Enabling #ActiveBuildings through innovative #solar research and integration.
Led by Swansea University and funded by Welsh Government and EPSRC
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'Four good news climate stories from 2023' from @TheConversationClimate
Featuring at number 2 research from our very own Dr Dave Beynon into fully printable, roll-to-roll #perovsvkite #SolarCells ☀
👉 https://theconversation.com/four-good-news-climate-stories-from-2023-220346
#DYK that an #ElectricArcFurnace can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material? 🏗♻ Traditional #steelmaking using a blast furnace emits around 2.32 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of steel produced. Switching to an electric arc furnace could reduce that number to 0.67 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of steel.
A great article by Dr Rebecca Waldram summarises what you need to know about electric arc furnaces and why the UK needs to #decarbonise its steel industry.
Next week is #WalesClimateWeek, giving everyone in #Wales the chance to join the conversation and contribute towards building a stronger, greener, fairer Wales.
Register here: https://climateweek.gov.wales
At this early stage of development, it is vital that #Perovskite #SolarCells are designed for a #CircularEconomy to ensure #sustainability.
This was emphasised in a recent paper in the Royal Society of Chemistry Energy and Environmental Science journal.
👏 Authors: Rhys Charles, Alexander Doolin, Rodrigo García-Rodríguez, Karen Valadez Villalobos, Matthew Davies
🔗https://specific-ikc.uk/why-perovskite-solar-cells-need-to-be-designed-for-a-circular-economy/
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The aim in setting up the control strategy for the home, is to meet heat loss at a specific outside temperature. The performance curve ramp should therefore be set on the assumed ideal to modulate effectively for the local climate.
Reality is that secondary thermostats and smart TRVs are still fitted in many instances where this system is misunderstood, and can interfere with the efficiency of a well-designed system, by causing unnecessary cycling. Less cycling, more efficiency.
Sorry for the delayed response! Hopefully some useful info here (from one of our team members):
The Heat Pump Wave: Opportunities and Challenges https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC134045/JRC134045_01.pdf
Reference to page 73:Rated capacity vs performance curves.
Heat pumps should have option to set performance curves, which are essentially weather compensation of flow temperature (or at least power to meet set flow temp), which needs to be set to optimum at point of install (or shortly thereafter once optimised)
Do you have some science to shout about? 📢🧪
The Royal Society of Chemistry and Chemistry World are holding a webinar to explore how scientists can engage with the public via the media. Alice Motion and David Hu will discuss the diverse spectrum of media engagement, the power of media to bring about positive change in science and tips for successful interactions with the media.
📅16th Nov
🕛12pm
Register here: https://www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/myth-busting-chemists-the-public-and-the-media/4018227.article
