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SUMMARY:‘The weather within’\; 9 Bio-climatic designs - Alan Short\, P
 rofessor of Architecture - University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Jon Cullen
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\nOrder of magnitude reductions in carbon emissions
  arising from the environmental control of public buildings are available 
 through judicious design\; the exploitation of natural buoyancy effects to
  naturally ventilate and passively cool\, the coupling of controlled venti
 lation with thermal mass\, and the use of natural light whilst carefully l
 imiting solar gains in the overheating season. Environmental design strate
 gies pursuing this intent are presented for nine built projects across a r
 ange of climates\; Mediterranean\, Temperate\, the London city heat island
  to the intense Continental type\, for occupancy types ranging from a spec
 ialist industrial building\, to theatres\, libraries and research faciliti
 es. Preliminary design simulations are compared with actual measured perfo
 rmance with some commentary on the appropriate contribution of renewable e
 nergy techniques to evolving designs.\n\n*Biography:*\nAlan Short is the P
 rofessor of Architecture. He invents low energy naturally ventilated and p
 assively cooled public buildings\, and has built\, is building\, through h
 is practice\, in a wide range of climate types\, in Ahmedabad\, Chicago\, 
 Malta\, Beijing\, London and the UK generally\, collaborating on these pro
 jects with the BP Institute\, the Martin Centre\, IESD in Leicester and ot
 her leading research institutions in the field. All projects are monitored
  and the data put into the public realm.  His projects have won 'Green Bui
 lding of the Year' 1995\, 'Building of the Year Award' (Building Magazine)
  2000\, SCONUL’s 'Best Academic Library Award' 1998-2003\; CIBSE 'Projec
 t of the Year' 2003 & 2004\; ‘CIBSE Environmental Initiative of the Year
 ’ 2006\; BDA ‘Best Public Building’\, 2006\; RIBA Awards 1995\, 2000
 \, 2003 and 2006.
LOCATION:LR4\, Engineering Department\, Baker Building
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