TWO Southampton-based projects are to benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding. The University of Southampton is harnessing space tech to help make buildings more energy efficient and preserve important historical sites, thanks to £200,000 of Government funding. Through the UK Space Agency, the government is giving a cash injection to five projects, including two led by the University of Southampton. The projects are designed to bring together UK business expertise with universities to help build space solutions to global problems, on UK soil. One of the projects, ArchAI, will use space archaeology and Earth Observation data to help the construction industry by spotting likely sites for archaeology, saving people and businesses money when acquiring planning permission by significantly lowering the risk of construction inadvertently on a burial site.