A5101869024- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Noise Effects and Management
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
- Architecture and Computational Design
- Augmented Reality Applications
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Architecture, Modernity, and Design
- Hygrothermal properties of building materials
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Library Science and Administration
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Library Science and Information Literacy
Cardiff University
2014-2024
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2024
Saint Luke's Hospital
2023
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2023
Food Standards Agency
2023
University of Birmingham
2022
University of Bristol
2022
University of Groningen
2022
Sandia National Laboratories California
2021
Pennsylvania State University
2016-2020
Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history. However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded replaced impermeable hard surfaces (e.g., roads, paving, car parks buildings). The reversal of this trend is dynamic, complex still its infancy. There are facets urban greening initiatives involving multiple benefits, sensitivities limitations. aim paper to develop a characterisation method nature based solutions for...
In order to improve energy performance of buildings, insulation materials (such as mineral glass and rock wools, or fossil fuel-based plastic foams) are being used in increasing quantities, which may lead potential problem with depletions landfill disposal. One sustainable solution suggested is the use bio-based, biodegradable materials. A number attempts have been made develop biomaterials, such sheep wood, hemcrete recycled papers. this paper, a novel type bio – mycelium examined. The aim...
The significance of retrofitting the existing housing stock is considered for policy commitment delivering an 80% CO 2 emission reduction by 2050. Background issues energy, legislation, potential and actual savings, socio-economics (payback, fuel poverty, health impacts, employment stimulus, etc.) are discussed. Different retrofit strategies presented. Three large-scale programmes in Wales, UK, analysed energy savings (using Energy Environmental Prediction Model), costs. Two 'whole house'...
The energy performance of a building in dense city depends to some extent on its surroundings. impact the built form, together with anthropogenic heat gains from traffic and HVAC exhaust, determines external environmental conditions at Urban Canopy Layer. Existing models are limited accounting for micro-scale variations urban microclimate, which may significantly modify building's density cities. This paper presents Building Energy Climate (UrBEC) model, coupled microclimate model (UMM)...
The coronaviruses have inflicted health and societal crises in recent decades. Both SARS CoV-1 2 are suspected to spread through outdoor routes high-density cities, infecting residents apartments on separate floors or different buildings many superspreading events, often the absence of close personal contact. viability such mode transmission is disputed research literature, there little evidence dose–response relationship at apartment level. This paper describes a study examine airborne...
Conventional tropical building designs are experiencing a new paradigm in their environmental response to improve lighting ambiance and occupants’ visual comfort through the exploitation of daylighting. However, it is important for architects understand that flaws daylighting strategies could lead disadvantages as they hinder vision, cause discomfort, increase interior heat gain, result excessive energy demands. The objective this study was assess how perceived conditions daylight ratio...
A number of innovations in building envelope technologies have been implemented recently, for example, to improve insulation and air tightness reduce energy consumption. However, growing concern over the embodied carbon as well resource depletion, is beginning impact on design implementation existing novel technologies. Biomimicry proposed one approach create buildings which are resilient a changing climate, embedded wider ecological systems, efficient waste free. diversity form function...
Background There is increasing interest in the proposition that residential environment can affect mental health. Aims To study degree to which common disorder clusters according postcode units and households. investigate whether contextual measures of quality geographical accessibility are associated with symptoms disorder. Method A total 1058 individuals aged 16–75 years (response rate 66%) participated a cross-sectional survey The 12-item General Health Questionnaire measured Results Only...
Purpose The recession in the late 1990s Hong Kong has triggered many commercial building owners to cut operation and maintenance (O&M) cost via outsourcing. purpose of this paper is investigate dominant expenditure on O&M service examine relation between extent outsourcing rental income buildings. Design/methodology/approach Experienced practitioners were interviewed collect both quantitative qualitative data buildings they looked after. in‐house outsourced costs, air‐conditioning...