building energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 118 building energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Empowering Sustainable Districts: A Blueprint for Low-Carbon Energy Excellence

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In light of the European Union's stringent energy policies, there is a growing need to not only enhance energy efficiency and ramp up renewable energy usage but also substantially reduce global energy demands for long-term sustainability. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BV Vand

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Innovative Building Services Renovation in Scottish Zero Emission Neighbourhoods

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The Energy Efficient Scotland programme outlines the path for our homes, businesses and public buildings to become more energy efficient. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MJ Jowkar

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Delivering Sustainable Energy Solutions to Ports

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ports are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions as they commonly move up to 10,000 containers a day from ship to road or rail transport and correspondingly in the reverse direction from land transport onto ships. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Holderbaum, Prof W Harwin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Application of mobile construction as an innovative strategy for building retrofit alteration and addition across the UK

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Building sector in the UK contributes to nearly half of the UK energy use and about 30% of the national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MJ Jowkar, Assoc Prof S Jaradat

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Building the next Generation of Smart Grid Infrastructures

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Building the future of Smart Grid infrastructures involves leveraging advanced technologies and integrating renewable energy sources, enhancing grid resilience, improving efficiency, and implementing intelligent monitoring and control systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Chrysoulas

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Modular and industrialised solutions for building retrofit

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

More than 85% of the 2050 building stock is already built and almost all will require some form of retrofit/renovation in order to meet global carbon emissions reductions goals. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Fuertes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Circular Economy Strategies in Building Environment Engineering

Canterbury Christ Church University SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

This research project presents a unique opportunity for individuals interested in addressing sustainability challenges within the building environment through the lens of circular economy principles. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Hassanin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Building integrated Photvoltaic for existing buildings

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

As the quest for sustainable building increases, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) promises to be a viable energy source that easily blends with modern architectural materials. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NS Sellami

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Sustainability Ph.D.

Rochester Institute of Technology USA Golisano Institute for Sustainability

The Ph.D. in sustainability fosters innovation and creativity in solving real-world challenges within social, economic, technological, and business realms. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AB Batabyal

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training: Energy-efficient Indoor Climate Control for Optimised Health

University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering

This SCDT will provide an immersive opportunity for PhD students with a world-class interdisciplinary research and training programme to bridge the net-zero design and construction skills gap whilst providing specialist skills in human-centric smart building design and digitisation for optimised health and resilience. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A M-R Moreno-Rangel, Dr D T Tse, Dr G McGill, Dr L T Toledo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Socially intelligent management of built environments - Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics

University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering

This is a fully funded PhD opportunity within the Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics (The Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics (nia-leverhulme.org.uk)). Read more

Supervisor: Prof S O Oliveira

1 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sustainable Heating and Cooling Technologies

University of Warwick School of Engineering

The project. The Sustainable Thermal Energy Technologies (STET) research group in the School of Engineering has a PhD scholarship opportunity in the area of thermal energy. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Metcalf

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Taming the Dark Energy of EU Law: The EU as an International Actor

University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Law School

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position on a project entitled “Taming the Dark Energy of EU Law. The European Union’s Unwritten Constitution”. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Nic Shuibhne

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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New, nanoscale insights into perovskite solar cells for clean energy solutions

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change we need to switch to renewable, low-carbon electricity and we need to be able to store and transport this energy to ensure it can be accessed by all. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Ramadan

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Mathematical Modelling of High Energy Density Laser-Substrate Interactions

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MOD) research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security, and this project will be co-funded by MBDA. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Flint

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 118 building energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

building energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 118 building energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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