Past events and webinars
Final event: Delivering solutions for the water-energy nexus
Tuesday 7th March 2023, Dublin and online
The closing event of the project took place in Trinity Business School, Dublin. This event celebrated the research-based achievements, marked the closure of the project, and looked ahead to the continuing transition towards net zero water systems. You can watch the recording of the event in the video on the right. Below you can find a link to the presentation slides.
Launch event of our Drain Water Heat Recovery System at Penrhyn Castle
Tuesday 11th October 2022, Penryhn Castle and online
The launch event of the Drain Water Heat Recovery system was held in Penrhyn Castle and virtually online, with presentations from representatives of National Trust, Bangor University and Trinity College Dublin. A guided tour of the system was offered to participants at the event, while a 3D virtual tour in Mozilla Hub was facilitated for participants online.
Sustainability Webinar Series
Managing a transdisciplinary research project
Wednesday 15th February 2023, online
The last of the Sustainability Series webinars reflects on the experience of managing a transdisciplinary research project like Dŵr Uisce, illustrating research approach, learning and insights. As well it featured DUVis, a bespoke visualisation tool built to visualise the project metadata with particular emphasis on the collaborations established during the project and the level of engagement with non-academic partners.
Wastewater heat recovery in industries: The case of ABP
Tuesday 24th January 2023, online
The seventh webinar of the free Sustainability Webinars Series covered the opportunities and challenges of recovering heat from wastewater in industrial processes. You can watch the recording to hear from idustry representatives and Dŵr Uisce researchers about what has been done and what else could be done. You also get a chance to virtually visit one of the sites used in the study.
Recovering heat from drain water in commercial kitchens
Tuesday 5th April 2022, online
The sixth webinar of the Sustainability Webinar Series took place on 05 April 2022 and was delivered online via Zoom. You can now watch the recording to learn the technical details of drain water heat recovery in commercial kitchens and the practical application at our demonstration site in Wales. The Heat Recovery Toolkit is also illustrated and an example is presented.
Climate change and future water resources
Wednesday 6th October 2021, online
The fifth webinar of the Sustainability Webinar Series took place on October 6th 2021 via Zoom. Watch the video to learn about the Dŵr Uisce project’s latest work in quantifying the impact of climate change on hydrology and water quality in Wales, and its implications for run-of-river hydropower operations and other water uses.
Benchmarking water and energy efficiency
Wednesday 14th April 2021, online
The fourth webinar of the Sustainability Webinar Series took place on April 14th 2021 and was delivered online using Zoom. Watch the video to discover more about what benchmarking is and how it can help your organisation to improve its water and energy efficiency. You will also be taken through two examples of benchmarking of water-energy efficiency of hotel and water company.
Recovering heat from drain water: Making it happen
Wednesday 24th March 2021, online
The third webinar of the Sustainability Webinar Series took place on March 24th 2021 and it was delivered using Zoom. Watch the video to discover more about heat recovery from commercial kitchens. A demonstration of the Dŵr Uisce Heat Recovery Toolkit is also featured, you can download the toolkit here.
Recovering heat from drain water: The opportunity
Wednesday 10th March 2021, online
The second webinar of the Sustainability Webinar Series took place on March 10th 2021using Zoom. Watch the video to discover more about the background of heat recovery from small scale domestic applications to those at large scale at wastewater treatment plants. Research progress on new technological solutions is also presented.
Exploring micro-hydropower
Wednesday 25th February 2021, online
The first webinar of the Sustainability Webinar Series took place on February 25th 2021 and was delivered using Zoom. Watch the video to discover more about pump-as-turbine, their advantages, limitations and applications.
Heat Recovery Potential of Leisure Centres: opportunities, challenges, and risks
Tuesday 24th February 2021, online
This panel discussion on the heat recovery potential of leisure centres took place via Zoom. Watch the video to discover insights for the leisure centre sector on opportunities, challenges, and risks of using such technology in practice.
Launch event of our Small-scale Hydropower Installation at Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant
Thursday 21st November 2019, Ty Mawr Wybrnant, Wales
This event launched a small hydropower installation from Afon Wybrnant, which is expected to generate about 19,000 kWh of clean renewable electricity per year for lighting and heating Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant, saving approximately 5.2 tonnes of CO2 per year and allowing the National Trust to maintain a culturally significant collection more sustainably.
Launch event of our Micro-Hydropower Installation at Blackstairs GWS
Thursday 2nd May 2019, Rathnure, Co. Wexford, Ireland
The official opening of our micro-hydropower energy recovery demonstration site Blackstrairs GWS was held on the 2nd May 10-2pm. The opening event of the site was hosted by Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with our partners Blackstairs Group Water Scheme, EPS, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, and Bangor University. The event featured an official opening of the hydropower turbine preceded by a presentation about the development of hydropower project at the site, from concept to installation. The event included guests from different academic, industrial and public organizations associated with the project. The attendees were taken to the treatment works for a site tour, while presentations were held in the local community centre.
2nd Annual Dŵr Uisce Conference, 2018: Water-Energy Innovation
Tuesday 23rd October 2018, Dublin, Ireland
The second annual Dŵr Uisce conference was hosted by Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. The theme of this year's conference was 'Water–Energy Innovation' and it aims to address the challenges we face in relation to water and energy demands in our region. The programme was divided into three sessions: "Innovation Opportunities", "Innovation Practice" and "Demonstrating Learning". The event featured a variety of guest speakers from industry, water and energy suppliers, community services and our researchers in Ireland and Wales. We discussed historical and future trends in the water and energy sectors, updates of our research and news about the demonstration sites.
Water & Energy in Rural Communities: A workshop for Group Water Schemes
Thursday 26th April 2018, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
This event presented case studies and discussions as to how energy and water saving can be achieved in rual communities in Ireland.
Workshop: Enhancing the resilience of businesses in Wales: Water-energy savings, offsets and recovery
Friday 26th January 2018, Newtown, Powys, Wales
This event presented case studies and discussions as to how and why achieving savings, offsetting your demands and identify opportunities for recycling/recovery of energy and water is so important to Wales.
1st Annual Dŵr Uisce Conference, 2017: Sustainability in Energy & Water Resources: Research & Practice
Friday 27th October 2017, Bangor University, Wales
The first annual Dŵr Uisce conference was held in Bangor on the 27th of October 2017, where participants had the opportunity to experience a variety of presentations by speakers from our cluster and to engage in panel discussions. The conference schedule and presentation materials from each speaker are available below.
Dŵr Uisce project kick-off 2016
Friday 7th October 2016, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
The Dŵr Uisce project kick-off commenced on the 7th of October 2016, where the full day event was attended by academics, practitioners, innovators, and end-users from 23 various organizations.