Northumbria University, Newcastle

L-R: Joan Dayap, Programme Coordinator, Salix Finance; Will Kay, Regional Managing Director, EQUANS; Professor George Marston, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Projects and Sustainability lead, Northumbria University.

26 May 2022 13:09

State-of-the-art heating project supports sustainability goals

EQUANS, the new name for global energy firm ENGIE’s services and regeneration-led business, has supported Northumbria University in further reducing its carbon footprint thanks to the installation of a £1.7 million high-tech heating system.

Friction between sophisticated materials with pre-patterned pyramid shapes, used to make the sensor, can generate enough energy to power wearable devices.

25 April 2022 10:00

New research harnesses the power of movement

Harvesting energy from the day-to-day movements of the human body and turning it into useful electrical energy, is the focus of a new piece of research involving a Northumbria University Professor.

The People & Planet University League is the only comprehensive and independent league table of universities ranked against sustainability and ethics criteria.

21 December 2021 08:30

Northumbria rated as top university in the North East for sustainability

Northumbria University has been rated as ‘first class’ for sustainability and is the highest ranked university in the North East in the latest People & Planet University league table.

A new state-of-the-art Fluorescence Spectrometer has been installed in a lab within Northumbria’s department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering.

30 July 2021 10:18

Northumbria University becomes UK’s first home of world-leading spectrometer

Academics in search of solutions to creating more energy efficient phones and television screens now have high-performance machinery at their fingertips, after Northumbria University has invested in a suite of new state-of-the-art equipment to push its leading-edge research forward.

21 August 2020 09:05

Northumbria University renewable energy expert to head up international event

Professor Nicola Pearsall, Emerita Professor of Renewable Energy at Northumbria University and a world-leading expert on photovoltaics, has been announced as the general chair for this year’s European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC).

9 July 2020 12:22

Northumbria partners in €4.8m EU housing energy efficiency project

Northumbria University has been chosen to participate in a €4.8 million project to tackle the issue of renovating residential buildings in Europe to make them more energy efficient.

La Hague nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Normandy, France

28 January 2020 14:15

Molecule modification could improve reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel

The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel could become safer and more efficient in future after Northumbria University researchers found a way to modify the structure of molecules to remove radioactive materials. The research is published in the influential Chemistry - A European Journal and is described by its editors as being of 'great significance'.

7 November 2019 12:48

Smarter electric vehicles for cleaner greener cities

With concerns about climate change and urban air pollution high on the agenda for cities around the world, most are now actively looking at ways to reduce their carbon emissions.

4 July 2019 12:12

EXPERT COMMENT: Climate change: real estate worth billions could become obsolete – unless owners act now

Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Lecturer in Real Estate Economics and Property Development, and Paul Michael Greenhalgh, Professor of Real Estate and Regeneration, both at Northumbria University, discuss real estate in relation to climate change.

11 October 2018 13:47

Northumbria and Newcastle to train next generation of global change scientists

A new multimillion pound centre to train scientists to transform our understanding of planet Earth has been announced between Northumbria University and Newcastle University.

24 November 2017 13:27

Northumbria to help drive £2.25 million investment in energy research

Northumbria is one of three North East universities who will form a new research centre to improve energy technology at the atomic level.

7 November 2017 12:58

EXPERT COMMENT: Hydroelectric dams threaten Brazil's mysterious Pantanal - one of the world's great wetland

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Dr Bronwen Whitney, contributes to an article discussing Hydroelectric dams threatening Brazil’s mysterious Pantanal for The Conversation.

Subjects: Energy issues