Folder DC 045/1/25 - Delegate lists and correspondence relating to conference

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DC 045/1/25

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Delegate lists and correspondence relating to conference

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  • c1994 (Creation)

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135 items (including folder)

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Folder contains: duplicate copies of delegate list, copy of papers submitted too late to be included in proceedings, letter to Porteous from Peter Lund suggesting that next North Sun conference be held in Finland, map of GSA campus, and letter relating to poster selection (all in North Sun folder).

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This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.

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In order of presentation paper number

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(1941-)

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Prof Colin Porteous is an architect and researcher whose interest extends to energy-efficient design moved from practice to in-depth research. In 1981, he became active in the international solar community and then a full-time academic in 1986 after leading a community technical aid centre. He linked problems of fuel poverty to passive solar solutions via EU-funded Easthall Demonstration Project in early 1990s. Prof Porteous initiated the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) in 1993. He is the author of THE NEW eco-ARCHITECTURE (2002) and Solar Architecture in Cool Climates (2005), and has contributed a chapter to Sensing a Historic Low-CO2 Future (2011).

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