Energy efficiency
Institute Work
Decarbonising the heating of buildings represents one of the major challenges for the energy transition. Our research on reducing CO2 emissions from heating buildings includes exploring geothermal energy, heat pumps, and building ventilation. These approaches are being combined in a major case study at St John’s College and across the wider university.
Other examples of the variety of research we are doing on energy efficiency include work on lubrication to reduce energy loss to friction and work on improving the efficiency of electrolysers, which is crucial for the development of renewable energy technologies.
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Emma’s model on interseasonal thermal energy storage
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Dan’s experiments on the ventilation of a room
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Brian’s article on periodic cycles of hydrogen storage
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First seminar of Lent term
Professor Yulong Ding visited us from the University of Birmingham today, and gave the first seminar of Lent term. The title of the seminar was: “Multiphase Transport Phenomena and Energy Process Intensification”. He started by talking about …
Cambridge Energy Masterclass 2024
On 9-10 December 2024 we hosted our annual Cambridge Energy Masterclass in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. This very well-attended event offered an illuminating insight into the state-of-the-art understanding of many vital areas of the energy transition, …
Registration Open for 2024 Cambridge Energy Masterclass
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