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NOV 2020 - NOW

FREECOOL+ – Adapting Passive Ventilation & Zero-Energy Cooling for Sub-Saharan Africa

Funder : Innovate UK

Researcher : M Hasan Shariq, Andrew Barnes

Project Leader : Professor Ben Hughes 

Lead Organisation : University of Hull

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OCT 2020 - NOW

A versatile PCM energy storage system for building applications (Versatile PCM)

Funder : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Researcher : Dr Diana Nasir 

Project Leader : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : University of Hull

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APR 2020 - NOW

INTEGRATE: Integrating Seasonal Thermal Storage with Multiple Energy Sources to Decarbonise Thermal Energy

Funder : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Researcher : Dr Daniel Marshall Cross

Project Leader : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : University of Edinburgh

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FEB 2020 - NOW

Investigating a novel heat transfer loop integrated into a seasonal passive heat recovery and ventilation system

Funder : Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe) – Industry Doctoral Programme

Researcher : Harry Mahon

Project Supervisor : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : University of Edinburgh

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APR 2019 - NOW

FREEHEAT: Revolutionising the viability of natural ventilation through heat recovery

Funder : Innovate UK

Sub-project : Intelligent heat recovery buildings through smart control system of passive heating from wind tower

Researcher : Hasan Shariq

Project Leader : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : University of Sheffield 

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MAR 2019 - NOW

Automated large-scale building inspection techniques through drones and AI

Researcher : Hasan Shariq

Project Supervisor : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : University of Hull

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SEP 2018 - NOW

Evaluating novel wind energy designs

Funder : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Category – Studentship

Researcher : Andrew Barnes

Project Supervisor : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : University of Strathclyde

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SEP 2017 - NOW

Optimal design of acoustic windows and its effects on thermal comfort and building energy saving potentials

Researcher : Shuzhen Zhang

Project Supervisor : Professor Ben Hughes

Lead Organisation : The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

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