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 mission is to develop biotechnologies to create a new generation of ‘Living Buildings' which are responsible and responsive to their natural environment; grown using living engineered materials to reduce inefficient industrial construction processes; metabolise their own waste, reducing pollution, generating energy and high-value products; and modulate their microbiome to benefit human and ecological health and wellbeing... To achieve this, we have created the world's first Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE). The Hub combines two research clusters: Architecture and Engineering at Newcastle University and Biotechnology at Northumbria..

Primary location: United Kingdom