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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.

Regulatory and policy framework for the uptake of renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Salazar, J., Waldron, J., & Rodrigues, L. (2019). Regulatory and policy framework for the uptake of renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, SET 2019, 20-22 August 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. , (445-454)

Energy policies and regulations are constantly introduced to reflect the current developments of the energy system. The introduction of sustainable energy technologies creates a demand for alternative sources of energy and economic incentives which a... Read More about Regulatory and policy framework for the uptake of renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom.

Towards an electric revolution: a review on vehicle- to-grid, smart charging and user behaviour (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Waldron, J., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Naylor, S., & Shipman, R. (2019). Towards an electric revolution: a review on vehicle- to-grid, smart charging and user behaviour. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies. SET 2019, 20-22 August 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. , (1-9)

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in their Special Report on Global warming, it is clear that there is a need of a rapid change in all aspects of society to achieve limiting global warming to 1.5°C. The transport sector alone... Read More about Towards an electric revolution: a review on vehicle- to-grid, smart charging and user behaviour.

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.

Community Energy Networks in the Making: Project SCENe, Nottingham (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Waldron, J. A., Cameron, L., Tubelo, R., & Shipman, R. (2019). Community Energy Networks in the Making: Project SCENe, Nottingham. In E. Ng, S. Fong, & C. Ren (Eds.), PLEA 2018: Smart and Healthy Within the Two-Degree Limit: Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture; Dec 10-12, 2018 Hong Kong, China (833-838)

‘Community Energy’ refers to people working together to reduce and manage energy use, and increase and support local energy generation. It can help promote the infrastructural, social and cultural changes we need to reduce the impact of climate chang... Read More about Community Energy Networks in the Making: Project SCENe, Nottingham.