Testing and optimising techniques for biogas conversion
Doosan Enpure's patented Sonix technology aims to increase the yield of biogas production but the technology required rigorous testing before they could move forward.
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Modelling the Drivers of the UK Multi-let Industrial Property Market
Looking behind the figures, this exploratory research can show the key value drivers of MLI properties.
Read moreTransforming house construction with DfMA
Construction practice has hardly evolved in 40 years, and nor has productivity. Houses as a product have been criticis...
Read moreEnAlgae: Bioenergy for North West Europe
This four year project combines the expertise and resources of 19 partners over 7 countries in order to address sustain...
Read moreAdvancing real estate decision making
The research aims to discuss this issue and provide a conceptual real estate framework to manage these risk events.
Read morePlatform design for manufacture and assembly of housing
The platform enables house design to be faster to construct, economical to build and low impacts to the environment.
Read moreIoT4Win: Connected water management
The water industry of the future will need to be smart and resource-efficient, and the current water industry is chara...
Read moreRebuilding cities after the catastrophe of war and destruction
The research sought to explain the nature and extent of destruction and the processes and products of replanning and r...
Read moreDfMA House Panel Production
The consortium has designed an efficient production line for DfMA houses under factory conditions (Figure 1). The aim ...
Read moreExploring the application of property level flood risk adaptation
This project aims to examine the applications of property level flood risk adaption in homes and businesses in the UK,...
Read moreOverheating mitigation and Indoor air quality improvement in new build residential developments in the UK
The aim of the project is to propose cost effective scalable construction solutions and strategies that take account o...
Read moreThe Built Climate Action Game
Researchers are working with teenagers in Birmingham to design a climate action board game, in order to engage young p...
Read moreDfMA house knowledge-based engineering (KBE) tool for Life Cycle Cost and CO2 emissions
Birmingham City University have developed a Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) tool to estimate life cycle cost and CO2...
Read moreMacroBio – Sustainable Utilisation of Macroalgae (Seaweed) in Indonesia
Identifying the potential in waste seaweed crops for the generation of sustainable biogas, this project aimed to equip...
Read moreOptimising Biogas Production from Food Waste
Developing and testing systems which break down food waste in preparation for conversion into sustainable biogas. The t...
Read moreDeveloping Community Centric Sustainable Solutions for Rural Communities in Western Cape, South Africa
Researchers from the Bioresource and Bioeconomy research group have been working with the community of Wupperthal in S...
Read moreConverting organic waste into sustainable bioenergy and products
The Bioresource and Bioeconomy Research Group at BCU is supporting the development of sustainable, circular bioeconomi...
Read moreDrivers of Change Podcast
Silvia Gullino, Associate Professor in City Making has created a six series podcast called 'Drivers of Change' to highl...
Read moreManaging Environmental Change at the Fringe: Reconnecting Science and Policy with the Rural-Urban Fringe
This research re-discovered the rural urban fringe within more positive, inclusive and proactive agendas for management...
Read moreTools: Applications, Benefits and Limitations for Ecosystems (TABLES)
This work focuses specifically on integrating the principles and thinking behind the ecosystem approach and ecosystem s...
Read moreMaximising the Impact of Games as Effective Participative Tools: The Rufopoly Resource Kit
Rufopoly is a participatory-learning board game, which enables players to undertake a journey through a fictitious rur...
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