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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.

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).

Job files related to North Sun Conferences.

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

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:

• annotated list of delegates with abstract titles
• list of delegates with full address*
• and lists of delegates sorted by accommodation arrangements. *data protection issues - sensitive material

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

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:

• 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 relating to preparation of flyer for '2nd Announcement and Final Call for Abstracts', plus text for the same
• competition details for logo design, and letters of congratulations and (post-conference) thanks to winner (Barry Gordon)
• and handwritten notes on Scottish Solar Energy Group, detailing background, membership profiles, etc.

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

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

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.

Folder contains:

• various copies of Porteous & Ho, 'Do Sunspaces Work in Scotland? Lessons Learnt From A CEC Solar Energy Demonstration Project In Glasgow', to be presented at ISES-CEC conference in Harare
• material related to submission to 'Solar Energy' journal for publication of same paper
• and miscellaneous notes and calculations.

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:

• EPA Technical Report Research Results, and separate comments/queries
• bound report titled, 'Solar Building Study Summary Report: 9, Edderton Place'
• and minutes of meetings relevant to J & E (i.e. Heatwise's 'Jobs & Energy' Pilot Project at 9 Edderton Place, Easthall).

Folder contains:

• analysis of monitoring data (labelled, 'work in progress')
• background information and procedure for submission of projects to Thermie
• and various notes and calculations.

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

Folder contains:

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

Folder contains: correspondence, including minutes and reports, related to Heatwise's Jobs & Energy Project.

Folder contains: various papers outlining aims of and background to Jobs & Energy Pilot Project.

Folder contains: copy of EEC submission re. Easthall project, and 'paste-up' draft of form.

Folder contains:

• Heatwise briefing paper
• report on survey of existing Wilson blocks
• and copies of different teams' analysis and proposals for Easthall project.

Folder contains: Heatfest-related correspondence to/from CEC, TSA, ETSU, Heatwise, Scottish Solar Energy group, etc.

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:

• general correspondence, including that referring to procurement of monitoring equipment
• preparation of Easthall brochure
• and controversy over perceived distortion of project by Heatwise.

Folder contains: material relating to press release and opening of demonstration project.

Folder contains: collection of calculations and notes related to project, plus information on pitched rooflight.

Folder contains: notes relating to meetings - progress reports, minutes, etc.

Folder contains: material related to EEC proposal, including drafts of proposal and EEC guidelines/background, and papers on Easthall project.

Folder contains:

• trade literature
• drafts of 'Retrofit of thermally sub-standard housing...' paper
• drawings and plans.

Negatives of Easthall Solar Demonstration Project photographs.

Job files related to Benside House project, Stornoway.

Folder contains:

• texts, with preparatory notes, and background and technical information, for conference paper titled 'Case Study: A Self-Built 'Green' House in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland', presented at CIB Conference, Watford (1994)
• correspondence relating to Green Croft House's entry on Robert Gordon University's Ecological Design and Construction Database (with questionnaire)
• Benside House's 'For Sale' notice and 'brochure'
• and trade literature for Rayburn cookers.

Images related to Benside House project, Stornoway.

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

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

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

Folder contains:

• copies of draft programmes, some annotated with possible changes, etc
• and lists of conference papers.

Folder contains: two copies, in GSA folders, of papers submitted too late to be included in proceedings (to be handed out to delegates), plus loose 'master copies' of papers and cover.

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).

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: correspondence relating to sponsorship from Glengoyne Distillery, Royal bank of Scotland, and Scottish Convention Bureau.

Folder contains: banners for North Sun 1994 conference.

Folder contains: two unbound copies of final Easthall report, plus associated documents.

Folder contains: bound reports relating to Easthall project and Heatfest, including bound copy of final Easthall report.

Folder contains:

• plans showing Wardie Road (Easthall) flats, in plan and elevation
• minutes and notes on Easthall project meetings and progress reports
• architect's instructions
• and project programme summary, post-tender.

Folder contains: material relating to NIFES Consulting Group [an 'OPET' - Organisation for the Promotion of Energy Technology] and their involvement with Easthall project, primarily concerning a series of UK-wide and international Easthall Solar Demonstration Project Seminars/Workshops.

Folder contains:

• NUMBERED DRAWINGS: (IMC/1) plan and elevations, with annotations: 1:50
• (IMC/1) plan and elevations, with sketch roof section: 1:50
• (IMC/1) plan and elevations, with annotations and sketch alterations to original drawings, and with calculations on reverse: 1:50
• (IMC/4) detail section C-C, showing new extension and existing cottage: 1:20
• (IMC/4) detail section C-C, showing new extension and existing cottage, with sketch alterations and calculations on reverse: 1:20
• (IMC/5) wall and roof details: 1:5
• (IMC/5) wall and roof details, with sketch alterations: 1:5
• (IMC/5) wall and roof details, with Colin Porteous' notes
• UNNUMBERED DRAWINGS: existing site plan
• proposed site plan.