IBPSA-ENGLAND: News and Events Announcements

ICEBO 2009 will take place November 17-18, 2009 in Austin, Texas.  The conference will be at the AT&T Conference Center, a LEEDs-certified building, on the campus of The University of Texas.  ICEBO 2009 is hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory located at Texas A&M University, College Station and co-hosted by Austin Energy.  For registration and more detailed information, please visit our website.  The conference will bring together an international group of practitioners and researchers who routinely minimize the energy consumption, operating costs, and environmental impacts of buildings while improving the health and comfort of occupants. ICEBO 2009 is the leading forum for timely exchanges among individuals interested in the continuous improvement and maintenance of buildings, their energy usage and environmental impact. The topics to be discussed are: Worldwide best practices in commissioning, retro-commissioning, and Continuous Commissioning® new and existing buildingsMission-critical facilities (hospitals, data centers, central utility plants, etc.) operation optimization for best performance and maximum energy savingsImproved building automation, controls, and...

IBPSA News Volume 19, Number 1 has been published, with information about the Journal of Building Performance Simulation, events, software, articles and more. Click here to access. 

Marie Curie Actions: CityNet Project Training Course12-15 May, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKThermal Comfort and Optimization in Built EnvironmentFurther information of event including details of the lectures and travel information can be found here.

(http://www.lowcarbonbuildingsdirectory.org/)  Low Carbon Buildings Directory is an online educational tool supported by IBPSA England designed to build a new alliance of professional organisations, academics and practitioners who are willing to share knowledge and experience relating to the design and operational performance of low carbon buildings. All presentations on the Low Carbon Buildings Directory tackle one or more aspects of the complex interaction between the physical, environmental and sometimes social processes that underpin sustainable building design and engineering. Key outcomes are insights into effective design techniques and engineering technologies for low carbon buildings that can be used by students, architects and building services engineers. IBPSA England and other partners look forward to continued input from any other organization willing to participate in the further development of this educational learning portal....

Measurement, Modelling, Mapping and Management, 4M: An Evidence Based Methodology for Understanding and Shrinking the Urban Carbon FootprintApplications are invited for a Senior Research Associate and Research Associate to participate in a 4 year £2.7M EPSRC-funded consortium project with 5 University partners. The focus of the 4M project team at Loughborough is measuring and modelling the carbon footprint of domestic buildings at the urban scale.All applicants should be highly-motivated and capable of working as part of a dynamic, interdisciplinary team. The successful applicant will be required to take a leading role in the management and research of the project. They must have a PhD or equivalent in a relevant area, as well as possessing excellent communication skills. Experience of working with public bodies, the public and industry stakeholders would be an advantage.There are two posts in Building Energy Modelling and Monitoring and the details are:Senior Research Associatehttp://jobs.lboro.ac.uk/index.php?page=Details&id=545Research Associatehttp://jobs.lboro.ac.uk/index.php?page=Details&id=546...

UPDATE: FULLY BOOKEDThe problems related to zero carbon school buildings, their design, predicted performance, and the future challenges will be discussed at this symposium organised by CIBSE School Design Group, CIBSE Home Counties, IBPSA-England and The Bartlett at University College London. A Roadmap to Zero Carbon School Buildings Date: 09th February 2009 (09:30 – 16:30) Venue: University College LondonWilkins Building, The Old Refectory (Room), Gower Street, WC1 E6BT LONDON PROGRAMME AND LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS 09:30 – 10:00 Registration, coffee (The Old Refectory) Opening Session: 10:00 – 10:15 CIBSE School Design Group – Aims and Objectives John Palmer, Chairman of CIBSE School Design Group, Faber Maunsell 10:15 – 10:30 Low Carbon Buildings – Design, Operational Performance and the Future Challenges Dr Dejan Mumovic, Secretary to CIBSE School Design Group, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College LondonSession A: Room: The Old Refectory Chairman: Dr Malcolm Cook, Chairman of IBPSA-England, Loughborough University...

The building sector is under pressure with the current and the proposed legislations to reduce CO2 emissions associated with energy use. Maintaining thermal comfort in buildings will be a challenge, particularly in the light of global warming predictions.This seminar will highlight various aspects that affect thermal comfort in buildings and provide guidance on how to achieve the recommended thermal conditions in buildings. The seminar will look at current legislation on achieving thermal comfort in buildings and will include presentations from both practitioners and researchers regarding the design, computer modelling and performance monitoring of thermal comfort in buildings. The seminar will also highlight future implementation of new knowledge and advanced technology that benefits the investigation of sustainable solutions to improve thermal comfort for building occupants.Speakers:WelcomeProf. Derek Clements-CroomeNVG Chairman, School of Construction Management and Engineering, Reading UniversityOverview of design regulations for thermal comfort - reviews and highlights of latest thermal comfort standardsProf....

15th Annual Workshop of the European Group for Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE) will be held in Plymouth. For more details visit the official web-site: http://www.eg-ice-plymouth.org/

update: fully booked The problems related to low carbon buildings, their design, operational performance, and the future challenges will be discussed at this symposium organised by IBPSA-England, CIBSE School Design Group, CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group and The Bartlett at University College London. Low Carbon Buildings Symposium: Design, Operational Performance, and the Future Challenges Date: 07th July 2008 Venue: University College London, Wilkins Building, The Old Refectory (conference room) and Haldane Room (exhibition room) PROGRAMME AND LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS 09:30 – 10:00 Registration, coffee, exhibition (Haldane Room) Opening Session: 10:00 – 10:10 Low Carbon Buildings – Motivation and Objectives Ian Ward, Immediate Past Chairman of IBPSA-England, University of Sheffield 10:10 – 10:20 Welcome to UCL Professor Tadj Oreszczyn, Head of the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London ...

IBPSA Building Simulation 2009 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 27th - 30th July Call for abstracts for BS'09 Abstracts may be submitted via our website at http://www.bs2009.org.uk Please note that the deadline for abstracts is September 1st, 2008. IBPSA will hold its 11th bi-annual international conference, the leading international conference in building performance simulation, in summer 2009 at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, has an unrivalled choice of museums, theatres, parks, science centre and shopping, set within some of the finest Victorian architecture in Europe. In addition, Glasgow has a worldwide reputation as a welcoming city and is firmly established and experienced as a major centre for conferences and international events. The conference organizers are seeking high quality papers and will limit the number of peer-reviewed oral presentations. Submissions will therefore be rigorously peer-reviewed. ...