All Outputs (75)

Children thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Le, T. H. V., Gillott, M. C., & Rodrigues, L. T. Children thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Presented at Passive Low Energy Architecture Design to Thrive (PLEA 2017)

Indoor environmental quality significantly impacts on students’ performance and productivity, particularly thermal comfort levels. Currently in Vietnam, very few studies have dealt with the issue and the current trend is to install energy-intensive a... Read More about Children thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

An interdisciplinary review of energy storage for communities: challenges and perspectives (2017)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Swierczynski, M., Stroe, D. I., Norman, S. A., Abdon, A., Worlitschek, J., O'Doherty, T., Rodrigues, L. T., Gillott, M. C., Zhang, X., Bauer, C., & Patel, M. K. (in press). An interdisciplinary review of energy storage for communities: challenges and perspectives. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 79, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.003

Given the increasing penetration of renewable energy technologies as distributed generation embedded in the consumption centres, there is growing interest in energy storage systems located very close to consumers. These systems allow to increase the... Read More about An interdisciplinary review of energy storage for communities: challenges and perspectives.

Optimum community energy storage for renewable energy and demand load management (2017)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Norman, S. A., Walker, G. S., & Gillott, M. C. (2017). Optimum community energy storage for renewable energy and demand load management. Applied Energy, 200, 358-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.048

While the management of PV generation is the prime application of residential batteries, they can deliver additional services in order to help systems to become cost-competitive. They can level-out the demand and potentially reduce the cost and emiss... Read More about Optimum community energy storage for renewable energy and demand load management.

Field trialling of a pulse airtightness tester in a range of UK homes (2016)
Journal Article
Cooper, E., Zheng, X., Wood, C., Gillott, M. C., Tetlow, D., Riffat, S., & Simon, L. D. (2019). Field trialling of a pulse airtightness tester in a range of UK homes. International Journal of Ventilation, 18(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733315.2016.1252155

A new low pressure ‘quasi-steady’ pulse technique for determining the airtightness of buildings has been developed further and compared with the standard blower-door technique for field-testing a range of typical UK homes. The reported low pressure a... Read More about Field trialling of a pulse airtightness tester in a range of UK homes.

Internalising externalities for a sustainable rail asset base (2016)
Journal Article
Langdon, M., RODRIGUES, L., Gillott, M., & Parry, T. (2016). Internalising externalities for a sustainable rail asset base. 00 Journal not listed, 3(3), 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.14.00026

Although the concept of sustainability and sustainable development has tended to be mostly associated with the management of natural resources and the consequent environmental impact, the most accepted definition draws together its social, economic a... Read More about Internalising externalities for a sustainable rail asset base.

The case for internalising externalities in a sustainable rail asset base (2016)
Journal Article
Langdon, M., Gillott, M. C., Rodrigues, L. T., & Parry, T. (2016). The case for internalising externalities in a sustainable rail asset base. Infrastructure Asset Management, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.14.00026

Although the concept of sustainability and Sustainable development has tended to be mostly associated with the management of natural resources and the consequent environmental impact, the most accepted definition draws together its social, economic a... Read More about The case for internalising externalities in a sustainable rail asset base.

The case for hybrid ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vi Le, T. H., Gillott, M. C., & Rodrigues, L. T. The case for hybrid ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Presented at 36th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments (PLEA 2016)

This study investigates indoor environmental quality and users’ perception in 14 classrooms of a mixed-mode ventilated primary school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, during the rainy season by qualitative and quantitative research methods. Spot and lon... Read More about The case for hybrid ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Optimum community energy storage system for demand load shifting (2016)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Norman, S. A., Walker, G. S., & Gillott, M. (2016). Optimum community energy storage system for demand load shifting. Applied Energy, 174, 130-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.082

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Community energy storage (CES) is becoming an attractive technological option to facilitate the use of distributed renewable energy generation, manage demand loads and decarbonise the residential sector. There is strong interest... Read More about Optimum community energy storage system for demand load shifting.

Design, testing and evaluation of a community hydrogen storage system for end user applications (2016)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Gillott, M., & Walker, G. S. (2016). Design, testing and evaluation of a community hydrogen storage system for end user applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(10), 5215-5229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.01.098

A hydrogen community energy storage (H-CES) system including a PEM electrolyser, metal hydride tank and PEMFC unit was designed, built and tested for a low carbon community. The H-CES performs end user applications including PV energy time-shift and... Read More about Design, testing and evaluation of a community hydrogen storage system for end user applications.

Performance evaluation of a mechanically ventilated heat recovery (MVHR) system as part of a series of UK residential energy retrofit measures (2016)
Journal Article
White, J., Gillott, M., Wood, C., Loveday, D., & Vadodaria, K. (2016). Performance evaluation of a mechanically ventilated heat recovery (MVHR) system as part of a series of UK residential energy retrofit measures. Energy and Buildings, 110, 220-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.09.059

Improving the airtightness in an existing UK dwelling: the challenges, the measures and their effectiveness (2016)
Journal Article
Gillott, M., Loveday, D., White, J. A., Wood, C., Chmutina, K., & Vadodaria, K. (2016). Improving the airtightness in an existing UK dwelling: the challenges, the measures and their effectiveness. Building and Environment, 95, 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.08.017

Optimum community energy storage system for PV energy time-shift (2014)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Gillott, M., Norman, S. A., & Walker, G. S. (2015). Optimum community energy storage system for PV energy time-shift. Applied Energy, 137, 576-587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.060

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. A novel method has been designed to obtain the optimum community energy storage (CES) systems for end user applications. The method evaluates the optimum performance (including the round trip efficiency and annual discharge), lev... Read More about Optimum community energy storage system for PV energy time-shift.

Modeling of PV generation, battery and hydrogen storage to investigate the benefits of energy storage for a single dwelling (2014)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Walker, G., & Gillott, M. (2014). Modeling of PV generation, battery and hydrogen storage to investigate the benefits of energy storage for a single dwelling. Sustainable Cities and Society, 10, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2013.04.006

Three unobtrusive domestic occupancy measurement technologies under qualitative review (2013)
Journal Article
Naghiyev, E., Gillott, M., & WILSON, R. (2014). Three unobtrusive domestic occupancy measurement technologies under qualitative review. Energy and Buildings, 69, 507-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.033

Almost one third of the UK's total energy is consumed by the domestic sector. Occupancy measurement could have the potential to save significant amounts of that energy, either instantly via a home automation system or retrospectively via post-occupan... Read More about Three unobtrusive domestic occupancy measurement technologies under qualitative review.

The case for localised energy management to support resilient cities
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodrigues, L. T., Marsh, J., Kiamba, L., Gillott, M. C., & O'Doherty, T. The case for localised energy management to support resilient cities. Presented at PLEA 2016

Localised energy generation, ownership and management provide a mechanism to address issues of affordability, energy security, infrastructure resilience and the need to reduce greenhouse gases emissions. There is potential for the growth of community... Read More about The case for localised energy management to support resilient cities.