Professor Brian Norton
Director
Dublin Energy Lab
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
Professor Brian Norton has served DIT in developing a distinctive practice-led research-informed education provision and in the creation of increasingly strong research and technology transfer. He is the author or co-author of six books (including two sole-authored major advanced texts) and over 400 papers including over 170 in learned journals. He has supervised over forty doctorates and serves on international journal editorial board. He is Editor-in-Chief of Foundations and Trends in Renewable Energy.
Research Interest
Industrial and Agricultural Applications of Solar Energy. Thermal performance analysis of an electrochromic vacuum glazing with low emittance coatings Solar Energy.
Publications
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A.H. Uppal, B. Norton and S.D. Probert, A Low-Cost Solar Energy Stimulated Absorption Refrigerator for Vaccine Storage, Applied Energy, 25, 167-174, 1986
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D.E. Prapas, B. Norton and S.D. Probert, Optics of Parabolic-Trough Solar Energy Collectors Processing Small Concentration Ratios, Solar Energy, 39, 6, 541-550, 1987
