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SUMMARY:Inquiries into the Historic Ventilation System of the Palace of We
 stminster\, 1837-1924 - Dr. Henrik Schoenefeldt\, Lecturer in Sustainable 
 Architecture\, University of Kent
DTSTART:20130220T131500Z
DTEND:20130220T141500Z
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CONTACT:Ranald Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:Up until the mid-1940s the Palace of Westminster has been vent
 ilated by means of a stack ventilation system\, developed by a group of en
 gineers\, architects and scientists in the mid-nineteenth century. Henrik
 ’s current research project\, however\, has revealed that the ventilatio
 n system was subject of a continuous process of technical refinement\, inv
 olving numerous technical experiments and post-occupancy evaluations over 
 a period of seventy years. The management procedure and the internal envir
 onmental conditions were also continuously monitored and recorded. This ma
 terial has not been studied by historians in any depth before\, but this t
 alk will illustrate how primary source material can be used to reconstruct
  the design of the Palace’s historic stack ventilation system and how it
  was operated under different weather conditions and/or in response to the
  number of occupants. This is followed by a study of the system’s perfor
 mance from the point of energy use\, thermal comfort and air purity. This 
 research is based on a thorough analysis of historic measured data\, eyewi
 tness accounts and the findings of numerous scientific studies conducted i
 nside the Houses of Parliament between 1837 and 1924.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
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