Is there a better way to start next week than listening to Dr Jim Parker introduce Sensing Leeds? Learn about this open-access digital platform of >100 environmental sensors across the Leeds area.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sensing-le...
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The Leeds Sustainability Institute is based in the School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing at Leeds Beckett University. https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/leeds-sustainability-institute
Is there a better way to start next week than listening to Dr Jim Parker introduce Sensing Leeds? Learn about this open-access digital platform of >100 environmental sensors across the Leeds area.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sensing-le...
Flyer for Climate Action Leeds Networking Event on October 7, 2025, at All Hallows Church. Focus on climate action, networking, and refreshments.
๐ฑ Ready to spark change? Join us at the Climate Action Leeds Networking Event!
๐๏ธ Oct 7, 2025
โฐ 6-8:30 PM
๐ All Hallows Church, LS6 1NP
Connect with change-makers in energy, housing, nature, and more. Let's inspire each other for a sustainable future! ๐โจ
#ClimateAction #Networking
Read our latest article on The Conversation, from Dr Sarah Price @leeds-lsi.bsky.social - 'When insulation goes wrong โ the science behind why botched retrofits can be so damaging'.
#AcademicSky #retrofit #insulation #sustainability
Measuring airtightness is important to understand ventilation and heat loss, but how much of that measured air leakage is to outside and how much is to neighbouring homes? If anyone has more data to add to this, we'd like to hear from you.
journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....
Are 30,000 government-funded retrofitted UK homes really at risk? Our Dr Sarah Price explains...
click.global.easyfairs.com?qs=ee050794d...
Still places available for Damp & Mould Awareness Course Wed 25 June.
www.climateactionleeds.org.uk/event-detail...
Ever wondered why the ventilation of your low-rise attached home doesn't seem to tally with your blower door test result?
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
Jim and Felix made the cut for the trailer...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Fj...
JOB ALERT: The Oxford ZERO Institute is looking for an Energy Teaching Coordinator. This is an exciting new role, developing their strategic portfolio of education initiatives. Applications will close on 7th July 2025. zero.ox.ac.uk/hiring-alert...
17.06.2025 12:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Save the date - 'The Wonder of Treescapes' premieres on YouTube at 6pm on 10th July. Keep an eye out for Jim & Felix...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzci...
An image showing black mould or mildew on a white ceiling (Credit: Olena Shmahalo on Unsplash)
๐กGulala Aziz, a #PhD student in @leeds-lsi.bsky.social has developed a damp predictive tool using machine learning with #AI to predict which homes are at risk of developing damp and mould.
๐ bit.ly/3Z9Ezkz
The research can help housing providers to take swift effective action.
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
๐ข Professor David Glew will be speaking with Anna Hollyman at the ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง webinar on ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐.
More details here ๐ www.linkedin.com/posts/leeds-...
20 years since our first co-pressurisation tests at Stamford Brook, we finally get around to publishing something on it...
journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....
Introducing our 2nd NHSF Conference session...
๐ฑ๐ฆ Towards Sustainable Historic Buildings
โพ๏ธDr Moses Jenkins, Historic Environment Scotland - Site-based research in retrofit.
โพ๏ธProf David Glew, Director of the @leeds-lsi.bsky.social
+ Panel discussion
More info & register here: buff.ly/5QbIK61
Make sure to register to hear Leeds Sustainability Institute's Professor David Glew deliver a keynote during the 'Towards sustainable historic buildings' session ๐ฑ๐๏ธ
20.05.2025 09:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Professor David Glew
๐ขNew on our blog, Professor David Glew shares how our @leeds-lsi.bsky.social is producing cutting-edge #research that is helping society to achieve the UNโs Sustainable Development Goals.
๐ bit.ly/3S2CMd9
#AcademicSky #SDGs
Some interesting stuff going on in and around Leeds next week...
www.urbantreefestival.org
Up to 8 competitive fee-waivers bursaries are on offer for our Professional Doctorate Programmes commencing October 2025. For more details, including how to apply, follow the link below.
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/the-graduate-school/beec/fee-waiver-bursaries/
Houses too.
We get the sealing guys in to make the house airtight enough for MVHR, install the system, then need to get the sealing guys back.
From www.gov.uk/government/publications/demonstration-of-energy-efficiency-potential-deep
Here we are in a well ventilated space, being trained how to take air samples to test for microbial contamination in homes.
03.04.2025 17:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If you're interested in how retrofitted insulation performs over time, we carried out a detailed literature review and spoke to expert stakeholders. DESNZ have now published the report...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The LSI team researching urban treescapes near the office...
Phrases like "not out of the woods yet" and "on the rocks" also spring to mind.
And on to the next one...
13.02.2025 14:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fun day out for Adam, Dom & Felix, co-pressurisation testing at NeRV.
13.02.2025 12:38 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0One of the Citu test cells
LBU researchers inside one of the test cells.
One of the Citu test cells
๐ Our @leeds-lsi.bsky.social has launched 2 new test cells to baseline the real-world thermal performance of UK homes and further advance the LSI's innovation in #energy efficiency testing.
๐ bit.ly/418DpHu
The test cells are based at Citu in Leeds.
#LBUResearch #AcademicSky
Thanks to everyone who came along to the launch of our test cells yesterday.
www.placeyorkshire.co.uk/citu-and-lsi...
Getting ready for the guests to arrive for the launch of our new test cells.
06.02.2025 11:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Keep Your Home Warmer And Healthier
With the weather warming up, keep your home warmer and healthier!
As temperatures rise, itโs the perfect time to tackle damp and condensation in your home!
www.groundwork.org.uk/getenergyhelp/