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Name: David Sailor
Current Position: Professor at Portland State University in
the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Role: Building Energy and Efficiency Expert
Telephone Number: +1 503 725 4265
E‐mail: sailor@cecs.pdx.edu
David Sailor is a Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Portland State University.
His research is in the general area of Energy and the Environment. Professor Sailor’s recent
research focus has been on modeling the urban climate, with applications in air quality, building
energy consumption, human health, and climate change. He has particular research interest in
the feedback mechanisms between energy systems and climate with a focus on building energy
consumption and renewable energy resources, developing high resolution weather and climate
models in application areas for short‐term energy load forecasting and long‐term climate change
scenarios, and has particular interest in urban heat islands.
Name: Geoff Levermore
Current Position: Professor the University of Manchester,
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering
Role: Building Energy and Efficiency Expert
Telephone Number: +44 (0) 161 306 4257
E‐mail: geoff.levermore@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Levermore read Physics at Imperial College, London gaining his BSc, ARCS in 1971 and
his PhD, DIC, on the Johnsen‐Rahbek Effect, in 1974. He then worked at the GEC Hirst Research
Centre and then the Jules Thorn Lighting Laboratory. In 1980, whilst heading the Wandsworth
Energy Conservation Section he founded the London Boroughs Energy Management Group. He
joined UMIST in 1991 from South Bank University. He is currently Chair of the CIBSE Weather
Panel and coordinator of the CIB Task Group21; Climatic Data for Building Services and a Lead
Author on the IPCC (WG3). His research focus centers on weather data – for design of buildings,
plant and natural ventilation, climate change; Control and Modeling – intelligent buildings, low‐
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