ENERGY
GLOBAL
RESEARCH
PRIORITY
The inexorable rise in the global demand for energy
will require profound changes in the way in which it
is produced and utilised.
ENERGY
TRAIL
Such changes are vital if ambitious targets for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions are to be achieved. In the EU,
member states including the UK are committed to reducing
emissions by at least 20% by 2020 with further ambitious
targets of 80% or more by 2050.
These changes will only be achieved through technological
advances which in turn can only happen through sustained
and substantial investment in research and innovation.
Warwick has core strengths in several key areas of Energy
research, including: Power Electronics; Solar Energy;
Thermal Energy; and Confined Fusion for Clean Energy.
With a current grant portfolio of over £20m and strong links
to industry and policy makers, Warwick’s Energy-related
research is a truly multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral
activity. Our vision is for Warwick to be a world-leading
centre of excellence in Energy research and the Energy GRP
is the vehicle for making this happen.
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF WARWICK
GLOBAL
RESEARCH
PRIORITIES
This is a circular walk on a surfaced path
and is suitable for wheelchairs. Please keep
to pavements and pedestrian walkways
and take care when crossing busy roads.
The majority of the walk takes place on
the University campus and includes public
highways.
The University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel: +44(0)24 7652 3523
www.warwick.ac.uk
For more information on the
Energy Global Research Priority:
www.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities
e: ResearchGPP@warwick.ac.uk
Responding through research to global challenges
Warwick’s world-class Global Research Priorities
focus multi-disciplinary research on key areas by
bringing together scholarly expertise from across
faculties and departments.
OTHER GRP THEMES:
• Connecting Cultures
• Food Security
• Global Governance
• Individual Behaviour
• Innovative Manufacturing
• International Development
• Materials
• Science & Technology for Health
• Sustainable Cities
WARWICK
ENERGY TRAIL
Follow the Warwick Energy Trail to learn more about
the University’s world-class multi-disciplinary research
and technology to meet the global energy challenge.
The Energy Trail covers 16 individual points of interest across
campus. It follows a circular route of 5km and can be joined
at any point along the circuit. To follow the 1.5km shortened
route, continue straight up Library Road after point 8, IIPSI, to
re-join the trail at point 15, the Material and Analytical Sciences
Building.
The walk starts at University House (point 1), which uses
an innovative fresh air cooling system to keep servers in the
data centre cool using 90% less energy than a normal air
conditioning system. Along University Road, points 2 and
3 showcase low energy transport: research to develop low
carbon transport technologies and measures to cut down on
emissions from staff and student travel.
You can learn more about how solar technology is being
tested and improved by Warwick researchers at points 4, the
Engineering Building, and 6, the solar tracker. Between these
two points, at the Zeeman Building in Academic Square, you
can find out more about absorption cooling, which is driven by
heat rather than electricity.
Points 7 and 8, the International Institute for Product and
Service Innovation (IIPSI) and the International Digital
Laboratory (IDL), have each been awarded an “excellent”
certificate by the BRE Environmental Assessment Method
(BREEAM) and demonstrate low energy building technology
and design.
If you choose to follow the full 5km route, the next stopping
point (9), adjacent to Rootes Residences at the end of Health
Centre Road, explains how thermal storage tanks increase the
efficiency of the Combined Heat and Power System on campus.
Taking the footpath through Tocil Wood will bring you to the
Gibbet Hill campus where the Clinical Trials Unit (point 10),
and the Mechanochemical Cell Biology Building (point 11),
include a number of design features to reduce their energy
needs such as a roof which combines the insulating properties
of both zinc and living sedum. Follow the route back to main
campus along Gibbet Hill Road and left at the roundabout
into Leighfield Road. The student designed wind turbine (12) is
located next to Cryfield Sports Pavilion.
Continuing straight on along this road will bring you to
Sherbourne Halls of Residence (13), opened in 2012, which
features a range of energy saving technologies in the building
design.
The next point on the trail, Warwick Business School Building
(14), has also been designed to reduce the energy needed for
heating and cooling.
The penultimate point on the trail is the Material and
Analytical Sciences Building (point 15). Like all new buildings
on campus, it has been designed to reduce energy needs
wherever possible and includes a hybrid solar panel system to
generate both electricity and heat.
Following the route through the car parks and across
University Road you will reach the final point on the energy
trail, the University’s Boiler House (16), which houses the
campus’ combined heat and power (CHP) system. You will
learn that, by generating both electricity and heat at the same
time, the gas fired engines are more than twice as efficient as
traditional power plants. Thermal storage tanks at key points
across campus (including point 9 in the energy trail) make the
system even more efficient.
WELCOME
The University of Warwick is one of the UK’s leading
universities with an acknowledged reputation for
excellence in research and teaching, for innovation,
and for links with business and industry.
The campus occupies 290 hectares on three adjacent
sites: Central campus, Gibbet Hill campus and Westwood
campus. As well as the built environment the campus
includes a variety of habitats,
from rolling farmland to
ancient woodland, wetland
and lake areas. The university
campus is constantly
evolving and developing;
considerable investment
continues to be made both
in new buildings and the
development of existing
buildings. The University
is committed to reducing
its carbon emissions by half by 2020. Since 2008 all
new buildings on campus
have been designed to be
rated excellent by the BRE
Environmental Assessment
Method (BREEAM).
The University is committed
to meeting the global energy
challenge through both
reducing the energy needs
of campus and also through
developing world-leading
energy research. A number of points on the energy trail
highlight where the University is being used as a test bed
for the development of new energy technologies.
Full Route:
Full energy trail route distance: 5 km
Approximate walking time: 1 hour plus
stopping time.
Shortcut:
Shortened energy trail route distance: 1.5 km
Approximate walking time: 20 minutes.
FIND OUT MORE
You can find out more about energy research
at Warwick through the Energy Trail website
at: warwick.ac.uk/energytrail
or you can scan the QR code on each
individual information point with your
smartphone.
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ARTS
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STUDENTS
UNION
WBS
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CENTRE
UNIVERSITY
HOUSE
Approx200metres/3minswalk
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LIBRARY
GATEHOUSE
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FollowtheWarwickEnergyTrailtolearnmoreabouttheUniversity’sworld-class
multi-disciplinaryresearchandtechnologytomeettheglobalenergychallenge.
ToreadmoreaboutWarwickenergyresearchvisit:warwick.ac.uk/energytrail
WARWICKENERGYTRAIL
IDL
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Shortcut(1.5km):
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3
16. Combinedheatandpower(CHP)system
15. Solarenergy:MAS
14. Energyefficienttechnologyanddesign:WBS
13. Energyefficienttechnologyanddesign:
Sherbourne
12. Studentdesignedwindturbine
11. Energyefficienttechnologyanddesign:MCBB
10. Lowenergytechnologyanddesign:CTU
9. Bluebellthermalstorage
8. Lowenergytechnologyanddesign:IDL
7. Selfregulatingsmartbuilding:IIPSI
6. Solartracker
5. Absorptionrefrigeration:
MathematicsandStatistics
4. Solarenergy:EngineeringBuilding
3. Lowcarbontransport:IARC
2. Lowerenergytransport
1. UniversityHouseDataCentreCooling
KEY: FullRoute(5km):
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