikes, government initiatives and legislature.
We have a proven track record in delivering commercial services and our knowledge extends to building energy performance, infrastructure research, systems integration, regulations advanced energy materials, microgeneration technologies and biofuels.
We can offer your business:
- Technical expertise and industry experience
- Access to specialist equipment and technical services
- Independent advice which is not linked to specific developers or equipment
- A broad range of expertise and a holistic approach to problem solving
- CPD and bespoke training services
Credentials
We currently work with:
- Public sector housing associations
- Private sector house builders and developers
- Renewable energy systems developers
- Manufacturing companies
- Regulatory bodies
- Government departments
- Trade associations
Energy Portfolio
- Energy and environmental auditing/assessment
- Energy monitoring and modelling of systems
- Renewable systems design and integration
- Fuel cells and hydrogen
- Energy materials characterisation
- Biofuels development and processing
- Hydro-eclectic generation
- Site energy assessments
- Thermal performance assessment of buildings and materials
- Infra red thermography
- Building envelope defect diagnosis and building pathology (including thermal bridging, predictive maintenance and insulation placement / condition)
- Process energy heat loss mitigation (including process heating uniformity,heat exchanger effectiveness and refractory performance)
- Air leakage testing
Facilities
We have a range of versatile facilities for testing the energy performance of domestic, commercial and industrial buildings and can perform:
- Computer simulation of building performance
- Remote monitoring of building energy use
- In-situ testing of building fabric performance, ventilation and air tightness
- Indoor air quality and noise assessment
We also operate a range of building pressurisation and air leakage testing equipment capable of undertaking testing in compliance with CIBSE TM23 and EN13829:2001. This can be done in conjunction with smoke testing, tracer gas decay techniques and Infra Red Thermography.