Folder titled: 'NIFES'

• Reference:GB 1694 DC 046/1/14
• Dates of Creation:c1996-2000
• Name of Creator:
  Porteous, Professor Colin D A
• Physical Description:
  54 items

• Scope and Content

  Folder contains:
  * D. Humble's, 'Concept to Completion - A User's Guide'
  * Porteous', 'Integrated Solar Approcah - Users Interacting With The System'
  * and material related to NIFES Easthall workshops/seminars, including reproductions from travel guides for Poland and Germany.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Prof Colin Porteous is an architect and researcher whose interest extends to energy-efficient design moved from practice to in-depth research. In 1981, he became active in the international solar community and then a full-time academic in 1986 after leading a community technical aid centre. He linked problems of fuel poverty to passive solar solutions via EU-funded Easthall Demonstration Project in early 1990s. Prof Porteous initiated the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) in 1993. He is the author of [i]THE NEW eco-ARCHITECTURE[/i] (2002) and [i]Solar Architecture in Cool Climates[/i] (2005), and has contributed a chapter to [i]Sensing a Historic Low-CO2 Future[/i] (2011).

• Note

  Prof Colin Porteous is an architect and researcher whose interest extends to energy-efficient design moved from practice to in-depth research. In 1981, he became active in the international solar community and then a full-time academic in 1986 after leading a community technical aid centre. He linked problems of fuel poverty to passive solar solutions via EU-funded Easthall Demonstration Project in early 1990s. Prof Porteous initiated the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) in 1993. He is the author of [i]THE NEW eco-ARCHITECTURE[/i] (2002) and [i]Solar Architecture in Cool Climates[/i] (2005), and has contributed a chapter to [i]Sensing a Historic Low-CO2 Future[/i] (2011).

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.

• Additional Information

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