09 January 2007

Energy Globe Award

Members of the Department are winners of an energy award in a joint project with Aberystwyth University.

Drs Robert Edyvean and Geof Priestman, together with post-docs Robert Bachmann (CPE) and Dr. Lynn Sandlans (Civil Engineering) were part of the team that won the UK National Energy Globe Award for the BIOMAN project.

The Energy Globe is the world award for global sustainability and was established in 2003 by Wolfgang Neumann. It is awarded to projects which make careful use of resources and employ alternative energy sources. Every year 700 projects from all over the world are submitted in categories earth, fire, water, air and youth.