Greening Urban Environments
Virtual Workgroups News Items
Funding Completed
2024-25 £250,000 funding round completed - many thanks to all involved - lots of work and expenditure ahead!
mike@virtualworkgroups.com
10/07/2025
Seaweed & Algae
We have been asked to investigate investment opportunities relating to technical challenges for growing, processing and marketing seaweed (and freshwater algae it seems !)
mike@virtualworkgroups.com
30/06/2025
Revisiting the Transputer Project
Conversion of the High Speed Serial Links to free space optical links
Lessons for LiFi ?
simon@virtualworkgroups.com
17/05/2025
Energy Harvesting Investigation
Thermal Cycle of Structures
Details Here Soon
or contact
mike@virtualworkgroups.com
20/04/2025
Acetaldehyde Investigation
Interesting co-incidences – or opportunity for investigation ?
More draft details here
or contact
mike@virtualworkgroups.com
14/03/2025
Smart Intelligent Pipes
New Heat Capture Ratings
ESP32 Wireless Control of Panel and Solar Unit
info@virtualworkgroups.com
22/01/2025
Portable Solar Unit Upgraded
LiFePO4 now the battery of choice
Panel upgraded to 50 watt
Microcontroller upgraded to ESP32
Wireless monitoring and data feedback
info@virtualworkgroups.com
02/06/2024
GutterGrow Trade Mark Issued
Project now fully funded for 2024
more information from
info@virtualworkgroups.com
02/01/2024
Greenhouse Heating Project New Funding
Project now fully funded for 2023-24
more information from
info@virtualworkgroups.com
17/09/2023
Plant Growing Systems Project
Revised design with perlite channel and cascading nutrient irrigation
Software nearing completion - new update information being posted here
info@virtualworkgroups.com
17/09/2023
Plant Growing Systems Project
Demonstrator under construction with active thermal store greenhouse heating
more information from
info@virtualworkgroups.com
04/09/2022
Finally we hit our target of £100K for 2021
31/10/2020
New project fund raising underway
8/02/2020
Is the end of the PCB market is sight ?
04/02/2020
Mobile Solar System
Final version of mobile solar unit now under test.
Fully waterproof enclosure 7Ah running ESP32 Bluetooth and WiFi
22/07/2019