Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

News

General

  • The Futurebuild conference will be taking place from Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 September 2013.
  • David Coley invited to become a Reviewer for IPCC.
  • The special issue of Building and Environment that David Coley has been co-authoring with Pieter de Wilde has finally been printed.

Grant activity

  • Evaluation of the design performance of a Sainsbury's in Bath, joint project with Keir; funding from TSB; £40k. 2 years.
  • Energy reduction in buildings (BuildTEDDI), joint project with CS, Psychology and others; funding from EPSRC; £1.5m successful. 4 years.
  • Evaluation of the design performance of Estover Community College in Plymouth, joint project with AECOM; funding from TSB; £37k; successful. 2 years.

Meetings etc

  • Spent two days in Ulster reviewing a potential foundation degree in building services and renewable energy - in may ways they were ahead of us.
  • Off to COBEE 2012 in Colorado with Tom and Alfonso at the end of July.
  • Several meetings with CIBSE's climate task force and the Guide-A committee.

Recent papers

  • De Wilde, P. and Coley, D., Editorial article: The Implications of a Changing Climate for Buildings, Building and Environment17-APR-2012 DOI information: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.03.014.
  • A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future proofing buildings against higher temperatures; Building and Environment; accepted.

Books

  • Two chapters in Solutions to Climate Change Challenges in the Built Environment (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).
 
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