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4-year UCL PhD studentship in: ‘Empirical assessment of health and wellbeing in low energy buildings’

UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering in partnership with Architype are seeking applications for a fully funded Studentship on topic in ‘Empirical assessment of health and wellbeing in low energy buildings’ This project will research key relationships between occupant health and wellbeing and low energy buildings. Firstly, how active building monitoring can ensure ongoing performance-gap-free energy performance. Secondly, …

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ERBE Student-Led Conference 2022 – a Huge Success

ERBE and LoLo staff and students gathered in Galway, Ireland, for the first in-person student-led conference in almost three years. The event, ‘Striking the Balance: Demand Reduction vs Supply Decarbonisation’ has been praised by attendees for it’s organisation and networking opportunities, as well as the excellent presentations from our student speakers. The conference was held in Galway, …

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International Women’s Day: ERBE Spotlight – Dr Vanda Dimitrou

By Emily Jennings, CDT Manager at UCL Dr Dimitriou is a Lecturer in Digital Engineering at Loughborough University, and teaches Building Energy Modelling to ERBE students at Loughborough and UCL. Vanda previously worked as a Senior Consultant, acting as project manager for energy data mapping projects, focusing on fuel poverty, and retrofitting. I spoke to Vanda about her …

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Multiple awards for LoLo alumni and academic staff at the CIBSE President’s Awards dinner

LoLo CDT congratulates four alumni and numerous academic staff winning multiple awards at the CIBSE President’s Awards dinner earlier this month. The awards celebrated the most highly rated papers published in CIBSE’s Building Services Engineering Research and Technology journal (BSERT) through the presentation of bronze and silver medals. LoLo alumnus, Dr George Bennett, and Dr Cliff Elwell, …

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ERBE Deputy Director, Dr. David Allinson: “Life is about the people you meet and the things you achieve together”

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Name & Institution Dr David Allinson, Building Energy Research Group, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University. What is your research area? I combine measurement and modelling techniques to evaluate the energy, thermal, and moisture performance of buildings. What attracted you to working with the ERBE CDT? The ERBE CDT is addressing one …

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The Socio-Technical Context of Building Energy Research

On 3rd February 2021, doctoral researchers from the Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI), University College London (UCL) and Loughborough University (LU) on the Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment (ERBE CDT) course came together for ERBE’s second annual mini conference online organised by UCL, LU and MaREI.  The theme of the conference was …

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