Articles by DWT Team

Dr. Elizabeth Lawson awarded Scottish Parliament Academic Fellowship Award (SPICe)

Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Lawson who has been awarded a Scottish Parliament Academic Fellowship, managed and hosted by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). The aim of the scheme is to: provide the Scottish Parliament with specialised resources, allowing it to undertake and communicate analysis which would otherwise not be possible increase use of academic

Improving the Sustainability of Septic Tanks: An off-campus experiment

As part of the EPSRC programme grant and in collaboration with Scottish Water Horizons, we are conducting a septic tanks’ experiment at a Scottish Water treatment facility in Fife. The aim of the experiment is to study and understand the emissions produced by septic tanks and the subsequent environmental impact.  This experiment is the first

Professor Zhibin Yu – Flexible Heat Pump

Recently publicity on Professors Yu’s work to make 200-year-old heat pump technology even more efficient than it already is, potentially opening the door for much greater adoption of heat pumps worldwide. How heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future / Knowable Magazine /11 January 2023 Which is Better: Heat Pump