Brian Norton (engineer)
Brian Norton | |
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Born | 1955 Solar Energy |
Institutions | Tyndall National Institute University College Cork Technological University Dublin Dublin Institute of Technology Ulster University Cranfield University |
Brian Norton is a solar energy applications researcher and technologist. As president of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) from 2003 to 2018,[1][2] he was an advocate for diversity of higher education in Ireland.[3][4] He has also been associated with the relocation of DIT from a multiplicity of scattered buildings to a single city centre campus in the Grangegorman neighbourhood of Dublin[5][6] and the creation of the Technological University Dublin, Ireland's first Technological University.
In 2020 he became head of energy research at Tyndall National Institute,[7][8][9] research professor at University College Cork as well as professor of solar energy applications at Technological University Dublin.
Biography
In 1989 Norton was appointed by Sir
Selected bibliography
- Harnessing Solar Heat, Springer, 2013[16]
- Solar Energy Thermal Technology. Springer, 1992[17]
- "Industrial and Agricultural Applications of Solar Energy". In Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Elsevier, 2012[18] (winner of a 2012 PROSE Awards of the Association of American Publishers for best multi-volume reference work)
- "Solar Energy Collectors and their applications". In Solar Energy Science and Engineering Applications. CRC Press, 2013[19]
- "The Shadows Cast by Inadequate Energy Governance: Why more Sun does not necessarily mean more photovoltaic electricity". Norton contributed with Sarah McCormack of Trinity College Dublin, to Renewable Energy Governance: Challenges and Insecurities. Springer, 2013[20]
- "Solar Power and the Enabling Role of Nanotechnology", Norton contributed with Ali Shakouri and Helen McNally, both of Purdue University to Understanding the Global Energy Crisis, Purdue University Press, 2014.[21]
- "Low temperature solar thermal applications". Norton contributed with Hans Martin Henning of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and Daniel Mugnier of Tecsol, Vice-chair of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme to Solar Energy. World Scientific Press, 2016[22]
References
- ^ "New President is appointed for DIT". Irish Independent. 27 April 2003.
- ^ "Prof Brian Norton reappointed as DIT President". The Irish Times. 17 April 2013.
- ^ "ITs or Tech Unis". The Irish Times. 16 February 2014.
- ^ "The transforming landscape of higher education in Ireland". Public Affairs Ireland. 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Finishing touches as DIT campus opens in the heart of city". The Irish Times. 4 September 2014.
- ^ "DIT opens new campus in Grangegorman to first students". Irish Independent. 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Pádraig Hoare: Time for a green light for the sustainable energy of the future". 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Special Report: Endless possibilities of solar power investment". 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Incentives needed for heat pumps to take off". 24 November 2020.
- ^ "DIT President elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy". Astronomy Today. 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Admittance Day 2016 | Royal Irish Academy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "EuroCase website".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "deux sommites de la science a troyes naomi j halas et brian norton seront presents a lutt du samedi 25 au mercredi 29 septembre 2021". utt.fr. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Brian Norton".
- ^ https://easac.eu/fileadmin/PDF_s/reports_statements/Decarb_of_Buildings/EASAC_Decarbonisation_of_Buildings_Web_publication030621.pdf.
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