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Folder contains:

• Cathy McCormack's 'The Wee Yellow Butterfly'
• tirling G Howieson's 'Housing: Raising the Scottish Standard'
• and colour acetate of Easthall (aerial view of project used in 1996 Nites [?] workshops).

Folder contains:

• material relating to project monitoring
• Tech Talk newsletters
• Wise group 1989/90 annual review
• 'Condensation Culture' 2nd ed
• print media articles mentioning Easthall project (e.g. Big Issue feature)
• material relating to Japanese home builders visit
• drawings.

Folder contains: notes concerning background to project, including general role of architecture and problem of damp housing and fuel poverty.

Folder contains:

• correspondence relating to monitoring equipment
• tenants' questionnaire
• finance documents
• and project overivews.

Folder contains: various issues of Technical Services Agency Ltd's (TSA) 'Tech Talk' newsletter.

June 1993 and September 1994 copies of Scottish Solar Energy Group newsletter, in North Sun folder.

External and internal shots, with unidentified persons, of Benside House project, Stornoway, from envelope titled 'Benside progress, '78'.

External and internal shots, with unidentified persons, of Benside House project, Stornoway, from envelope titled 'Some Benside progress shots, B&W, '78'c.

Folder contains:

• texts for conference papers related to Benside House project, including 'Thermal Performance of a Large Room in an Energy Efficient Hebridean House with Emphasis on Assessing Relationship of High and Low Thermal Capacity Linings to Heating Strategy and Internal Comfort Conditions', presented at ERIC Conference, Inverness (1983)
• 'Case Study: A Self-Built 'Green' House in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland', presented at CIB Conference, Watford (1994)
• and general notes, correspondence, and ephemera related to the latter (including drawings and sketches).

Includes:

• Drawings ad documentation relating to Glasgow 99 City of Architecture and Design, Scotland's Home for Tomorrow - block by Thenew (now Thenue) Housing Association via limited competition; successful entry by Ian Ritchie Architects, London.
• Set of competition entry drawings (A1 mounted on card) by Colin Porteous for Buddhist Retreat on Holy Isle, Arran - c1990s.
  1 Supplement of existing Easthall Solar Demonstration project archive. 6 A2 sealed boards used to assist international promotion of project outcomes in 1996 (tur funded by NICE: UK, Germany and Poland).

Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.

Folder contains: banners for North Sun 1994 conference.

Folder contains: papers specifically related to Easthall project, plus a variety of papers concerning general housing welfare issues and community architecture.

Folder contains:

• papers related specifically to Easthall project
• a variety of technical papers, by Porteous and others, concerning solar energy in general, taken from various conferences and print media sources
• Heatfest exhibition brochures
• Easthall Resident Association's 'Hard to Heat, Hard to Beat' brochure.

Folder contains: correspondence relating to delegate registration for conference.

Job files related to North Sun Conferences.

Job files related to Easthall Solar Demonstration Project.

Folder contains:

• general correspondence (including bills, invoices, letters relating to provision of goods and services, etc)
• personal correspondence between Porteous and Inge Sorenson and Michael Leybourne, concerning process of build from earliest inception
• trade literature, and correspondence relating to the same
• drawings and sketches
• and financial paperwork (bank statements, etc), originally separate from other correspondence.

Job files related to Benside House project, Stornoway.

Images related to North Sun Conferences, including exterior shots of GSA (some showing North Sun banner); welcome address; lecture halls with delegates; posters; various shots of delegates; and civic reception.

Negatives related to North Sun Conference.

Images related to North Sun Conferences.

Images related to Benside House project, Stornoway, including internal, external, and work-in-progress shots.

Images related to Easthall Solar Demonstration Project.

Images related to Benside House project, Stornoway.

Folder contains:

• TSA (Technical Services Agency Limited) material, including 1984-1987 Evaluation Report
• TSA information booklet
• TSA newsletter ('Tech Talk')
• dissertation by Hazel R McLeod, 'Public Sector Housing. The Glasgow Experience: Rats in the Rafters'
• paper by Porteous, 'User Controlled Community Technical Aid: Technical Services Agency Ltd, Glasgow'
• TSA 1985 Annual Report
• TSA 1986 Annual Report
• TSA information packs, being folders with explanatory leaflets and membership forms.

Folder contains:

• conference notice and report from 'Sun at Work in Europe'
• newspaper cutting referring to Easthall project
• invitations to post-conference civic reception
• ummary of conference revenue and expenditure
• list of delegates
• funding applications
• and general correspondence relating to North Sun conference.

Folder contains: correspondence related to appeals for/receipt of grants and sponsorship for conference.

Folder contains: correpsondence relating to testimonials and award of PhD to Ming Ho, including SERC studentship booklet.

Folder contains: copies of press release, detailing background to North Sun conferences in general, and GSA's in particular - includes copies of release sent to editor of The Times, and details of all newspapers and radio stations to be contacted.

Folder contains: correspondence between GSA (North Sun 1994 hosts) and delegates, with copies of abstracts and presentation papers (numbered 41 to 82).

Folder contains: correspondence between GSA (North Sun 1994 hosts) and delegates, with copies of abstracts and presentation papers (numbered 1 to 40).

Folder contains: correspondence relating to search for opening speaker (Prince Charles, David Bellamy, Magnus Magnusson, Norman Foster, Hermann Scheer, and Cathy McCormack (the eventual speaker being McCormack, a resident and campaigner from Easthall, Glasgow).

Folder contains: loose correspondence relating to delegates not presentating papers, including attendance confirmations, receipt of payment, accommodation arrangements, and photocopied book of papers, for North Sun '94.

Folder contains:

• D. Humble's, 'Concept to Completion - A User's Guide'
• Porteous', 'Integrated Solar Approcah - Users Interacting With The System'
• and material related to NIFES Easthall workshops/seminars, including reproductions from travel guides for Poland and Germany.

Folder contains:

• correspondence relating to arrangements for Renfrew Ferry buffet
• Civic reception
• and introductory speeches, etc.

Folder contains: general correspondence to and from delegates, with notices of payments, bookings, and papers.

Folder contains: correposndence relating to conference poster presentations, including list of confirmed presentations and forms accepting or declining opportunity to present.

Folder contains:

• correspondence relating to registrations and payments, and accommodation
• correspondence relating to submission of late papers
• organisation of presentations (IT requirements, etc)
• fax copy of Leslie Jesch paper, 'ISES-Europe: Promoting European Cooperation in the Field of Renewable Energy'
• and correspondence relating to subsidies for Eastern European delegates.

Folder contains: material relating to Porteous' own papers, 'Performance of a Solar Air Collector at a CEC Demonstration Project, Easthall, Glasgow' and 'Thermally Efficient Window Design for the Scottish Housing Market', presented at North Sun '94 Conference.

Folder contains: correspondence, including proposed timetable, relating to delegates visit to Easthall housing site, Glasgow.

Folder contains: correspondence relating to confirmations of attendance, receipt of papers, receipt of payment, accommodation arrangements, etc., for North Sun '94.

Folder contains:

• North Sun 94 summary of abstracts
• details relating to publication of conference proceedings
• delegates' name tags and lunch vouchers
• and copies of invitations to civic reception at Glasgow City Chambers.

Folder contains:

• guide to Glasgow pamphlet
• invite to post-conference civic reception
• Porteous article from 'Sun at Work in Europe' on North Sun conference
• cottish Solar Energy Group membership application/renewal form
• conference pamphlets, programmes, payment and registration forms, compliment slips, and maps of Glasgow city centre.

Folder contains: correspondence to delegates announcing final call for abstracts and requesting confirmation of attendance, etc.

Folder contains: correspondence relating to charges of plagiarism from John Twidell, concerning paper published in North Sun proceedings.

Folder contains:

• introductory address notes
• 'Great Moments in Architecture' cartoon, featuring GSA
• notes for sessions 3b and 4b
• Porteous' et al paper on 'Thermally Efficient Window Design For The Scottish Housing Market'
• timetable for tour and dinner
• instructions to chairperson (on handling time per speaker, etc)
• and acetates.

Folder contains:

• correspondence, including fax from Lars Broman accepting offer to chair conference session G1
• fax from Mats Ronnelid declining offer to chair session C2
• letter from terry Hollands accepting offer to be guest speaker at conference dinner
• letter from A Goetzberger declining offer to give keynote speech
• and two copies of abstract summaries.

Folder contains:

• proposal (with sketches) for conference banners
• minutes and agendas for meetings related to conference planning
• copy of Porteous' opening address
• correspondence relating to general organisation
• and test pressings of conference programmes.

Folder contains: correspondence relating to use and condition of GSA facilities for conference, with details of requirements, and details of conference banner.