Folder titled 'Flier Copy etc - Logo Competition'

Reference:GB 1694 DC 045/1/28
Dates of Creation:Oct 1993-Sep 1994
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Scope and Content
Folder contains:
* correspondence relating to preparation of flyer for '2nd Announcement and Final Call for Abstracts', plus text for the same
* competition details for logo design, and letters of congratulations and (post-conference) thanks to winner (Barry Gordon)
* and handwritten notes on Scottish Solar Energy Group, detailing background, membership profiles, etc.
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).
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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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