Folder titled 'N Sun - CP's Paper Illustrations'

Reference:GB 1694 DC 045/1/31
Dates of Creation:Jan 1994-Jul 1994
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Scope and Content
Folder contains:
* introductory address notes
* 'Great Moments in Architecture' cartoon, featuring GSA
* notes for sessions 3b and 4b
* Porteous' et al paper on 'Thermally Efficient Window Design For The Scottish Housing Market'
* timetable for tour and dinner
* instructions to chairperson (on handling time per speaker, etc)
* and acetates.
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).
Arrangement
In order of presentation paper number
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).
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