Prof William Swan

School of Science, Engineering & Environment

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Current positions

Director of Energy House and Director of Sustainability

Biography

Professor Will Swan is the Director of the Queen Elizabeth Award winning Energy House Laboratories (EHL) at the University of Salford, where he has led the energy and buildings research for more than 10 years. The labs include the award-winning Salford Energy House, a whole Victorian house in a climate-controlled chamber, the Smart Meters Smart Homes Lab and the £16m Energy House 2.0 research facility, which is currently working with Barratt, Bellway, and Saint Gobain on developing demonstrators for the new Future Homes Standard as part of a major multi-disciplinary UKRI project (£3.2m). He has held a number of national and regional policy roles related to energy and buildings. He is widely published in the fields of retrofit and building performance. He is also Director of Sustain ability for the University of Salford.

Areas of Research

retrofit, building performance, net zero, energy efficiency

Areas of Supervision

retrofit, net zero homes, energy efficiency, housing

Teaching

MSc Sustainable Buildings

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice

    2016 - 2018
  • PhD

    1996 - 2002
  • Land Economy

    1990 - 1994