Category Archives: sustainability

Architectures First Public Lecture

The School of Architecture are pleased to announce that their first public lecture of the Autumn term will be presented by John Worthington MBE. John Worthington, academic and practitioner, is currently a Commissioner of the Independent Transport Commission, leading the … Continue reading

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New funding available for Part-Time PhDs for Employees

The TSBE Centre and the School of the Built Environment welcomes new applications from employees who are interested in part-time PhD research whilst remaining in employment. The Wilkie Calvert Award provides funding to cover the cost of tuition fees for … Continue reading

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Read Gary Middlehurst’s feature ‘Beyond the Workplace’ published in BSRIA Delta T magazine

Research Engineer Gary Middlehurst expanded on his recent TSBE Conference paper http://gary middlehurst paper 2016 in an article for the Delta T magazine published by BSRIA. This article is available here: https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/bookshop/publication/delta-t-april-2016/    

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New PhD candidate joins TSBE Centre & Costain for Urban Energy Rhythms joint research

Meet Patrick Agese who would be working on a new four-year PhD research project “Urban Energy Rhythms” which aims to create an understanding of the current energy infrastructure systems and develop design recommendations for improving future energy generating and management … Continue reading

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32nd Annual ARCOM Conference

32nd Annual ARCOM Conference Between Monday 5th and Wednesday 7th September 2016, the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) 32nd Annual Conference was held in Manchester, UK. The conference covered a wide range of themes from ‘Mega Projects’ to … Continue reading

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TSBE Centre celebrates Women in Engineering Day

The School of the Built Environment and the School of Systems Engineering held a Women in Engineering Day networking lunch, featuring a variety of fun engineering challenges, hosted by SSE’s Professor Rachel McCrindle and the TSBE Centre. National Women in Engineering Day … Continue reading

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Fully Funded iCASE PhD Research Studentship Opportunity Project Title: “Urban Energy Rhythms”

 Fully Funded iCASE PhD Research Studentship Opportunity Project Title: “Urban Energy Rhythms” Based at Costain’s Maidenhead offices in Berkshire and the University of Reading Closing Date for Applications:  10 June 2016 Active management of energy demand will be an essential … Continue reading

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TSBE Energy Seminar – Demand side management opportunities for end users

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

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Mitch Curtis wins BREEAM New Talent Award

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!  

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Offices buildings are key to workers’ health, wellbeing and productivity

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

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