Author Archives: Emma Hawkins

This popular seminar series returns to University of Reading today to discuss ‘demand side management opportunities for end users’ with an wide audience drawn from industry, academia and energy professionals. The presentations featured each speaker’s unique perception of the topic: … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce that TSBE EngD student Mitch Curtis has won the brand new ‘New Talent’ award for BREEAM Accredited Graduate. See our original post for more details of BREEAM and Mitch’s research. Congratulations Mitch!  

Office buildings key to health See the TSBE Centre’s research in this area: Creating an intelligent building environment to enhance investment trader performance  

TSBE Researcher Mitch Curtis has been shortlisted for the new BREEAM Talent Award for university students, for his essay “Comparative Study of Demand Response Requirements in Green Building Assessment Schemes”. BRE Group’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is widely used to describe … Continue reading →

Nanjing skyline from the shore of Xuanwu Lake. Nanjing, China was the venue for this year’s International Workshop on Chemical Bioavailability (IWCB), the eighth in the biennial series, held in October 2015. The previous meeting was held in Nottingham, UK. … Continue reading →

Posted on 15 January 2016 by Mary Pothitou This research on ‘Energy demand and working practices in office buildings’ is associated with the project ‘Negotiating needs and expectations in commercial buildings’ which in turn is part of the ‘DEMAND’ (Dynamics … Continue reading →

Egg shaped device wins CIOB award  

This summer, TSBE Centre EngD student Bridget Ogwezi beat 11 other finalists to win the Three Minute Thesis competition run by the University of Reading’s Graduate School. The competition is a popular part of the school’s annual Doctoral Research Conference where researchers have 3 … Continue reading →

The recent Energy Seminar “Innovation in Energy Management” held by University of Reading in association with The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce was hailed as a success by participants. The seminar was led by Dr Phil Coker. Presenting best practice … Continue reading →

TSBE student, and Senior Engineer at BuroHappold, Trevor Keeling will speak tomorrow as part of the Museum of Architecture‘s Health and Wellbeing programme. The event, Wellness in the Workplace, will look at the ways design can change our sedentary working practices and … Continue reading →