Category Archives: sustainability

TSBE Researcher Shortlisted for BREEAM Talent Award

Posted on 11 February 2016 by Emma Hawkins

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 →

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Bioaccessibility science looks to China – The 8th IWCB, 2015

Posted on 19 January 2016 by Emma Hawkins

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 →

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‘Small power in offices may lead to big energy DEMAND’

Posted on 15 January 2016 by Emma Hawkins

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 →

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Energy saving device wins CIOB award

Posted on 5 January 2016 by Emma Hawkins

Egg shaped device wins CIOB award  

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EngD student wins 3 minute presentation award

Posted on 10 December 2015 by Emma Hawkins

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 →

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TSBE Centre & Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce collaborate on Energy Management

Posted on 3 December 2015 by Emma Hawkins

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 →

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NIR 2015 – Highlighting South America

Posted on 1 December 2015 by thomaschung

In the gap year between the World Cup 2014 and the Rio 2016 Olympics, Brazil played host to a major event of the NIR community. The biannual conference on near infrared spectroscopy, organised under the auspices of the ICNIRS, took place … Continue reading →

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MoA Health and Wellbeing Programme: Wellness in the Workplace

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Emma Hawkins

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 →

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TSBE Centre/M&B EngD student has paper accepted by CIBSE

Posted on 30 November 2015 by Emma Hawkins

EngD student Samantha Mudie who works with James Sharman at Mitchells & Butler, supervised at University of Reading by Dr Maria Vahdati,  is today celebrating confirmation of publication of “Energy Benchmarking in UK Commercial Kitchens” in the CIBSE international journal … Continue reading →

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Moroccan solar plant to bring energy to a million people

Posted on 30 November 2015 by Emma Hawkins

Moroccan solar plant plans

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