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Vernacular passive design in Myanmar housing for thermal comfort (2019)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). Vernacular passive design in Myanmar housing for thermal comfort. Sustainable Cities and Society, 54, Article 101992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101992

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Tropical weather is characterized by high humidity, high temperature, and intense solar insolation; therefore, traditional tropical housing is predominantly dependent on natural ventilation and passive cooling for thermal comfort.... Read More about Vernacular passive design in Myanmar housing for thermal comfort.

Thermal performance in single-zone occupied space ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings (2019)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2019). Thermal performance in single-zone occupied space ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 609(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/609/3/032004

© 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Multistage roofs are dominant features in the ancient Myanmar buildings. They describe the cultural context, social status and are a response to the local climates. However, little is known about... Read More about Thermal performance in single-zone occupied space ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings.

Ventilation performance of single zone occupied space in ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings (2019)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Pantua, C., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2019). Ventilation performance of single zone occupied space in ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 609(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/609/3/032011

© 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Roof ventilation gives passive cooling effect in removing hot air from tropical climate buildings. However, little is known about the impacts of building parameters on the passive cooling effect i... Read More about Ventilation performance of single zone occupied space in ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings.

A System Design for Distributed Energy Generation in Low-Temperature District Heating (LTDH) Networks (2019)
Journal Article
Jones, S. R., Gillott, M., Boukhanouf, R., Walker, G., Tunzi, M., Tetlow, D., …Sumner, M. (2019). A System Design for Distributed Energy Generation in Low-Temperature District Heating (LTDH) Networks. Future Cities and Environment, 5(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/fce.44

Project SCENIC (Smart Controlled Energy Networks Integrated in Communities) involves connecting properties at the University of Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes site in a community scale, integrated heat and power network. The system will use distr... Read More about A System Design for Distributed Energy Generation in Low-Temperature District Heating (LTDH) Networks.