Research projects
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.
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 ...
Transforming house construction with DfMA
Construction practice has hardly evolved in 40 years, and nor has productivity. Houses as a product have been criticis...
Advancing real estate decision making
The research aims to discuss this issue and provide a conceptual real estate framework to manage these risk events.
Platform 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.
EnAlgae: 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...
DfMA House Panel Production
The consortium has designed an efficient production line for DfMA houses under factory conditions (Figure 1). The aim ...
Rebuilding 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...
IoT4Win: Connected water management
The water industry of the future will need to be smart and resource-efficient, and the current water industry is chara...
Overheating 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...
Exploring 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,...
The Built Climate Action Game
Researchers are working with teenagers in Birmingham to design a climate action board game, in order to engage young p...
MacroBio – 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...
DfMA 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...
Optimising Biogas Production from Food Waste
Developing and testing systems which break down food waste in preparation for conversion into sustainable biogas. The t...