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SUMMARY:Ensuring Energy Efficient Buildings - Craig Robertson\, Samuel Sta
 mp\, Kim Bouwer
DTSTART:20131016T110000Z
DTEND:20131016T130000Z
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CONTACT:Aaron Gillich
DESCRIPTION:*The role of information feedback in low energy building desig
 n\, construction and management*\nCraig Robertson\, PhD Candidate\, UCL En
 ergy Institute\n\nThis talk describes explores the set of ‘contextual pr
 essures’ within which building designers\, builders and managers work th
 roughout the building procurement and management process\, and explores th
 e way that actors interact with the contextual pressures\, how the pressur
 es influence decisions and ultimately building energy consumption. Suggest
 ions are then made on ways in which legislation could be directed to achie
 ve meaningful reductions in energy consumption. Recommendations are made f
 or adjustments to the framework to increase participation in meaningful bu
 ilding evaluation targeted at specifics of the energy gap and the motivati
 ons of industrial actors.\n\nCraig Robertson is an ARB registered architec
 t with over 8 years experience in industry\, he is currently studying for 
 a PhD at the UCL Energy Institute and is a founding partner of APE\; an ar
 chitecture\, research and design practice. Craigʼs research stems from a 
 frustration with current energy legislation relating to the built environm
 ent. His work seeks to develop and test effective means of introducing ene
 rgy data and building characteristic information into the design\, constru
 ction and management process.\n\n*Post-construction performance testing* \
 nSamuel Stamp\, PhD Candidate\, UCL Energy Institute\n\nEvidence suggests 
 a performance gap between actual energy use and design intent exists. To e
 nsure carbon reduction targets are met within the built environment this p
 erformance gap needs to be addressed. In the domestic sector a series of p
 ost-construction tests are being developed to look specifically at the bui
 lding fabric. These tests have so far revealed further evidence of signifi
 cant underperformance. It is therefore important a suitable set of tools e
 xists to examine performance and provide feedback across the design and co
 nstruction phases. These in situ testing methods will be discussed along w
 ith examples of their findings. In particular a method of examining whole 
 building heat loss will be explored.\n\nSam Stamp completed a four-year MS
 ci in Physics at the University of Bristol in 2009. Covering a range of ar
 eas this degree programme culminated in a project exploring the potential 
 for small-scale 'tidal stream' technologies in the tidal creeks that exist
  in the Bristol area. This work on small-scale energy generation led to a 
 position at LIRE\, the Lao Institute for Renewable Energy\, in Southeast A
 sia. Sam returned to the UK in 2010 to begin a Master in Research (MRes)  
 and later a PhD at the UCL Energy Institute as part of the ESPRC funded Do
 ctoral Training Centre in Energy Demand. A dissertation on the error and u
 ncertainty in coheating was the major element of this year in preparation 
 for a full PhD. This included coheating tests of both the Barratt Green Ho
 use and the Camden Passivhaus by Bere architects as well as controlled tes
 ting in UCL's Thermal laboratory. \n\n*Liability for energy performance pr
 oblems*\nKim Bouwer\, PhD Candidate\, UCL Energy Institute\n\nThis talk ex
 plores the potential for legal liability in relation to buildings with a 
 ‘performance gap’\, and the recourse available for owners of domestic 
 buildings with energy performance problems. It questions how energy perfor
 mance warranties are included or excluded from building contracts\, and ex
 amines whether there is a legal duty on design/build teams to ensure build
 ings meet energy performance targets.  Finally\, the talk questions litiga
 tion costs and access to justice concerns presents additional barriers to 
 civil recovery in these circumstances.\n\nKim joined the UCL Energy Instit
 ute in November 2011. Her research explores the extent to which remedies i
 n tort support or undermine legislative and policy initiatives\, to reduce
  carbon consumption in domestic buildings.  Before joining UCL\, Kim worke
 d as a lawyer\, conducting human rights and public interest litigation.  K
 im previously taught Property and Contract Law at the University of Witwat
 ersrand\, in Johannesburg. She is currently employed as a Teaching Fellow 
 at UCL Laws.
LOCATION:CRASSH Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9D
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