Mapping waste heat: new project to uncover untapped energy in Birmingham

A new research initiative led by London South Bank University (LSBU) aims to transform how cities identify and reuse waste heat from cooling systems, with Birmingham serving as the pilot project.The Waste Heat Assessment and Resource Mapping (WHARM) project, funded by the EPSRC through the Reef-UKC network, will map energy-intensive sectors such as data centres, supermarkets, cold storage facilities and industrial sites.
The goal is to quantify their waste heat output and explore options for ons