PHDC Symposium

LONDON PHDC Symposium:

Promotion and Dissemination of Passive and Hybrid Downdraught Cooling

Chair: Professor Brian Ford, Nottingham University

Organisers: Nottingham University, University College London (The Bartlett), CIBSE SDG, CIBSE NVG, IBPSA-England

The Symposium will introduce different approaches to downdraught cooling and illustrate this by reference to case study buildings around the world. The market for PHDC in Europe, India and China, and life-cycle costs will also be addressed. Climatic applicability and design strategies and rules of thumb will be discussed prior to the introduction to the software tools in the workshop. In London, and special session will review the design and performance of the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, UCL, to which a visit is planned for the Friday afternoon.

          SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOPS IN LONDON, UK – DRAFT AGENDA

UCL, London, UK

   7th – 8th January 2010

          DRAFT AGENDA DAY 1 – SYMPOSIUM IN LONDON

9.00 Coffee and registration

9.30 Welcome –Professor Tadj Oreszczyn, UCL Energy Institute

9.35 EC Project Officer – Santiago Gonzalez- Herraiz

9.40 Keynote Intro –Mario Cucinella

10.00 What is Downdraught Cooling? Why is it important? –Professor Brian Ford (UNOTT)

-       Introduction to Passive and Hybrid Downdraught Cooling

10.30 Tea & Coffee Break

Session Chair: Dr. Simos Yannas

11.00 Applicability to new buildings – Arch. Elizabeth Francis (MCA)

-     Case studies

11.30 Applicability in Europe & USA –Professor Brian Ford (UNOTT)

-       Case Studies

12.00 Market Projection & Financial Analysis – Paul Thomas (DL)

12.30 Panel Session - All

13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

Session Chair:  Professor Derek Croome (Reading University)

14.10 Climatic applicability & Performance Analysis – Dr José Manuel Salmerón (AICIA)

-       Comfort & energy

14.40 Designing Downdraught Cooling Systems –Elizbeth Francis (MCA)

-       Introduction to Sourcebook and Rules of thumb

15.10 Panel Session - All

15.30 Tea/coffee break and exhibition

Session Chair: Professor Brian Ford (UNOTT)

15.45 Case Study: the SSEES

15.45 Professor Alan Short (University of Cambridge)

16.15 Professor Kevin Lomas and Dr Malcolm Cook (Loughborough University)

16.45 Dr Rosa Schiano-Phan (UNOTT)

17.15 Feedback session – ALL

17.45 Close

20:00 SOCIAL DINNER (more details will be provided at a later date)

          DRAFT AGENDA DAY 2 – TECHNICAL/EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS IN UCL, LONDON

Note: All workshop participants need to bring personal laptops with software loaded. Software will be available on Day 1.

9.00 Coffee and registration

           

9.30 Performance Analysis Workshop Part 1 – Dr José Manuel Salmerón (AICIA)

- Example project

11.00 Tea & Coffee Break

11.15 Workshop Part 2 - Dr José Manuel Salmerón (AICIA)

- Getting to grips with the performance tool

12.30 Discussion/Feedback – ALL

13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 Visiting SSEES Building at UCL

NEW: Professor Brian Ford has recently published book on 'The Architecture and Engineering of Downdraught Cooling'. To order copies and to obtain information on student discounts or copies in other languages please contact: Mirentxu.Ulloa@nottingham.ac.uk

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