Highlights
Event Participations
Project Highlights
SMEP project is selected in UN report
S2Cool Project highlighted by the UK government in its newly published International Education Strategy.
UN Water Conference 2026 Preparatory Meeting | Dakar, Senegal
Prolific North “Tech for Good” Award 2025
World HVACR 2025
2nd Advancement in Atmospheric Water Harvesting Webinar
Work highlighted in the Autumn edition of Northumbria University’s newspaper
Cool World Conference at Birmingham University, UK
Meeting with Miriam Rodway, the Chief Executive of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IOR)
Discussion with Prof. Toby Peters — our esteemed collaborator in the £2.8 million UKRI S2Cool Project.
GIKI, Pakistan Visit
North East StartUp Awards 2025
The Solar & Storage Live – KSA
EcoTechX Shortlisted for the Santander X UK National Awards 2025
SAFECONOMY Capacity Building
International Water Association’s Water Horizons 2025
Mr. Bilal Yasin, Minister of Housing, Urban Planning Development & Public Health Engineering, at our booth during the Pak Water & Environment Expo 2025
Visit KFUEIT, Pakistan
SAFECONOMY: Re-Inventing the Textile Circular Economy Featured in UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Report
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – Research, Science and Technology and The SMEP Programme 🌱 teams visited Northumbria University.
Presented S2Cool Project at the SEEP Conference 2025 under the Reef-UKC Symposium held at Brunel University London
NUST, Pakistan team visit Northumbria University
BZU, Pakistan team visit Northumbria University
S2Cool Project at the 30th Pakistan HVACR Society Expo
Participate in STEMFEST alongside the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
EcoTechX‘ Solar2Water and Optimum Aircon, IP Show at Northumbria University
Technology Highlights
Community Engagement Visit
Editor, Business Cloud & TechBlast
Patrick Prendergast (Mott MacDonald)
- https://www.theguardian.com/driving-change-inspiring-potential/article/2024/may/24/creating-water-from-thin-air-the-university-helping-to-decarbonise-our-future
- https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/new-portable-system-produces-drinking-water-from-just-air-and-sunlight/
- https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/northumbria-university/pressreleases/new-portable-system-produces-drinking-water-from-just-air-and-sunlight-3253314
- https://www.globalsociety.earth/post/pioneering-water-solutions-and-carbon-champions-northumbria-university-s-green-revolution/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2024/03/22/drawing-water-from-desert-air-no-longer-a-mirage/
- https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/06/08/new-portable-system-uses-pv-to-produce-drinkable-water-from-air-moisture/
- https://www.inceptivemind.com/solar2water-system-produces-clean-drinking-water-air-sunlight/31055/
- https://www.pollutionsolutions-online.com/news/water-wastewater/17/university-of-northumbria/northumbria-university-scientists-develop-portable-system-for-drinking-water-generation-using-air-and-sunlight/60434
- https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-portable-air-sunlight.html
- https://www.redimin.cl/tag/solar2water/
- https://building-tech.org/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B8/systema-solar2water-proyzvodyt-chystuyu-pytevuyu-vodu-tolko-yz-vozdukha-y-solnechnogo-sveta
- https://avatarenergia.com/el-sistema-solar2water-produce-agua-potable/
- https://www.neozone.org/innovation/solar2water-linvention-dun-panneau-qui-produit-de-leau-potable-a-partir-de-lair-et-de-lenergie-photovoltaique/
- https://www.construccionyvivienda.com/2023/05/25/solar2water-un-sistema-portatil-capaz-de-generar-agua-potable-a-partir-de-aire-y-luz-solar/
- https://www.aquatechtrade.com/news/water-treatment/air-and-sunlight-into-water-for-rural-communities
- https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2023/10/northernacceleratorfunding/
- https://www.tongsolar.com/knowledge/solar2water-a-technology-that-will-change-the-world-landscape-
- https://techtransfercentral.com/2023/05/24/northumbria-researchers-use-solar-energy-to-produce-clean-drinking-water/
- http://bardanet.com.br/d/3019-the-solar2water-system-produces-clean-drinking-water-with-only-air-and-sunlight
- https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2023/06/09/portable-system-uses-pv-to-produce-drinkable-water-from-air-moisture/
- https://www.elespanol.com/omicrono/tecnologia/20230607/revolucionarias-placas-solares-sequia-producen-litros-potable/769173137_0.html