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"Building Banter: Improving energy efficiency through ‘conversing’ with buildings and users in an engaging manner" is an industry-led project funded by the Technology Strategy Board and EPSRC, aiming to develop consultancy tools and retrofittable products for greater energy efficiency in non-domestic buildings, targeting user behaviour.

The project included several industrial and academic partners, and focused on a manufacturing case-study (at Federal Mogul). ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's role includes assessment of the case study’s energy performance, as well as canvassing of energy saving opportunities and challenges, with a particular focus on users’ behaviour.

People

PI: Chris Wright, Moixa Energy

Co-Is: Marcella Ucci (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº); Alex Rogers (University of Southampton); Andy Milligan (University of Dundee); Vicky Hunter (University of Leeds); Tim Whitley (Arup); Kevin Corrin (Federal Mogul); Adrian Westaway (Vitamins). 

Output

Overall the project successfully trialled a number of technological solutions to help change energy use via behaviour change in the case study building. Some of these solutions are now being further developed by Moixa Energy. 

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº lead a workpackage aiming to assess the baseline and benchmark energy consumption at the industrial site, producing a report which was then utilised by the industrial case study partners. 

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº also lead a journal publication: Ucci et al., (2012), Behaviour change potential for energy saving in non-domestic buildings: Development and pilot-testing of a benchmarking tool, BSERT. 

Impact

The technology developed as part of this project has been later applied in other applications, included a theatre and a housing development. The case study site also strongly benefited from the project in terms of understanding its energy use and associated behaviours. 

Links

For further information please contact: Marcella Ucci