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Sustainable Energy Research Group
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton

Address
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ, UK

Telephone
+44 (0)23 8059 2051

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+44 (0)23 8067 7519

Email
serg@soton.ac.uk

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Welcome to the Sustainable Energy Research Group

'Energy and its uses are an integral and essential part of our lives. Energy is coupled to civil and environmental engineering through infrastructure, procurement of primary energy sources and their utilisation, generation of electricity, the end use of energy in industry, homes and transportation as well as its environmental impact.'

The Sustainable Energy Research Group within the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment undertakes research in core areas of energy, specifically in the built environment and in renewables. The Group's interests include building envelopes and their impact on energy and comfort, photovoltaics and marine current energy converters.

Objectives

The aims of the Sustainable Energy Research Group are to promote and undertake fundamental and applied research alongside pre-industrial development in the areas of renewable energy technologies. In addition the group undertakes research related to the efficient use of energy in the built environment. The knowledge base encompasses:

  • The design of environmentally friendly energy systems, including methods and procedures for their efficient use.
  • Knowledge transfer between research and industry.
  • The promotion of teaching programmes for engineering and science students.
  • The future performance of the built environment under a changing climate.

Research Focus

The research work of the group focuses on:

  • Photovoltaics
  • Marine Energy
  • Urban Energy and Carbon Studies
  • Smart Building Technologies
  • Microgeneration
  • Climate Change Studies
  • Micro Hydropower
  • Pollution Control

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Most Recent News

July 2009
EST domestic small-scale wind field trial report written by members of SERG published

Within the UK microwind trial research project funded by the Energy Saving Trust members of SERG have produced a report integrating issues of domestic wind speed prediction, measured performance results of the field studies, the potential market for small-scale wind turbines, customer feedback and recommendations for domestic consumers.

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Climate Change Weather File Generator


Researchers of the Sustainable Energy Research Group have developed a tool to generate world-wide climate change weather files for use with standard building performance simulation programs. The tool (CCWorldWeatherGen) is free of charge and can be downloaded from the SERG website.

find out more and download CCWorldWeatherGen
Key Publications in 2009
Bahaj A.S. (2009) Delivering developing country growth: A new mechanistic approach driven by the photovoltaic industry. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 13, Issue 8, October 2009, pp 2142-2148 view paper

James P.A.B., Jentsch M.F. and Bahaj A.S. (2009) Quantifying the added value of BiPV as a shading solution in atria. Solar Energy, Volume 83, Issue 2, February 2009, pp 220-231. view paper

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SERG 2009 last update - 11/11/2009 by mj