One of the DEHEMS partners, University of Salford is involved in another home energy initiative.  This month work commenced on a unique ‘Energy House’ as the first bricks were laid on what will become the first test house in the world to be constructed inside an environmentally controlled chamber at the University.  Once completed, the house will be subjected to some of the most advanced energy experiments ever conducted on a residential property.

University experts will carry out a huge range of tests inside the house to gauge how its energy consumption varies depending on changeable factors and conditions. The testing chamber will feature a unique climate system which will generate a range of snow, rain, wind and humidity conditions – which, unlike other test properties, are not dependent on that day’s weather.

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Dr David Kreps from the University of Salford recently presented a  paper where he examines the concept of eco-masculinities as a philosophical and critical project to understand the links between gendered and pro-environmental behaviour.  The paper looks at the sociology of masculinity, and the post-gendered world to which they both aspire, alongside a brief history of ecofeminism. The last section of the paper considers how these philosophical approaches might impact upon analysis of the DEHEMS project.

For more information see: Kreps, David, “Introducing Eco-Masculinities: How a masculine discursive subject approach to the Individual Differences Theory of Gender and IT impacts an environmental informatics project” (2010). AMCIS 2010 Proceedings. Paper 277. http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2010/277/