Post-Doctoral Research Opportunity Funding is available for an 18-month post-doctoral position on green roof energy modeling. The post-doctoral fellow would work on at least the following projects:
1. Use an open-source building energy modeling platform (ESP-r) to predict winter (heating season) benefits from green roof installation. 2. Improve green roof building energy models using data on performance of different plant species/vegetation types. 3. Determine relationships between plant functional traits and green roof performance. Other research is possible, according to the background and interests of the successful candidate. The fellow would have full access to a fully instrumented (weather station, heat flux plates, flowmeters, soil moisture etc., dataloggers) replicated green roof research facility, including data collected in the past four years. This is the only facility in the world currently set up for biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research on green roofs. The successful applicant will have completed a PhD in one of the following areas: energy modelling; building energy performance; soil physics; ecological engineering). Experience with building energy modeling is essential (ESP-r experience would be ideal). For more information, please contact Dr. Jeremy Lundholm, Department of Biology/Environmental Studies program, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax NS Canada. [email protected] http://husky1.smu.ca/~jlundholm/about.htm To apply, please forward via email attachment your CV and list of three people who can serve as references. We are hoping to identify a suitable candidate before July 1, 2010. The position would ideally begin in September 2010.
