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PROF WILLIAM CHARTERS



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Organization: Mechanical Engineering
Position: Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Leeds
Chartered Engineer Institution not known
Master of Engineering Institution not known
Title Not Known Princeton University

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy (FAIE)
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia (FIEAUST)
Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMECHE)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The performance of environmentally sustainable design features in commercial buildings Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2003

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Occupants' preferences and reactions to indoor environmental quality in office buildings
    Year: 2008
    Event name: IAQ 2007: Healthy & Sustainable Buildings
    Conference Publication: IAQ 2007: Healthy & Sustainable Buildings
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: ASME International(New York)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Ambient energy fraction of a heat pump
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Solar 2005, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future - A challenge for a post carbon world, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Conference Publication: Solar 2005, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future - A challenge for a post carbon world, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Publisher: University of Otago(Dunedin)
    Author(s):
  • Evaluation of occupant perception and satisfaction in two new office buildings
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Solar 2005, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future - A challenge for a post carbon world, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Conference Publication: Solar 2005, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future - A challenge for a post carbon world, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: University of Otago(Dunedin)
    Author(s):
  • Propane as a working fluid for solar boosted heat pump
    Year: 2006
    Event name: ICGSI2006, International Conference on Green and Sustainable Innovation: Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Society
    Conference Publication: ICGSI2006, International Conference on Green and Sustainable Innovation: Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Society
    Page numbers: 405-411
    Publisher: Energy Management and Conservation Center (EMAC), Chiang Mai University(Chiang Mai)
    Author(s):
  • Thermal performance of sustainable energy features
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Solar 2005, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future - A challenge for a post carbon world, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Conference Publication: Solar 2005, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future - A challenge for a post carbon world, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: University of Otago(Dunedin)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Solar boosted heat pump (SBHP)
    Year: 2005
    Book: Solar Energy: New Research
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • CFD analysis of ejector in a combined ejector cooling system
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Refrigeration
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1092-1101
    Publisher: Elsevier
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Measuring the Performance of Environmentally Sustainable Design Features in Commercial Office Buildings
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Solar Progress. Renewable Energy for Australasia
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 5
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society(Frenchs Forest)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An experimental study on natural working fluids in solar-boosted heat pump eater heater
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 6th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conference
    Conference Publication: 6th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conference
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: International Institute of Refrigeration(Glasgow)
    Author(s):
  • Indoor environment quality and sustainable development for commercial buildings in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 20th ARCOM Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting
    Conference Publication: 20th ARCOM Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting
    Page numbers: 1
    Publisher: ARCOM(Reading)
    Author(s):
  • The performance of environmentally sustainable design features in commercial buildings
    Year: 2004
    Event name: CIB World Building Congress 2004
    Conference Publication: Building for the Future
    Page numbers: 1
    Publisher: National Research Council of Canada(Ottawa)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Electrical and engine driven heat pumps for effective utilisation of renewable energy resources
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Applied Thermal Engineering
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 1295-1300
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Natural working fluids for solar-boosted heat pumps
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Refrigeration
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 637-643
    Publisher: Elsevier
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Sustainable Design Features in Commercial Buildings
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 41st Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
    Conference Publication: Destination Renewables: from research to market
    Page numbers: 388-394
    Publisher: ANZSES Australia & New Zealand Solar Energy Society(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Solar heat pump systems for domestic hot water
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Solar Energy
    Volume: 73 (3)
    Page numbers: 169-175
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Combined solar and electric system for space cooling
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Heat pumps - better by nature
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 7th International energy agency conference
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 301-313
    Publisher: China Architecture & Building Press(Beijing)
    Author(s):
  • Control of a solar heat pump
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Heat pumps - better by nature
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 7th International Energy Agency conference on heat pumping technologies
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 703-713
    Publisher: China Architecture & Building Press(Beijing)
    Author(s):
  • Ejector CFD modelling with real gas model
    Year: 2002
    Event name: ME-NETT 16th conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 16th conference of the Mechanical Engineering Network of Thailand
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 150-155
    Publisher: King Mongkut's University of Technology(Bangkok)
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  • The carbon footprint of a new commercial building
    Year: 2002
    Event name: International Cost Engineering: 3rd world conference
    Conference Publication: Environmental and economic sustainability: cost engineering down under
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Module 4. Greenhouse Gas mitigation Opportunities in the Electricity Generating Industry
    Year: 2001
    Book: International Greenhouse Partnerships Training and Development Course Manual
    Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing(Parkville)
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Journal Articles

  • An ice thermal storage computer model
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Applied Thermal Engineering
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 1769-1778
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Benefits of cool thermal storage in Thailand
    Year: 2001
    Journal: International Energy Journal
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 37-42
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Combined solar and electric air conditioning system
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 2001 Solar World Congress: Bringing solar down to earch
    Conference Publication: Congress Proceedings: 2001 Solar World Congress
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2001
    Page numbers: 100-104
    Publisher: International Solar Energy Society(Adelaide)
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  • Renewable energy use in rural industries
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Integrated renewable energy for regional development
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of CIRERD 2001
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Organisation for Renewable Engergy for Regional Development(Jakarta)
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  • sustainable built asset management
    Year: 2001
    Event name: CIIA 2001 6th Annual conference
    Conference Publication: Construction innovation - the future
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Construction Industry Institute Australia(Brisbane)
    Author(s):
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