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Dharavi an Urban Ecology of Recycling, Living and Working (2025)
Journal Article
Agarwal, V., Borsi, K., & Collett, T. (2025). Dharavi an Urban Ecology of Recycling, Living and Working. Athens Journal of Architecture, 11, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.30958/aja.X-Y-Z

This paper provides an in-depth typo-morphological analysis of Dharavi’s 13th Compound to expose the spatial specificity through which this socio-spatial ecology of living, working, and recycling is supported. It maps the process of recycling and pat... Read More about Dharavi an Urban Ecology of Recycling, Living and Working.

Honeycomb core inspired design and numerical simulation of heat transfer enhancement for thermal energy storage in heat exchangers (2025)
Journal Article
Han, L., Zhang, S., & Yan, Y. (2026). Honeycomb core inspired design and numerical simulation of heat transfer enhancement for thermal energy storage in heat exchangers. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 219, Article 110205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2025.110205

Latent heat storage offers a promising solution to bridge energy supply-demand mismatches, yet its implementation is fundamentally constrained by the low thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCM). To address this limitation, this study inv... Read More about Honeycomb core inspired design and numerical simulation of heat transfer enhancement for thermal energy storage in heat exchangers.

Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn (2025)
Book Chapter
Borsi, K. (2025). Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn. In I. Kuroishi (Ed.), Post-War Public Housing and Well-Being: Modernity, Economic Recovery, and Social Change (103-135). Routledge

The two large housing estates, Märkisches Viertel (1963–1974) in West Berlin and Marzahn (1977–1990) in East Berlin, exemplify the planning of neighbourhoods for ‘the good life.’ As flagship projects of their respective regimes, they were unprecedent... Read More about Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn.

A Critical Review of Existing Fuel Poverty Definitions in England: Problematisation, Obfuscation and Compatibility with a Just Energy Transition (2025)
Journal Article
Semple, T., Rodrigues, L., Harvey, J., Figueredo, G., & Gillott, M. (in press). A Critical Review of Existing Fuel Poverty Definitions in England: Problematisation, Obfuscation and Compatibility with a Just Energy Transition. Energy Research and Social Science,

The way that fuel poverty (or energy poverty) is defined and quantified continues to divide opinion. In England, modern fuel poverty definitions, such as Low Income High Costs (LIHC) and Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE), have increasingly emp... Read More about A Critical Review of Existing Fuel Poverty Definitions in England: Problematisation, Obfuscation and Compatibility with a Just Energy Transition.

Enhanced heat transfer of PCM-based heat sink augmented with plate-fins and hybrid nanoparticles for electronics cooling (2025)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., & Yan, Y. (2025). Enhanced heat transfer of PCM-based heat sink augmented with plate-fins and hybrid nanoparticles for electronics cooling. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 218, Article 110107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2025.110107

Passive cooling technologies based on phase change material (PCM) reveal as emerging technique for thermal management of electronic components effciently. Therefore, the current study explores the combined effect of hybrid nanoparticles (HNPs), plate... Read More about Enhanced heat transfer of PCM-based heat sink augmented with plate-fins and hybrid nanoparticles for electronics cooling.

Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols (2025)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Iddon, C., Zaatari, M., Wargocki, P., & Bruns, R. (2025). Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols. Building and Environment, Article 113318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113318

This paper describes the risk assessment modeling used to establish airflow requirements in ASHRAE Standard 241 (2023) – Control of Infectious Aerosols. The standard sets minimum equivalent clean airflow rates per person (ECAi) to reduce long-range a... Read More about Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols.

Investigation of thermal management performance of electronic devices with phase change materials and pin fin heat sinks under periodic heating and cooling cycles (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Wang, H., Wang, J., Luo, D., Yan, Y., & Ren, Y. (2025). Investigation of thermal management performance of electronic devices with phase change materials and pin fin heat sinks under periodic heating and cooling cycles. Energy Conversion and Management, 342, Article 120107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120107

Effective thermal management is critical for high-power devices such as metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors, as excessive heat can degrade their performance and reliability. Existing studies often simplify the heat source as a region o... Read More about Investigation of thermal management performance of electronic devices with phase change materials and pin fin heat sinks under periodic heating and cooling cycles.

Impacts of Design Parameters on the Thermal Performance of a Macro-Encapsulated Phase Change Material Blind Integrated in Double Skin Facade System (2025)
Journal Article
Li, Y., He, W., Tao, W., Yang, C., Li, Y., & Darkwa, J. (2025). Impacts of Design Parameters on the Thermal Performance of a Macro-Encapsulated Phase Change Material Blind Integrated in Double Skin Facade System. Energies, 18(13), Article 3326. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18133326

Double skin facades (DSFs) are promising sustainable design elements of buildings. However, they are prone to overheating problems in warm seasons due to high outdoor temperature and intense solar radiation. Although phase change material (PCM) blind... Read More about Impacts of Design Parameters on the Thermal Performance of a Macro-Encapsulated Phase Change Material Blind Integrated in Double Skin Facade System.

Ice-source heat pump for residential heating: A case study on energy storage and pipeline repurposing in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Mehdipour, R., Garvey, S., Cardenas, B., Baniamerian, Z., & J. Wood, C. (2025). Ice-source heat pump for residential heating: A case study on energy storage and pipeline repurposing in the UK. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 73, Article 106579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.106579

Transitioning from natural gas to cleaner heating methods is crucial for reducing carbon emissions. Heat pumps, which extract heat from air, water, or geothermal sources, offer an efficient alternative but significantly increase peak electricity dema... Read More about Ice-source heat pump for residential heating: A case study on energy storage and pipeline repurposing in the UK.