BUILT ENVIRONMENT

The Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment was established in August 2019 through an £8M grant awarded via Research England's E3 (Expanding Excellence in England) Fund. The unique collaboration brings together bio-scientists from Northumbria University and architects, designers and engineers from Newcastle University... Our vision is to develop biotechnologies to create a new generation of Living Buildings which are responsive to their natural environment; grown using living engineered materials to reduce inefficient industrial construction processes; metabolise their own waste, reducing pollution, generate energy and high-value products and modulate their microbiome to benefit human health and wellbeing. To achieve this, we are building the world's first research Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE)... We want to make the UK a leader in this new transdisciplinary field by creating a research hub capable of creatively designing and building biotechnology at..

Primary location: United Kingdom