EPSRC and SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment
Sun, Sea and Energy Efficiency: a Conference With a View Adria Martin Vilaseca (ERBE CDT student) and Nicole Watson (LoLo CDT student) Every two years a group of over 400 people meet in a resort in Hyères in the South of France for 5 days. The aim is not only to enjoy the weather and the nice views …
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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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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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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, …
LGBT+ History month is an annual event which is observed in a number of countries across the world, including the UK and Ireland during the month of February. Professor Brian Ó Gallachóir, MaREI Centre Director, shares the following words in support of the month: The ERBE Centre for Doctoral Training is delighted to mark the …
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The ERBE CDT kicked off the new academic year with the block teaching week in ‘Energy Resilience and the Global Built Environment’. This ‘block-week’ is an intensive introduction to topics of importance for students embarking on their PhD within the ERBE CDT. Below, students from institutions across the CDT share their perspectives on the block …
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 …
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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Shahnewaz Siddiqque, ERBE CDT Student in University College Cork, MaREI: “It’s been a year since I became a part of ERBE CDT and the journey can’t be more interesting to me as a Ph.D. student with lots of new experiences and exposure. Recently, I participated in the ERBE annual event called “The Block Week “. …
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Orlaith McGinley, MaREI ERBE PhD Student in NUI Galway won an Award for Best Student Paper in Energy at the recent Civil Engineering Research in Ireland 2020 conference. Paper Title: Key considerations in the design of a One-Stop-Shop retrofit model. Overview of the paper – This paper provided a definition of the One-Stop-Shop model, highlighted its benefits and how it …