Monthly Archives: March 2017

Katharine van Someren attends SET International Conference on behalf of TSBE Centre

Kate’s  abstract entitled ‘Analysing the lighting performance gap between predicted and actual carbon dioxide emissions in academic classrooms’ and based on her research sponsored by the TSBE Centre and University of Reading was submitted to the 16th International Conference on Sustainable … Continue reading

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RICS publish new research report on Smart Cities, Big Data and the Built Environment.

The interconnected agendas of smart cities, big data and open data, on the face of it, provide bold and exciting opportunities for built environment professionals. With a focus at the city level, this research examines the development of data platforms … Continue reading

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TSBE Conference 27th June 2017

The TSBE Centre EngD conference will be on the 27th June this year, the themes will encompass all the area of the EPSRC funded Centre’s doctoral research : Environmental Engineering including Health & Wellbeing & Energy. The afternoon will be … Continue reading

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Ashley Evans from Google addresses TSBE Centre Research Engineers on 6th April

The TSBE Centre staff and students are looking forward to welcoming Ashley Evans from Google next week who will be giving a talk entitled: Google’s Search for Renewable Energy  Bio: Ash is a Project Lead in Google’s Global Infrastructure & Energy … Continue reading

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Presentations from the 4th LV Workshop & Thames valley Chamber of Commerce Energy Seminar

We had another successful event! The 4th LV workshop and the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce energy seminar were held at the university of Reading on the 1st and 2nd of March.  This joint event aimed to share recent developments … Continue reading

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Designing Healthy Homes seminar, Wednesday 29 March, University of Reading.

Designing Healthy Homes seminar, Wednesday 29 March What then does it mean to have a ‘healthy’ home? Colleagues are invited to attend ‘Designing Healthy Homes’, a multi-disciplinary seminar aiming to discuss the role of housing in the wider healthcare system. … Continue reading

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Updated version of Creating the Productive Workplace Places to Work Creatively Edited by Derek Clements-Croome

Professor Derek Clements-Croome works with the TSBE Centre, University of Reading,  projects in his area of expertise include: Creating an intelligent building environment to enhance investment trader performance – Gary Middlehurst with Prof. Runming Yao & Prof. Derek Clements-Croome https://www.reading.ac.uk/tsbe/Current-research-projects/EngDProfiles/Gary-middlehurst.aspx … Continue reading

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Smart Cities, Big Data and the Built Environment: What’s Required?

University of Reading: School of Construction Management & Engineering and School of Real Estate & Planning collaborate on RICS Smart Cities Report. Written by: Professor Tim Dixon, Dr Jorn van de Wetering, Professor Martin Sexton, Dr Shu-Ling Lu, Dr Dan … Continue reading

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EngD vacancies

All Industrial Doctorate Centres advertise their current vacancies on the AEngD website, see link below: http://www.aengd.org.uk/engd-vacancies/      

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TSBE Students shortlisted at SET

TSBE EngD students shortlisted at SET Competition Westminster Posted on 3 February 2017 by Emma Hawkins EngD students Joshua Eadie and Katie McCausland presented posters on their research at the SET Competition at Westminster, and were pleased to be shortlisted. … Continue reading

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