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A panel model for predicting the diversity of internal temperatures from English dwellings
No full textUsing panel methods, a model for predicting daily mean internal temperature demand across a heterogeneous domestic building stock is developed. The model offers an important link that connects building stock models to human behaviour. It represents the first time a panel model has been used to estimate the dynamics of internal temperature demand from the natural daily fluctuations of external temperature combined with important behavioural, socio-demographic and building efficiency variables. The model is able to predict internal temperatures across a heterogeneous building stock to within ~0.71°C at 95% confidence and explain 45% of the variance of internal temperature between dwellings. The model confirms hypothesis from sociology and psychology that habitual behaviours are important drivers of home energy consumption. In addition, the model offers the possibility to quantify take-back (direct rebound effect) owing to increased internal temperatures from the installation of energy efficiency measures. The presence of thermostats or thermostatic radiator valves (TRV) are shown to reduce average internal temperatures, however, the use of an automatic timer is statistically insignificant. The number of occupants, household income and occupant age are all important factors that explain a proportion of internal temperature demand. Households with children or retired occupants are shown to have higher average internal temperatures than households who do not. As expected, building typology, building age, roof insulation thickness, wall U-value and the proportion of double glazing all have positive and statistically significant effects on daily mean internal temperature. In summary, the model can be used as a tool to predict internal temperatures or for making statistical inferences. However, its primary contribution offers the ability to calibrate existing building stock models to account for behaviour and socio-demographic effects making it possible to back-out more accurate predictions of domestic energy demand
Portrait of John Tyndall [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on inscription on reverse.; Condition: Fair.; Inscriptions: "Prof. Tyndall" --In pencil on reverse. "W. & D. Downey, 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle on Tyne ... " --Printed on reverse.; Part of the collection: Deakin family photograph album.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms1540-19-613-s50-a2; Related material: Papers of Alfred Deakin, 1804-1973; National Library of Australia manuscript collection MS 1540
Forms of water in clouds and rivers, ice and glaciers /
No full textNo. 6 of 1000 copies printed.Includes index.Selected works of John Tyndall. Westminster edition.Mode of access: Internet.Collection of Reginald H.E. Starr
Cream Shipment, Tyndall, Bon Homme County
No full text3 x 5 photograph, four wagons full of cream cans with railroad tracks behind the wagons5 Photo Album H2009-101 5644 R.C. Lathrop Coll Box No 3Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company Cream & Baggage at Tyndall, S D "ON" Taken 1913 Sioux City & Dakota Div. Acct No K4321 MP 21 E/W - 44 N/S Looking WestMonday morning cream shipment at Tyndall, SD in the good old days 191
Depot, Tyndall, Bon Homme County
No full text3 x 5.5 photograph, one-story building with a freight door and two windows on the side, a regular door and two windows on the end, gable roof, sign on the side says "Tyndall"5 Photo Album H2009-101 5644 R.C. Lathrop Coll Box No 3Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Depot at Tyndall S. Dak. "ON" Taken April 8, 1967 Built 1879 Old I & D Division Now I M & D Division Acct No K-4321 MP 21 E/W 44 N/S Railroad came here from Scotland and still goes partway to Springfield. "This station at one Time Looked Just Like the one at Scotland, but it has the Center Office Part Removed and it was slid together." by R.C. Lathrop Looking at the South End. West Sid
Hours of exercise in the Alps /
No full text"Authorized edition."Includes index."Limited to one thousand copies of which this no. 181."Mode of access: Internet
Steam-Powered Tractor, Tyndall, Bon Homme County
No full text4 x 6 photograph, restored steam-powered tractor with metal wheelsH2010-041 Vanishing Early Scenes Vernell Johnson Coll. Churches, Old County Farms, Houses, Vanishing Country Scene Box 1 5607A[stamp] 743 [photographer stamp] Photo By: Vernell Johnson, Lyons, S. D. Memorial Church Yard in Tyndall, S. D
The Poetry of John Tyndall
No full textJohn Tyndall (1822–1893) is best known as a leading natural philosopher and trenchant public intellectual of the Victorian age. He discovered the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, explained why the sky is blue, and spoke and wrote controversially on the relationship between science and religion. Few people were aware that he also wrote poetry. The Poetry of John Tyndall contains his 76 extant poems, the majority of which have not been transcribed or published before, and are succinctly annotated in a style similar to that used for the letters published in The Correspondence of John Tyndall. The poems are complemented by an extended introduction, which was written by the three editors together as a multidisciplinary analysis. The essay aims to facilitate readings by a range of people interested in the history of Victorian science and of Victorian science and literature. It explores what the poems can tell us about Tyndall’s self-fashioning, his values and beliefs, and the role of poetry for him and his circle. More broadly, the essay addresses the relationship between the scientific and poetic imaginations, and wider questions of the nature and purpose of poetry in relation to science and religion in the nineteenth century. ‘This volume is a welcome addition to the recent burst of scholarly interest in the Victorian physicist John Tyndall, popularizer of science, critic of Christian theology, key contributor to climate science, and avid mountain climber. Those interested in nineteenth-century history, literature, and science will be fascinated by the new insights to be found looking at Tyndall through his poems. Readers will also appreciate the superb scholarly apparatus accompanying the poems, including an informative introduction, helpful editorial notes, and a comprehensive bibliography.’ – Bernard V. Lightman, York University, Canad
Man in Depot Office, Tyndall, Bon Homme County
No full text3 x 5 photograph, a man sitting at a desk inside an office with some lanterns hanging on the wall, office equipment on the desk5 Photo Album H2009-101 5644 R.C. Lathrop Coll Box No 3Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company Depot at Tyndall, S D "ON" Taken 1913 Sioux City & Dakota Division Worked both div. S C & D Div. Soo Cy - I & D Div. at Sanborn Ia. Opr. Theophil (Ted) Munsch at Telegraph desk at Tyndall S.D. his 1st Reg Job. Acct No K-4321 MP 21 E/W - 44 N/
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