Les Duckers

Postgraduate Research Director, Environmental Management

School of Energy, Construction and Environment

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMPUTING

Coventry University

Priory Street

Coventry

CV1 5FB

George Eliot Building

Room: GE408

Email: byx919@coventry.ac.uk

Qualifications:

Certificate, Project and Change Management, Coventry University
Ph.D., Physics, University of East Anglia
B.Sc., Physics, University of East Anglia

Professional Licences and Certifications:

2001-present, Registered Environmental Auditor, IEMA
1989-present, CEng, Chartered Engineer
1985-present, CPhys, Chartered Physicist

Research Interests:

Environmental Management
Environmental Auditing
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy

Selected Outputs:

Duckers, L.J., Duckers, K.M., and Rees, A.C. (2010) A Study of the Environmental Technologies Sector for Coventry. Internal Report
Newman, A.P., Duckers, L., Nnadi, E.O., and Cobley, A.J. (2010) 'Self-Fertilising Geotextiles for Use in Pervious Pavements: A Review of Progress and Further Developments'. Proceedings of the 7th Novatech Conference, '7th Novatech Conference'. Held 27 Jun-01 Jul 2010 in Lyons, France
Anka, G.A., Hall, W.J., and Duckers, L.J. (2010) 'Assessing the impact of climate change on second-generation biofuel production in Nigeria'. Proceedings of the BES Conference, 'BES Conference'. Held 01-02 Jul 2010 in Coventry, UK
Choudhury, B.K., Blanchard, R., Duckers, L.J., and Banerjee, S. (2009) 'Assessment of Tidal Power'. Proceedings of the World Energy Engineering Congress, 'World Energy Engineering Congress'. Held 04-06 Nov 2009 in Washington, USA
Nnadi, E.O., Duckers, L.J., Newman, A.P., Coupe, S.J., and Puehmeier, T. (2009) 'Irrigation using Permeable Paving as the Source of Water: Effects of Recycled Water on the Soil; Plant Growth and Development'. Proceedings of the GeoAfrica2009 Conference, 'GeoAfrica2009 Conference'. Held 02-05 Sep 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa
Spanos, I., and Duckers, L.J. (2008) 'Optimisation of Energy Use in the Built Environment: A Holistic Approach to Ground Source Heat Pumps'. Proceedings of WREC -X, 'WREC -X'. Held 19-25 Jul 2008 in Glasgow, UK
Duckers, L.J., and Blanchard, R. (2008) 'A virtual Hydroelectric Laboratory'. Proceedings of WREC -X, 'WREC -X'. Held 19-25 Jul 2008 in Glasgow, UK
Duckers, L.J., Minns, N., Watson, S., and Haken, R. (2008) 'A Novel, Compact Wave Energy Converter'. Proceedings of WREC -X, 'WREC -X'. Held 19-25 Jul 2008 in Glasgow, UK
Duckers, L.J. (2007) 'Developments in Wave and Tidal Systems'. In Renewable Energy 2006. Ed. by Flin, D. London: Sovereign, 71-75
Spanos, I., Duckers, L.J., and Holmes, K. (2007) 'Application of ‘CARB financial methodology' analysis for alternative energy technologies into UK housing'. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 11, 1571-1583
Duckers, L.J. (2006) 'Environmental impact assessment of wave energy systems'. Proceedings of the World Marine Technology Conference, 'WMTC 2006'. Held 06-10 Mar 2006 in London, UK
Duckers, L.J. (2004) 'Wave Energy'. In Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future. Ed. by Boyle, G. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 298-337