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Grants to Support Solar Panel Installations
May 2025
When the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme was introduced in 2010, installations soared to over 800,000 in five years. After FIT subsidies were cut in 2016, installations dropped by 74%. But when the Smart Export Guarantee launched in 2020, they tripled back to previous levels. Read more
EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
May 2025
For many products, repairing them is often more expensive than buying new ones as spare parts cost more than an entire new product. The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is aiming to fix this issue. Read more
Turning Beer Waste into Building Material
May 2025
Germany's iconic beer industry produces tons of costly waste each year, which HopfON (a German startup) is turning into sustainable building materials! Read more
Heat Pumps in Old Buildings
April 2025
A groundbreaking project in Chelsea is shattering misconceptions about renewable heating, proving that even century-old homes can embrace climate-smart technology. Read more
Wild Bulls Store Carbon Emissions
April 2025
A rewilding project in the Scottish Highlands is testing whether a herd of wild bulls could be the next big step in fighting climate change. Read more
Glasgow is trialling eco-friendly electric wallpapers
April 2025
Electric wallpaper (developed by University of Glasgow) combines copper strips and graphene or carbon to conduct electricity. Installed on ceilings, it emits infrared heat, warming rooms efficiently without gas heating up in only 1-3 minutes, improving air quality, and reducing risks of damp and mould. Read more
UK & Australia Expand Climate Partnerships
April 2025
With all the negative news at the moment, we wanted to remind you of some positive progress, such as the UK and Australia’s Climate and Energy Partnership signed in October 2024 by Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese. Read more
UK Stopped Coal
March 2025
Last year, the UK marked a major climate milestone by desyncing its final coal-fired power station! This step makes the UK the first G7 country to eliminate coal power, closing a 142-year chapter of coal-generated electricity. How did the UK achieve this? Read more
Subscription Models for Heat Pumps
March 2025
Heat pumps are a greener alternative to gas boilers, but with installation costs averaging €11,500, many homeowners hesitate to make the switch. In fact, heat pump sales in Europe declined for the first time in a decade in 2023, raising concerns that the EU could miss its 2030 climate targets by 25%. Read more
Rewilding Nature
March 2025
Rewilding is gaining momentum across the UK, with Scotland aiming to become the world's first ‘Rewilding Nation’and Wales launching its largest ecosystem restoration project. Britain is one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries, ranking in the bottom 25% globally for biodiversity. The State of Nature report highlights the impact of intensive agriculture, climate breakdown, non-native forestry, and pollution on native species. Read more
Germany Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions
March 2025
Germany's government has been heavily criticised in recent months, ending with early elections in February and two of the three parties in government now being in opposition. However, Germany's previous administration has done a lot right, especially when it comes to environmental policy – in 2023, Germany's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by a remarkable 10.1%. Read more
Paper-Thin Solar Panels
February 2025
Imagine paper thin solar panels that can be wrapped around buildings like wallpaper. Japan is making this sci-fi vision a reality with a massive $1.5B bet on solar panels which are a couple of millimetres thin, which could reshape urban energy! Read more
Artificial Plants To Reduce Carbon Emissions
February 2025
SUNY Binghamton researchers have developed artificial plants that don't just match nature - they supercharge it. Using bacteria-based solar cells and biomimicry design, these engineering marvels utilize cyanobacteria to convert CO2 and water into oxygen, just like their natural cousins. Read more
Reducing Cost of Climate Action
January 2025
What if you would get paid for saving the planet? While most climate solutions ask us to sacrifice now for future gains, there's a smarter way forward. Read more
The Real Cost of Climate Action
January 2025
As Los Angeles burns today, we're watching $𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 unfold before our eyes. But this isn't an isolated incident. The question isn't whether we can afford climate action. The question is – can we afford not to act? Read more
Neuro-Symbolic AI Survey
October 2024
We published a survey on neuro-symbolic AI titled "Mapping the Neuro-Symbolic AI Landscape by Architectures - A Handbook on Augmenting Deep Learning Through Symbolic Reasoning". Neuro-symbolic AI models tackle the main problems of neural networks, in particular interpretability, data need, and safety guarantees. In this survey, we discuss how neuro-symbolic models achieve these feats and the latest models. Read more
TEDx Talk on Sustainable Action
October 2024
Neuro-symbolic AI models tackle the main problems of neural networks, in particular interpretability, data need, and safety guarantees. In this survey, we discuss how neuro-symbolic models achieve these feats and the latest models. Read more
ICML 2023
July 2023
Our paper "Parallel Neuro-Symbolic Integration with Concordia" has been accepted at ICML 2023 - a top-tier conference for machine learning and AI. This is the second research paper for bennu.ai! The paper has been presented by Jonathan Feldstein and Modestas Jurčius in Hawaii past week. Read more
AAAI 2023
February 2023
Our paper "Principled and Efficient Motif Finding for structure learning of lifted graphical models" has been accepted at AAAI 2023 - a top-tier conference for machine learning and AI. The paper has been presented by Jonathan Feldstein and Dominic Phillips in Washington D.C. this week. Read more
SMART:Scotland 2023
October 2023
BENNU.AI was awarded a second £100,000 SMART:Scotland grant by Scottish Enterprise (matched with a £50,000 loan). This award is intended for the development of a small-scale recycling facility for the back-of-house of train stations or office builidings. Read more
Converge Net-Zero Award
November 2022
BENNU.AI was successful at the Converge Awards 2022 in the Net-Zero category the award comes with a £10,000 grant. Read more
Scottish EDGE at COP26
November 2022
BENNU.AI was selected as one of Scotland's most promising sustainable start-ups to pitch at the United Nations COP 26 in Glasgow their business for a main Scottish EDGE Award. Read more
Cisco Future Tech Award
November 2022
BENNU.AI was selected by CISCO for their technology underpinning our smart waste bins as the most promising technology at the Converge Awards 2021. Read more
Inspire Launch Grow
June 2022
BENNU.AI was successful at the Converge Awards 2022 in the Net-Zero category the award comes with a £10,000 grant. Read more
SMART:Scotland 2021
November 2021
BENNU.AI was awarded a £100,000 grant for the development of a smart waste bin by Scottish Enterprise (matched with a £50,000 loan). Read more
VBI Best Innovation
June 2021
Among the cohort of 26 fantastic entrepreneurs, BENNU.AI was selected as the business with the "Best Innovation" at the University of Edinburgh. Read more