Prof Tariq Muneer's Projects (13)

Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Revolution Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
The proposed project includes two activities: a two-day event and a public opinion survey. The event, which will be hybrid, will target both secondary school students and adults through individual activities. For the first, engagement with secondary ... Read More about Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Revolution.

Renewables to Potatoes Cold Storage for Energy Efficient Agriculture Jan 7, 2019 - Feb 28, 2019
Cononsyth Farm currently has renewable power generation through a wind turbine (330 kWp) and solar array (100 kWp). The farm also has significant cooling needs, in this case due to potato storage sheds. However the cooling load isn’t well optimised w... Read More about Renewables to Potatoes Cold Storage for Energy Efficient Agriculture.

Enerwater Oct 1, 2014 - Oct 31, 2018
This project involves the research and development of novel systems to recover and re-distribute energy in food processing
and manufacturing premises, especially where there are demands for refrigeration and heating on-site and localised. The
proje... Read More about Enerwater.

Decentralised Energy Oct 1, 2009 - Apr 30, 2015
As 80% of about 1.6 billion people who lacked access to electricity in the world in 2005 reside in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and given the importance of energy in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the countries and thereby... Read More about Decentralised Energy.

COincident Probabilistic climate change weather data for a Sustainable built Environment Sep 1, 2008 - Aug 31, 2011
This project will develop sound methods for future climate change data for building designers to use for new buildings and refurbishments that could last to the end of this century. The principal application output will be a draft Technical Memorandu... Read More about COincident Probabilistic climate change weather data for a Sustainable built Environment.

Monodraught Ltd TCD Ref 3448 Jul 1, 2004 - Aug 31, 2006
Monodraught Ltd TCD Ref 3448

The use & benefits of high efficacy LED lighting in education facilities Apr 20, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
The feasibility study will cover analysis of the use of high efficacy LED’s as a main source of lighting and the most suitable forms and types of LED to be incorporated into low cost lighting fixtures

Reducing the Greenhouse effect through Alternative Industrial Estates Mgt Feb 13, 2013 - Oct 13, 2015
Energy use in buildings is one of the biggest contributors to UK carbon emissions, and low carbon refurbishment of existing buildings is one of the key ways to reduce this impact. This research proposal aims to contribute to this shift towards low ca... Read More about Reducing the Greenhouse effect through Alternative Industrial Estates Mgt.

Mainstreaming Innovation - CiC Online Jun 26, 2013 - Jul 9, 2014
The project aims to reduce carbon emissions through research and application of integrated sustainable infrastructure in the existing built environment that could be replicated on existing and new building estates (e.g. housing, education, healthcare... Read More about Mainstreaming Innovation - CiC Online.

CIC Start Online Sep 1, 2009 - Aug 31, 2012
CIC Start Online project aimed to embed sustainable building design and refurbishment into practice. The project assisted Scottish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop and test innovations at testing facilities of the project partners... Read More about CIC Start Online.

Heat Pump COP May 1, 2011 - Oct 8, 2012
Explores the increase in COP of a heat pump by using a roof-top thermal solar collector. As part of this work the threshold coefficient of performance required to make the financial and environmental break-even point, compared to a conventional heati... Read More about Heat Pump COP.

Reduction and eradication of fuel poverty Jan 15, 2012 - Oct 8, 2012
Project to provide the services of a solar PV expert (TRI) to work with an external partner to help them to design, test, deliver, and evaluate a model focused on using existing and new PV technologies to help fuel poor communities.

Research in Slovenia on Sustainable Transport in Slovenia Jun 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2014
To compare the vehicular driving cycle of a small town in an EU member state against the standard EU cycle and obtain the primary energy requirements for road transport. Furthermore, to explore the saving in primary energy by switching the vehicle fl... Read More about Research in Slovenia on Sustainable Transport in Slovenia.