Across our three university hubs, we've supported over 1,000 green businesses on a mission to grow responsibly. Here are a few of them.
Fuelling the hydrogen economy
As part of our Environmental Masters Student Placement scheme, a University of Brighton postgraduate student worked with local initiative Hydrogen Sussex to map the opportunities for hydrogen use in heavy freight and the public sector across the region.
Easy Ceiling
Easy Ceiling design, manufacture and install stretch ceilings – a lightweight suspended ceiling system that clips into a perimeter track. We helped them with product testing, UK innovation funding, and peer business support.
Lankelma
Lankelma work in the pre-construction sector and wanted to embed sustainability into the heart of their business.
Love Lane Brewing
Finding a more sustainable way to transport waste from brewing beer.
Bulky Bob’s
Finding the most environmentally-friendly way to deal with discarded mattresses.
FREDS
FREDS is a service platform that provides a fast and simple way to perform building energy simulations, and help choose the most appropriate building components and systems during early design stages.
Medisort
Medisoft collects, processes and disposes of healthcare waste in the southeast of England, including single use instruments, sharps, medicinal waste and absorbent hygiene products.
Airhead
Airhead is a start-up that is developing an air pollution face mask for cyclists, offering enhanced protection against harmful particulate matter and gases.
Judge Sampson
Judge Sampson company worked with the University of Brighton to secure a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (mKTP), a three year business transformation project that gives the company access to funding to employ a high-calibre graduate and access to university expertise.
Used Kitchen Exchange
UKE (Used Kitchen Exchange) is a multi-award winning disruptive business who specialise in the re-sale of used (second hand) and ex-display kitchens.
Business Edge
Business Edge work on disruptive technology that removes the need for oil to be used in air conditioning compressors. Initial tests on a small compressor showed impressive energy savings of up to 40%.
The Florrie
Faced with an overheating problem with their building, The Florrie approached Liverpool John Moores University to help them find a solution.
Akro Valve
Akro Valve Ltd supply flow control valves and water distribution systems that deliver precise units of flow.
Ambiental Environmental Assessment
Ambiental Environmental Assessment use complex data and sophisticated computer modelling to predict flood risks.
Zedify
Zedify uses zero-emission electric cargo bikes to run a delivery network around cities across the UK.
A new IT system to fuel growth
BCMY Ltd re-use and recycle used printer cartridges.
V Solar
Testing the performance of an innovative solar water energy system.
Energy Fairies
Developing an innovative thermal plantation shutter.
OSET Bikes
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership to support the development of a fully electric adult trials bike.
NER
Making paper pulp from agricultural waste
Waterblade
Waterblade, based in Brighton, fits to a tap and reduces water consumption by up to twice as much as a standard eco aerating nozzle.
