Energy
Applied Buildings and Energy Research Group
Publications
Academic Publications
Bichard, E. (2012) ‘How Sustainable Change Agents Can Adopt Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Climate Change’ in Engaging with Climate Change; Psychoanalytic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Weintrobe, S. (ed), Routledge, Hove, UK. Pp255.
Bichard, E. and Kazmierczak, A. (2011) ‘Are home owners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change?’ Climatic Change, 112(3-4), pp.633-654.Springer Netherlands, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-011-0257-8
Bichard, E. and Kazmierczak, A. (2010) ‘Investigating homeowners’ interest in property-level flood protection’, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Volume 2, March 2010.
Bichard, E. (2009) ‘The application of sustainable behaviour change strategies in three built environment companies’, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Volume 7, Number 1, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Bichard, E. and Cooper, C.L. (2008), Positively Responsible: How Business Can Save the Planet, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp214.
Swan, W, Ruddock, L., Smith, L., Fitton, R. (2013) Adoption of Sustainable Technologies in Social Housing, Structural Survey (in press)
Brown, P and Swan, W. (eds) (2013) Retrofitting the Built Environment, Blackwell-Wiley (in press)
Chahal, S., Swan, W. and Brown, P. (2012) Tenant Experiences of Retrofit, Swan, W and Brown, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of Retrofit 2012 January 24th – 26th 2012, University of Salford, Salford
Swan, W., Abbott, C. and Barlow, C. (2012) ApRemodel: A Study of Non-Technical Innovation in Multi-Occupancy Sustainable Retrofit Housing Projects, Swan, W and Brown, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of Retrofit 2012 January 24th – 26th 2012, University of Salford, Salford
Swan, W and Brown, P. (2012) Behavioural Risk in Large Scale Retrofit Projects, BeHave Conference, Helsinki, September 19th -21st 2012, Finland
Wetherill, M., Swan, W., Abbott, C. (2012) The influence of UK energy policy on low carbon retrofit in UK housing, Retrofit 2012, 24th 26th January, Salford
Conferences
Industry Reports
Transforming Homes from G to A
This report considered the housing stock in Greater Manchester and considered some of the technical and supply chain issues that would need to be considered to ensure that the strategy of an energy efficient housing stock could be delivered.
The Missing Quarter
A report compiled by the Behaviour Change Group (part of the Greater Manchester Low Carbon Housing Retrofit Programme) was launched on 26 July 2011 at an event held at Cube in Manchester. This piece of work led by Peter Smith from St Vincent's Housing Association, is part of a wider programme with a range of organisations working together in partnership as part of the Low Carbon Economic Area designation.
A Review of the UK Domestic Energy System
This report was undertaken to understand the influencing factors of the UK domestic energy consumption from a systems perspective. It considers the supply and demand side issues, as well as the regulatory frameworks that influence our ability to move towards a low carbon domestic stock.
Resilient Homes
The report was commissioned by the Environment Agency, as part of the Resilient Homes programme. Salford University served on the steering group of one of the forst community scale climate change action plans, and conducted research into the attidues ofhouseholders considering how to respond to climate change. This included ways to invest in energy conservation in their homes.
Resilient Homes (Phase 2): The Timperley Green Homes Trial
The report for the Environment Agency and Trafford Borough Council on the Timperley Green Homes Trial described methods to motivate home-owners to address property-level effects of climate change. The Trial offered incentives including free fruit, garden landscaping and public transport in return for an investment in energy conservation by owner-occupiers.
Major Events and Networks
Retrofit 2011
Retrofit 2011 was an industry-focused event linked to the launch of the Salford Energy House. It looked to discuss the main issues for the transition to a low carbon UK domestic stock. It was attended by over 300 industry representatives and included keynote speakers such as Climate Change Minister Greg Barker and Professor Michael Kelly. Dr Will Swan can be seen speaking at the event on the link below.
Retrofit 2012
Retrofit 2012 was an inter-disciplinary academic conference focused on sustainable buildings retrofit. It included over 100 conference papers and included keynotes speakers such as Kevin Anderson and Brenda Boardman. It contained papers that addressed policy, monitoring, people and technical issues of retrofit. The papers are available for download here
Retrofit Product and Process Innovation Group
The Retrofit Product and Process Innovation Group is a joint activity between the University of Salford and the Greater Manchester Buildings Group. It is designed to support the sustainable retrofit sector by providing knowledge about key issues such as building performance, product selection and delivery. Details of previous events are available here
