Making the switch…

A new power management service designed to cut the financial and environmental cost of wasted energy has saved around 50 tonnes of CO_² a month since it was introduced in March.

Appears in Issue 49

Tags: carbon reduction, Faculty of Engineering, HEFCE, PowerMAN, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, rofessor Alan Dodson, WakeMyPC

Getting UK trains on track

A £3.1million research grant will underpin a radical overhaul of the performance of the UK’s railway track system.

Appears in Issue 41

Tags: Centre for Geomechanics, EPSRC, Faculty of Engineering, railways, trains