ERBE CDT

SFI and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment

The ERBE CDT brings together world-leading academics from established energy research centres at MaREI, Loughborough University (LU) and University College London (UCL).

The CDT will train the future innovators and leaders capable of driving the future energy transformation. Students are trained through a programme of taught courses and PhD research hosted by the leading energy research groups in the UK and Ireland.

The training is led by world-leaders in their field and spans the technical, social and economic aspects of energy in the built environment, including: new and renewable energy systems; energy storage; smart controls; data analytics; socio-technical systems; people-centred design; human behaviour and energy economics.

It aims to promote excellence in research through the training of cohorts of doctoral students and the fostering of collaboration between UK and Ireland based researchers.

About ERBE

The ERBE CDT brings together world-leading academics from physics, engineering, the social sciences and economics to train our future leaders.

The ERBE Programme

Students will be immersed in world-leading multi-disciplinary training environments at MaREI, UCL & Loughborough University

Project Areas

Our multi-disciplinary research teams are uniquely capable of bringing new perspectives and insights into project areas

ERBE Student-Led Conference 2024

The 11th annual ERBE Student-Led Conference was hosted by Loughborough University at the James France Building, Loughborough, UK, on the 17th of April 2024.

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ERBE 2024 Successful Viva

We are also delighted to share that MaREI’s Orlaith McGinley of the University of Galway successfully defended her PhD thesis on ‘Retrofitting homes: Evaluating the householder’s retrofit journey, existing retrofit services and future directions for success in Ireland’s retrofit industry’.