Folder titled 'N Sun - Originals... Reg. Prog. etc'

• Reference:GB 1694 DC 045/1/20
• Dates of Creation:c1994
• Name of Creator:
  Porteous, Professor Colin D A
• Physical Description:
  116 items

• Scope and Content

  Folder contains:
  * guide to Glasgow pamphlet
  * invite to post-conference civic reception
  * Porteous article from 'Sun at Work in Europe' on North Sun conference
  * cottish Solar Energy Group membership application/renewal form
  * conference pamphlets, programmes, payment and registration forms, compliment slips, and maps of Glasgow city centre.

• 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).

• 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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