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SUMMARY:Qualitative Methods for Technical Topics I: a survey of local prac
 tice - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20110602T110000Z
DTEND:20110602T130000Z
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CONTACT:18154
DESCRIPTION:Do you research topics usually considered technical\, using qu
 alitative methods?\nDo you wonder how other researchers in Cambridge face 
 the arising in this kind of work?\n\nTake our 3 minute survey on local pra
 ctices ("here":http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9BQNHML) and come along to on
 e or both of two GreenBRIDGE sessions (one presentation-based\, one worksh
 op-style) in June to meet like-minded researchers\, workshop issues and ge
 t feedback on your work and for new ideas. Following on from GreenBRIDGE's
  popular and successful conference Taking Stock: Methods for Built Environ
 ment Research (check out the video presentations "here":http://www.societi
 es.cam.ac.uk/greenbr/conference/2010/speakers.htm)\, these two informal se
 ssions aim to connect people facing the same research challenges who might
  not otherwise meet.\n\n*Format:*\n\nIn the first session on June 2\, we'l
 l present a quick analysis of survey responses\, and four presentations ar
 ound the topic will begin a discussion of major areas of interest. Please 
 e-mail the session convenor\, Alison McDougall-Weil (afm35)\, for the chan
 ce to present your work briefly and get feedback from a diverse body of Ca
 mbridge researchers.\n\nThe second session\, on June 16\, will be based ar
 ound workshops addressing issues which arose the previous week. \n\n*Speak
 ers (June 2):*\n\n*Alison McDougall-Weil*\n\nAlison's PhD project focusses
  on the relationship between design intent and subsequent user experience 
 of architecture in bioscience research laboratories using cross-disciplina
 ry methods\, including social science approaches in a design research cont
 ext. Study sites include a Foster+Partners laboratory in California and a 
 number of Cambridge laboratories. This project is funded by the EPSRC. Ali
 son's first degree is in literature\, and she has moved disciplines from a
 rchitecture to engineering at graduate level. She has previously worked fo
 r Rafael Vinoly Architects\, the Royal Academy of Art\, and Oxford Univers
 ity Press\, and run a small business providing architecture and media serv
 ices.\n\n*Bernhard Dusch*\n\nBerhard Dusch is a PhD student in the area of
  sustainable design management at the Institute for Manufacturing in the U
 niversity of Cambridge Department of Engineering. The overall aim of this 
 study is to provide a better understanding of how the concept of sustainab
 le design can be more effectively integrated in design practice. A central
  aspect of his research is the development of sustainable design reference
  and brainstorm tools which are tested with design practitioners in the do
 mestic appliances industry. He will present on the challenges of using mul
 tiple qualitative methods\, particularly data triangulation with interview
 s and workshops and some issues around sampling and ethical implications. 
 Bernhard started his career as a professional photographer for industry an
 d fashion. He had been working as a Designer for the German based design c
 onsultancy MetaDesign before he joined the IFM in May 2009.\n\n*Marcos Pel
 enur*\n\nAs part of the EPSRC Project: Re- engineering the City 2020-2050 
 (RETROFIT 2050)\, Marcos is researching household perceptions towards ener
 gy\, and future socio-technical energy management systems in the domestic 
 built environment. His field research is based in the city regions of Card
 iff and Manchester. Retrofitting the domestic built environment in the UK 
 presents an outstanding opportunity to cut CO2 emissions\, reduce national
  energy demand\, and improve building performance. Currently\, UK building
 s are responsible for consuming about 50% of the nation's primary energy a
 nd account for about 45% of its anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This impact i
 s further reinforced with the forecast that nearly 90% of today's existing
  poor performance buildings will still be standing and functioning in 2050
 .\nHowever\, empirical data shows that post-retrofit energy savings are of
 ten short of their potential gains\, a phenomenon termed the 'Energy Effic
 iency Gap'. While a number of technical factors may help explain this gap\
 , difficult to quantify social factors\, such as well-being\, family\, and
  occupant behaviour are also significant and often under- emphasised in pu
 blic policy. As such\, in order to increase the effectiveness of large sca
 le domestic retrofit projects\, well engineered solutions should consider 
 both technical and social factors together.\nMarcos is a Member of the Ins
 titution of Engineering and Technology\, and based on his interdisciplinar
 y research approach was awarded the Dow Sustainability Innovation Prize in
  2011.\n\nCasual attendance is also encouraged at either session.\n\nPleas
 e do complete the survey even if you can't attend - your response matters!
LOCATION:CRASSH Seminar Room 17 Mill Lane
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