SEDA Solar Seminar Series

#1: SOLAR THERMAL REVIVAL

Time: 5:30 – 7pm

Cost: £6 non-members £3 members, unwaged, students

Venue: Online event

Session introductions and Q&A moderator: Gloria Lo

Speakers:

Dr Richard Hall, Energy Transitions – ‘Rise and Fall of Solar Thermal’ – structural reasons for the market place

Stuart Speake, Soltropy – Solar thermal technology – forms and types of panels, how they work, pros and cons, efficiency etc.

Brandon Oram, BTSE Heating – Whole system approach – thermal panels with thermal store, heating and water supply; effective design, installation and pitfalls.

Booking: https://seda-solar-seminar-series1-solar-thermal-revival.eventbrite.co.uk/

#2 TITLE: PHOTO-ELECTRIC ADVANCEMENTS

Cost: £6 non-members £3 members, unwaged, students

Venue: Online event

Session introductions and Q&A moderation: Dr Pui Wah Wong

Speakers:

Jamie di Sotto, AES – Place for Photo-Electric – domestic and commercial scale systems, viability, efficiency and grid capacity

Hamish Watson, Polysolar Ltd – Activating the Building Envelope – Transparent solar PV glazing: its applications and technological developments

Prof Neil Robertson, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh – The Next Generation in Perovskites – What it is, how it works and why it is important step change in solar advancement

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solar-seminar-series-2-photo-electric-advancements-tickets-123524042737

#3 TITLE: PASSIVE SOLAR ARCHITECTURE

Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm (note slightly longer session with keynote speaker to wrap up for the three seminars)

Cost: £6 non-members £3 members, unwaged, students

Venue: Online event

Session introductions and Q&A moderation: Gloria Lo

Speakers:

Prof Colin Porteous, MEARU Glasgow School of Art – Passive Solar in Europe – quick tour of the best projects that benefits from well designed passive solar spaces

Simon Tilley, Hockerton Housing Project Trading Ltd – Hockerton Housing Case Study – post occupancy evaluation and place for solar in sustainable co-housing

Key-note Speaker:

Beat Kaempfen, Kaempfen Zinke + Partner, Zurich – Embracing Solar in Architecture

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solar-seminar-series-3-passive-solar-architecture-tickets-123527711711