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Envirotent

  • 8 and over
  • Energy
  • Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology

Indoor Solar Cells

Indoor solar cells for sustainable smart buildings. Buildings consume ~30% of primary energy and account for ~30% of total CO2 emissions. Join Lethy as she explains how the use of Indoor Solar Cells can reduce the power consumption inside buildings.
  • 8 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Technology

Generating Electricity at Whitelee Windfarm

Learn about electricity generation at the UK’s largest onshore windfarm. Whitelee windfarm, just south of Glasgow generates enough electricity for 350,000 homes from the power of the wind!
  • 8 and over
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Technology

How To Generate Electricity With Carbon Negative Emissions

An introduction to the decarbonisation journey of Drax Power Station. Investigate how changing the fuel they use and developing new innovative technology supports their plans to be a carbon negative company by 2030.
  • 8 and over
  • Careers
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Technology

Renewable energy from the tides

Discover the most powerful tidal turbine in the world! Mechanical and Hydrodynamics Engineer, Tiphaine Cazenave, explains how the O2 turbine works, and the challenges the team at Orbital Marine Power have faced in its build and operation.
  • 8 and over
  • Careers
  • Citizenship
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Pollution
  • Technology

Fresh air for all

How does the quality of the air around us affect our health and the environment? Fiona, an Environmental Health Officer, will be discussing air pollution, how it is monitored and what can be done to improve air quality in our local area.
  • 11 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Research
  • Technology

Counting Carbon

Discover how we calculate and track global carbon emissions in this video from the European Space Agency.
  • 11 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Research
  • Technology

Change in the Arctic

Satellites play a vital role in monitoring the rapid changes taking place in the Arctic. Tracking ice lost from the world’s glaciers, ice sheets and frozen land shows that Earth is losing ice at an accelerating rate.
  • 11 and over
  • Citizen Science
  • Climate Change
  • Nature
  • Pollution
  • Research
  • Technology

Our Breathing Earth

Balancing Carbon is a key issue of climate change. This interactive globe allows you to explore our planet and discover how scientists are monitoring carbon and other greenhouse gases.
  • 8 and over
  • Energy
  • Oceans
  • Sustainability
  • Technology

Scotland’s Tidal Energy Future

Discover the most powerful tidal turbine in the world! Mechanical engineer, John Bowman, explains how the O2 turbine works, the challenges Orbital Marine Power have faced, and how tidal power could be a solution to energy needs in coastal countries.
  • all ages
  • Climate Change
  • Technology

Climate Change from Space – Satellites have seen it all

Ever wondered what climate change actually looks like? Is it the same everywhere in the world? Find out how satellites can answer these questions in this David Elder Lecture.
  • 8 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Technology

Flight

Louise Scott from STV news reports on trials of a hybrid electric plane.
  • 8 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Technology

Tidal Turbines

Steven Brown from STV News reports on a powerful tidal turbine which is generating power to homes off Orkney.
  • 8 and over
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Technology

GSC Goes Green

Glasgow Science Centres Green Team have been working hard to reduce our environmental impact. Discover the changes we have made on our journey towards carbon neutral.