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CATEGORIES:ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (semina
 r series)
SUMMARY:‘The weather within’\; 9 Bio-climatic designs - Al
 an Short\, Professor of Architecture - University 
 of Cambridge
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UID:TALK8614AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/8614
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\nOrder of magnitude reductions in carb
 on emissions arising from the environmental contro
 l of public buildings are available through judici
 ous design\; the exploitation of natural buoyancy 
 effects to naturally ventilate and passively cool\
 , the coupling of controlled ventilation with ther
 mal mass\, and the use of natural light whilst car
 efully limiting solar gains in the overheating sea
 son. Environmental design strategies pursuing this
  intent are presented for nine built projects acro
 ss a range of climates\; Mediterranean\, Temperate
 \, the London city heat island to the intense Cont
 inental type\, for occupancy types ranging from a 
 specialist industrial building\, to theatres\, lib
 raries and research facilities. Preliminary design
  simulations are compared with actual measured per
 formance with some commentary on the appropriate c
 ontribution of renewable energy techniques to evol
 ving designs.\n\n*Biography:*\nAlan Short is the P
 rofessor of Architecture. He invents low energy na
 turally ventilated and passively cooled public bui
 ldings\, and has built\, is building\, through his
  practice\, in a wide range of climate types\, in 
 Ahmedabad\, Chicago\, Malta\, Beijing\, London and
  the UK generally\, collaborating on these project
 s with the BP Institute\, the Martin Centre\, IESD
  in Leicester and other leading research instituti
 ons in the field. All projects are monitored and t
 he data put into the public realm.  His projects h
 ave won 'Green Building of the Year' 1995\, 'Build
 ing of the Year Award' (Building Magazine) 2000\, 
 SCONUL’s 'Best Academic Library Award' 1998-2003\;
  CIBSE 'Project 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
CONTACT:Jon Cullen
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