Acoustic Sensors for Pollinators
Problem Addressed Encouraging healthy pollinator communities is challenging but crucial for our planet and food production. Currently, many fruit producers will rely on purchasing bumblebee boxes or...
View ArticleHome Efficiency and Retrofit Tool
Problem Addressed 68% of the UK’s homes are below the recommended EPC rating of C. By raising the 19 million homes that currently have a D rating up to C, we could decrease the UK’s demand for gas by...
View ArticleMaterial Passport Platform
Problem Addressed As reported by the Construction Products Association, over 90% of the UK’s construction and demolition waste is recovered for reuse, but this percentage can be misleading, as most of...
View ArticleDatabase on residential properties
Problem Addressed With possibly the oldest and leakiest housing stocks in western Europe, 29 million homes will need retrofitting before 2050. UKGBC is calling for a nationwide strategy to upgrade 19...
View ArticleTechnology to adapt room temperature based on occupancy levels
Problem Addressed According to a study conducted by Oxford University, up to 40% of heating energy is wasted in empty rooms. Without room-by-room control, buildings are inefficient, and workspaces can...
View ArticleIn-depth property- or location-specific data
Problem Addressed With an immense variety of factors influencing residential building performance, liveability, risk, and occupant wellbeing, it can be difficult to make informed decisions when...
View ArticleEnd-to-end platform to remove retrofit barriers
Problem Addressed Homes are the largest single contributor of carbon emissions from the built environment according to UKGBC’s Whole Life Carbon Roadmap making upgrades to our housing stock incredibly...
View ArticleWet heating system deaerator
Problem Addressed The English Housing Survey Energy Report states that 89% of homes use a boiler + radiator heating system, most of which use gas or oil as their power source. In these types of wet...
View ArticleDraught Sealer
Problem Addressed Air infiltration in buildings is a large source of wasted energy as an estimated 81% of the heat generated in a building is lost through the building fabric. Heating systems must...
View ArticleBMS agnostic building optimisation
Problem Addressed Commercial buildings currently represent 23% of built environment carbon emissions in the UK. After construction, commercial real estate lapses into inefficiency within 6 months of...
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