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A monthly exploration into the world of sustainability in the built environment with commentary and input from University of the Built Environment’s Vice Chancellor and academics.

Six new renewable energy careers AI is helping to create

By Linda Serck As renewable energy expands and the grid becomes more complex, employers are looking for graduates who can speak two languages at once: energy and data. Across the…

Why grids need AI brains as much as renewable energy brawn

By Linda Serck Renewable energy now supplies more than half of the UK’s electricity, with wind close behind gas, and coal gone altogether. Building wind turbines and solar photovoltaic farms…

Electricity pylons - University of the Built Environment article on how AI could have stopped the Iberian blackout. Photo credit: Pok Rie, Pexels

How AI could have stopped the 2025 Iberian blackout

By Linda Serck On 28 April 2025, the power systems of Spain and Portugal suffered a full-scale blackout. Millions of homes, businesses and critical infrastructures plunged into darkness in seconds.…

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