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Acknowled-mments<br />
This study was suggested <strong>by</strong> Dr SM Goodhew, <strong>to</strong> whom <strong>the</strong> author is<br />
grateful for <strong>the</strong> excellent<br />
levels <strong>of</strong> guidance and support provided.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> work was <strong>in</strong>terwoven with a research project<br />
managed <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> author at <strong>the</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Plymouth</strong> for, and with<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g from, <strong>the</strong> Carbon Trust.<br />
Many o<strong>the</strong>r colleagues are deserv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> thanks, especially:<br />
Dr. Pieter deWilde for build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Voltra model, <strong>in</strong>putt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> data and<br />
return<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> results, as well as ongo<strong>in</strong>g lively, stimulat<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
explorative<br />
conversations.<br />
Dr. Richard Griffiths for help<strong>in</strong>g me get <strong>to</strong> grips with <strong>the</strong> physics and for<br />
provid<strong>in</strong>g frequent challenges <strong>to</strong> my work, which ensured careful<br />
check<strong>in</strong>g and revisions along <strong>the</strong> way.<br />
Keith S<strong>to</strong>tt for his technical help, especially <strong>in</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> field<br />
apparatus.<br />
Dr. Paul Hewson for <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g me <strong>to</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> ma<strong>the</strong>matical s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
and help<strong>in</strong>g assess issues with data scatter and regression<br />
analyses.<br />
Dr. Hazel Shute for advis<strong>in</strong>g on complex equations conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g many<br />
exponential and logarithmic values.<br />
Graham Titley and all <strong>the</strong> team at <strong>the</strong> Interlibrary Loans department at<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Plymouth</strong> for <strong>the</strong>ir unceas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
efforts, help and support <strong>in</strong><br />
f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g many obscure articles.<br />
Thanks go <strong>to</strong> Brian Anderson at BRE, Col<strong>in</strong> Pearson at BSRIA, Neil<br />
Lockmuller at NPIL and many o<strong>the</strong>rs who have shown an <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
work.<br />
Thanks also go <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> various build<strong>in</strong>g owners and Architects who<br />
allowed <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir build<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Eden Project, Mike<br />
McCrae, Chris Morgan, Tom Mor<strong>to</strong>n, Ralph Carpenter.<br />
http: //www. gordonengland. co. uk/conversion/x<strong>in</strong>dex. htm provided quick<br />
and convenient onl<strong>in</strong>e conversion calcula<strong>to</strong>rs which proved <strong>in</strong>valuable <strong>in</strong><br />
unravell<strong>in</strong>g<br />
his<strong>to</strong>ric units from early articles.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ally, my heartfelt thanks go <strong>to</strong> Noreen, <strong>to</strong> whom this work is<br />
dedicated. She has never wavered <strong>in</strong> her support, despite my many<br />
periods <strong>of</strong> distraction and occasional patches <strong>of</strong> despair!<br />
"Heat, like gravity, penetrates every substance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> universe, its rays<br />
occupy a// parts <strong>of</strong> space. The object <strong>of</strong> our work is <strong>to</strong> set forth <strong>the</strong><br />
ma<strong>the</strong>matical laws which this element obeys. The <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> heat will<br />
hereafter form one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most important branches <strong>of</strong> general physics".<br />
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, 1768 1830, Analytical Theory - <strong>of</strong> Heat<br />
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