A/Prof Alistair Sproul

BSc (Hons I) Syd, PhD UNSW

Associate Professor
Postgraduate Coordinator

Contact Details
Office Location: Room 319, TETB (H6) Building
Email: a.sproul@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9385-4039
Fax: +61 2 9385-7762

Alistair Sproul's CV (PDF 69 kb)

NEW Research Topics

Centennial Park Zero Carbon (Masters by Research)

Teaching Areas

  • Energy Efficiency
  • Low Energy Buildings and Photovoltaics
  • Applied Photovoltaics

Research Interests

  • Low energy buildings and PV
  • Energy efficient water pumping systems

Selected Publications

  • A.B. Sproul, Derivation of the solar geometric relationships using vector analysis,  Renewable Energy, Volume 32, Issue 7, Pages 1187-1205 (2007)
  • A.B. Sproul, Erratum to Derivation of the solar geometric relationships using vector analysis, Renewable Energy, Volume 32, Issue 15, Page 2642 (2007).
  • Z. Hameiri, T. Spooner, and A.B. Sproul, High Efficiency Pool Filtering Systems Utilising Variable Frequency Drives, Renewable Energy, Volume 34, Issue 2, ,Pages 450-455 (2009).
  • G.S-C.Yuen, A.B. Sproul, S.J. Dain,  Performance of ‘energy efficient’ compact fluorescent lamps, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, Volume 93, Issue 2, pages 66 – 76 (2010).
  • A.B. Sproul, Energy Efficient Rain Water Systems, ANZSES Conference, Alice Springs, Sep. 2007.
  • S. Bambrook, A. B. Sproul and J. Copper, Cost Effectiveness of a Carbon Neutral House, ANZSES Conference, Alice Springs, Sep. 2007.
  • L.N. Cunio and A.B. Sproul, Optimising Energy Use in a Domestic Pool, 3rd  ISES, Asia Pacific Region Conference, Sydney, Nov. 2008.
  • S. He, A.B. Sproul, and A.G. Aberle, Doping dependence of the optical properties of solid phase crystallized evaporated poly-Si thin-films on glass, International Conference on Electronic Materials, Sydney, 2008.
  • S. Bambrook and A. Sproul,  Modelling the Energy Contributions of a PVT System to a Low Energy House in Sydney, 1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings (EuroSun 2008), Lisbon, Portugal, 7-10 October, 2008.
  • S. Bambrook, A  Sproul and D. Jacob, Exploring the Zero Energy House Concept for Sydney, ANZSES Conference, Townsville, Sep. 2009.
  • L.N. Cunio and A.B. Sproul, Low Energy Pumping Systems for Rainwater Tanks, ANZSES Conference, Townsville, Sep. 2009.
  • B.S. Richards, A. Lambertz and A.B. Sproul, “Determination of the Optical Properties of Non-Uniformly Thick Non-Hydrogenated Sputtered Silicon Thin Films on Glass”, Journal of Thin Solid Films, 460 247–255 (2004).
  • A. Straub, R. Gebs, H. Habenicht, S. Trunk, R.A. Bardos, A.B. Sproul, and A.G. Aberle, "Impedance analysis - A powerful method for the determination of the doping concentration and built-in potential of nonideal semiconductor p-n diodes", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 97, p. 083703, 2005.