UK Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB)
CEREB is LSBU's unique teaching, research and demonstration resource for the built environment. Studies show that, currently, buildings are responsible for some 40% of UK carbon emissions, and at LSBU we are playing our part in reducing this by educating the next generation of engineers and managers who will design and build more sustainable buildings and items of infrastructure; and undertaking research leading to innovations and results to reduce emissions. CEREB, based strategically on the top of the K2 Building on the Southwark campus, supports the teaching, research and demonstration of low carbon energy technologies in the built environment.
The £2.8 million centre hosts a number of renewable and intelligent energy solutions. Through CEREB, students are exposed to the technologies which the built environment needs to embrace in order to provide sustainable buildings for the future.
A practical approach to learning
The centre has direct access to data from all the technologies providing services to the working building, together with the innovative technologies built into the centre itself. It also has the ability to showcase developing technologies and to trial new products in a real life setting where the results can be closely monitored.
This makes CEREB an invaluable resource for understanding how to design, operate and manage technologies for future low carbon buildings – both new build and retrofit. The data from the monitoring systems is available via web interfaces that allow it to be used for collaborative research worldwide, giving the Centre an important international dimension. As an example, the management software may show energy flows, whilst on the roof the equipment can actually be seen in action. This makes it much easier to help people, including students, to understand how the technology works. The facility's flexibility means that as the technology changes, on the next generation of renewable energy systems can be analysed and compared.
We will also build our own Flexible Climate Simulator. With it, we will test and develop new techniques and systems for buildings: civil/structural engineering, renewable energy, and sport science and health. It will allow us to construct full scale and scaled environments to better understand climatic influence and be capable of controlling strict environmental conditions.
Read about the lessons learned after 5 years of running CEREB here.
Kituo cha Uingereza cha Nishati ya Ufanisi na Inabadilika katika Majengo (CEREB) ni kituo cha kipekee cha LSBU cha kufundisha, utafiti na maonyesho kwa mazingira yaliyojengwa. Utafiti unaonyesha kwamba sasa majengo ni wajibu kwa ajili ya karibu 40% ya uzalishaji wa kaboni Uingereza, na katika LSU sisi ni kucheza sehemu yetu katika kupunguza hii kwa kuelimisha kizazi kijacho cha wahandisi na wasimamizi ambao kubuni na kujenga majengo zaidi endelevu na vitu vya miundombinu, na kufanya utafiti kuongoza kwa ubunifu na matokeo ya kupunguza uzalishaji. CEREB, msingi wa kimkakati juu ya Jengo la K2 katika chuo cha Southwark, inasaidia ufundishaji, utafiti na maonyesho ya teknolojia ya nishati ya chini ya kaboni katika mazingira yaliyojengwa. Kituo hicho cha £ 2.8 milioni kina majeshi ya suluhisho kadhaa za nishati mbadala na akili. Kwa njia ya CEREB, wanafunzi wanafunuliwa na teknolojia ambazo mazingira yaliyojengwa yanahitaji kukumbatia ili kutoa majengo endelevu kwa siku zijazo. Kituo cha mafunzo kina uwezo wa kupata data kutoka kwa teknolojia zote zinazotoa huduma kwa jengo linalofanya kazi, pamoja na teknolojia za ubunifu zilizojengwa ndani ya kituo hicho. Pia ina uwezo wa kuonyesha teknolojia zinazoendelea na kujaribu bidhaa mpya katika mazingira ya maisha halisi ambapo matokeo yanaweza kufuatiliwa kwa karibu. Hii inafanya CEREB rasilimali muhimu kwa kuelewa jinsi ya kubuni, kuendesha na kusimamia teknolojia kwa ajili ya majengo ya baadaye ya chini ya kaboni - wote kujenga mpya na retrofit. Takwimu kutoka kwa mifumo ya ufuatiliaji zinapatikana kupitia interfaces za wavuti ambazo huruhusu kutumiwa kwa utafiti wa ushirikiano ulimwenguni kote, ikitoa Kituo kipimo muhimu cha kimataifa. Kwa mfano, programu ya usimamizi inaweza kuonyesha mtiririko wa nishati, wakati juu ya paa vifaa inaweza kweli kuonekana katika hatua. Hii inafanya iwe rahisi sana kuwasaidia watu, kutia ndani wanafunzi, kuelewa jinsi teknolojia hiyo inavyofanya kazi. Uwezo wa kubadilika kwa kituo hicho unamaanisha kwamba wakati teknolojia inabadilika, kizazi kijacho cha mifumo ya nishati mbadala inaweza kuchambuliwa na kulinganishwa. Pia tutajenga Simulator yetu ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kubadilika. Kwa hiyo, tutajaribu na kuendeleza mbinu mpya na mifumo kwa ajili ya majengo: uhandisi wa kiraia na muundo, nishati mbadala, na sayansi ya michezo na afya. "Hii itatusaidia kujenga mazingira ya kiwango kamili na ya kiwango ili kuelewa vizuri ushawishi wa hali ya hewa na kuwa na uwezo wa kudhibiti hali kali za mazingira. """ Soma kuhusu masomo yaliyopatikana baada ya miaka mitano ya kuendesha CEREB hapa.