Minutes Tuesday, 15th of January 2013: Difference between revisions

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Session Recording and Materials

Seminar theme: Designing Urban Climate Speaker: Lecture by Dr. Sanda Lenzholzer|WUR Wageningen, NL

Seminar Recording:

Sanda Lenzholzer’s selected publications on the topic:

Lenzholzer, S., and Brown, R.D. (2013, accepted) Climate-Responsive Landscape Architecture Design Education, Journal of Cleaner Production, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.038
Lenzholzer, S. (2012) Research and design for thermal comfort in Dutch urban squares, Resources, Conservation & Recycling , 64, pp. 39-48.
Ren, C., Spit, T., Lenzholzer, S., Yim, H. L. S., van Hove, B. H., Chen, L., Kupski, S., Burghardt, R., *Katzschner, L. (2012), Urban Climate Map System for Dutch spatial planning, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 18 (1):207-221.
Lenzholzer, S. and Wulp, N.Y. (2010) Thermal experience and perception of the built environment in Dutch urban squares. Journal of Urban Design 15 (3), pp. 375-402.
Lenzholzer, S. and Koh, J. (2010) Immersed in Microclimatic Space- Microclimate Experience and Perception of Spatial Configurations in Dutch Squares, Landscape and Urban Planning 95 (1-2), pp.1-15.

Other selected publications on the topic:

Brown, R. D., Gillespie, T. J., 1995, Microclimatic landscape design : creating thermal comfort and energy efficiency, Wiley, New York [etc.], pp. 193.
Littlefair, P. J., 2000, Environmental site layout planning: solar access, microclimate and passive cooling in urban areas, CRC BRE Publications, London, pp. VIII, 151 p;.
Stuttgart, A. f. U., 2008, Climate Booklet for Urban Development, Ministry of Economy Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart.

Tasks for the next session

Assignment 2

Working groups J + K to complete assignment 2 before January 21
Working group O to complete assignment 2 before January 28

Assignment 3

prepare for your presentation talks
the time limit has been extended to 10 minutes
we will have two parallel presentation slots
however, take care that you keep this limit (you may test beforehand)
preferably, all group members should present one slide
please use headphones during presentation to avoid echo effects

Assignment 4

please start revising your pre-seminar concept map
more details here
post-seminar concept maps can be submitted by e-mail until February 4

Seminar Evaluation

You will receive an invitation to do the seminar evaluation, please complete this anonymous form within the next 10 days

Preparation for the next session

The next session will be on January 22, usual time. Our speaker is MaryCarol Hunter from the university of Michigan.

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 === Assignment 2 ===
-* Working group '''P''' to complete assignment 2 before '''December 23'''
+* Working groups '''J + K ''' to complete assignment 2 before '''January 21'''
-* Working group '''N''' to complete assignment 2 before '''January 7'''
+* Working group '''O''' to complete assignment 2 before '''January 28'''
 === Assignment 3 ===
+* prepare for your presentation talks
+* the time limit has been extended to 10 minutes
+* we will have two parallel presentation slots
+* however, take care that you keep this limit (you may test beforehand)
+* preferably, all group members should present one slide
+* please use headphones during presentation to avoid echo effects
-'''Next Steps'''
+=== Assignment 4 ===
-*complete chapters '''1 - 6''' of your case study page, please be concise: you do '''not''' need to have more than '''250 - 300 words''' per chapter.
+*please start revising your pre-seminar concept map
-*complete this '''analytical part''' (1-6) before December 21 (start of seminar break)
+*more details [[Assignment_4:_Post-seminar_concept_mapping|here]]
-*after December 21 please concentrate on the adaptation/mitigation measures and scenarios and illustrate it with sketches and drawings.
+* post-seminar concept maps can be submitted by e-mail until February 4
-*the deadline for this assignment will be on Monday, January 14. For the assessment we will consider the status of this day.
-* In addition, the '''three presentation slides''' for the plenary need to be uploaded on January 14 as well. We  have added separate section for this on your case study pages. For this you can save your Powerpoint as JPGs and then upload these individual files.
-'''General Issues'''
+=== Seminar Evaluation ===
-* This wiki has a '''citation extension''' installed. Please find more details on how to use this practical function [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php here].
+* You will receive an invitation to do the seminar evaluation, please complete this anonymous form within the next 10 days
-* add an image and the map to your case study page, details on how to do this are given in the [[Help:Contents|help]] section if not done yet, please do not overwrite existing files.
-* please consider that copyright applies to both images and texts. Please always cite correctly. Images from other sources (like other webpages) can not be uploaded to this wiki unless you have an admission from the authors or the image is free of copyright (like creative commons). You can also set '''links to other sites''' so we can find an image/map/graph you want to refer to.
 == Preparation for the next session ==
-* The next session will be on January 8, usual time. The speakers are [http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Persons/dr.ing.-S-Sven-Stremke.htm Sven Stremke] and [http://www.calp.forestry.ubc.ca/people/olaf_schrot/ Olaf Schroth]
+* The next session will be on January 22, usual time. Our speaker is MaryCarol Hunter from the university of Michigan.
-* related web platform [http://www.nrglab.net/ Energy landscapes and beyond]