Built Environment News
Government minister opens leading European research lab
Business and Enterprise Minister Michael Fallon, has opened Europe’s most advanced facility for creating energy efficient glass and met with leaders of businesses working on low carbon technology during a visit to the University of Salford today (19 October).
Bird’s Nest stadium engineer joins Salford as visiting professor
An engineer who took technology from the aerospace industry and applied it to the construction of the iconic Beijing Olympic stadium has been appointed as a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Innovation at the University of Salford.
Volunteers needed to excavate home of divided Civil War family
The University of Salford is looking for people in the Stockport area to excavate a stately home belonging to two brothers who fought on opposite sides during the English Civil War.
UN-backed green community design competition launched
The University of Salford is behind a global student design competition, backed by UN Habitat, to find the best ideas for a sustainable green space on a giant car park in Turin.
Salford project to bring almost 1,000 empty homes back into use
The University of Salford is to work with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities on a project which will find new ways to trace and communicate with the owners of 930 empty homes across the region.
Flooded small businesses relying too much on insurance cover
New University of Salford research carried out among businesses in Cockermouth in Cumbria following catastrophic floods in 2009 has found that only a very few have taken flood-protection measures – despite an average 1,750% rise in insurance excesses being reported among the businesses surveyed.
Queen Victoria polka to be heard for first time in 150 years at MediaCityUK
Music originally played on the occasion of a visit by Queen Victoria in 1851 to Salford is to be heard for the first time in 150 years as part of an exhibition of finds and memories from Worsley New Hall.
Local people needed to dig historic hall in Chadderton
The University of Salford is looking for volunteers to help them excavate historic Chadderton Hall as part of Greater Manchester’s biggest ever archaeological project.
Radcliffe big dig gives insight into lives of Victorian townsfolk
Following a major community dig in Radcliffe, University of Salford archaeologists have catalogued a number of finds that bring the lives of the 19th Century residents to life.
Self-learning buildings will increase their energy efficiency
The University of Salford is part of a Europe-wide project to develop technologies which will allow buildings to optimise how they consume energy and resources, using wireless sensor technology and data mining methods that learn to optimise energy consumption, but maintain user comfort.
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