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Guest lecture: Salford Energy House: A European Funded Initiative
15th Feb 2012
The Salford Energy House is Europe’s 1st and only Energy House that has been reconstructed in a fully environmentally controllable chamber, in which climatic conditions can be maintained, varied, repeated and patterns monitored. The Energy House is a traditional pre 1920’s Victorian terrace house that has been reconstructed using reclaimed materials from local sources to represent 21% of the UK current housing stock. Salford Energy House provides a unique testing and development facility in which leading researchers can work collaboratively with industry to develop and test new technology and solutions to improve the energy efficiency of existing projects and processes. Video
Richard Fitton is a Chartered Member of the Energy Institute has joined as part of the ‘Green Infrastructures’ Project, a £1.5million European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded scheme. Richard’s role is to manage the collaborative research that takes place within the house, as well as the running of the house itself. Richard is a Building Surveyor by trade, however a good proportion of his career has been focused on Energy Management. On the surveying side he has worked for many years in the private sector, as well as several years in the Ministry Of Defence. On the Energy side, he has delivered training for a number of years to professionals on the subject of Energy Management and Assessment, and currently sits on a several exam panels for development of Energy Assessment qualifications, such as the new Green Deal assessor award. His more recent role before joining the University of Salford he was the Energy Manager at Trafford Council.
Time & Date: 13:00, 15th February 2011
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Mappin Building
RSVP: Richard Smith
Future speakers:
1st March: David Bleicher - Building Services Research and Information Association
23rd May: Rupert Read, Political and Environmental Philosophy at UEA, Norwich Green Party Transport Spokesman, National Green Party Spokesman on Public Services
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