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Forthcoming Events

Retrofit Product and Process Innovation Group – Monitoring and Controls

Understanding how properties perform and how they may potentially perform post-retrofit is an essential part of upgrading the performance of the housing stock. In the fourth GM Retrofit Product and Process Innovation Group event, we will be discussing what data we can collect about homes, how we can collect it through different monitoring and testing techniques, and what this data might mean for the occupants. Monitoring is the first step to understanding how buildings perform, but this can also have implications for the types of controls users might need to manage their energy use, as well as humidity and air quality, which can have a huge impact on occupant health. The event will host a number of expert speakers from the field to provide information on current practice and issues for the retrofit community.

The Retrofit Product and Process Innovation Group events are supporting by the Greater Manchester Buildings Group and the University of Salford and are designed to raise knowledge and awareness of key retrofit issues for buildings professionals in Manchester. They are a part of Greater Manchester’s commitment to the Greater Manchester Retrofit Strategy. Details of previous events and presentations can be found here.

If you are interested in the Retrofit Product and Process Innovation Group, please contact Will Swan

Green Deal Trial Monitoring Project

The University of Salford is to study households in Greater Manchester which are part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) core cities programme. The study will provide scientific data on the effectiveness of measures such as insulation, new boilers and glazing, providing information in support of the Green Deal policy initiative.

Working with DECC, researchers from the University’s Applied Buildings and Energy Research Group will gather a wide range of data, from the use of sensors to understand living conditions and energy use, to soft issues of how people use and understand their homes. The homes, which are currently being selected, will be both private and social housing, covering property types from 1750 to modern builds. 

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The project will run from Jan 2013 – September 2014. If you are interested in finding our more about the project, please contact Will Swan