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Decarbonising our transport system: Vehicle use behaviour analysis to assess the potential of transitioning to electric mobility (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Waldron, J., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Naylor, S., & Shipman, R. (2020). Decarbonising our transport system: Vehicle use behaviour analysis to assess the potential of transitioning to electric mobility. In J. Rodríguez Álvarez, & J. C. Soares Gonçalves (Eds.), Planning Post Carbon Cities: 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, A Coruña, 1st-3rd September 2020: Proceedings (689-694). https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497497947

The transport sector is responsible for over 20% of the global carbon emissions. One of the strategies to reduce its impact includes transitioning to electric vehicles (EV). However, this represents several challenges to existing cities, such as the... Read More about Decarbonising our transport system: Vehicle use behaviour analysis to assess the potential of transitioning to electric mobility.

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.

Review of Strategy for Assessing the Thermal Performance of Institutional Building Form in Hot Dry Climates of Nigeria (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Adamu Bena, A., Gillott, M., & Boukhanouf, R. (2019). Review of Strategy for Assessing the Thermal Performance of Institutional Building Form in Hot Dry Climates of Nigeria. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET 2019), 20-22 August 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Achieving comfortable indoor environment in buildings in hot climates requires enormous amounts of cooling energy specifically if passive design techniques were not considered from the outset of the construction process. For instance, overheating in... Read More about Review of Strategy for Assessing the Thermal Performance of Institutional Building Form in Hot Dry Climates of Nigeria.

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.

An innovative method for the assessment of thermal comfort and resilience in social housing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gomez De Leon, A. B., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., & Calautit, J. (2018). An innovative method for the assessment of thermal comfort and resilience in social housing. In N/a

Thermal evaluation of building envelopes is useful to approach efficient solutions for energy savings. Meteorological parameters represent an important role for this analysis. Future climate scenarios are considered to study climate behavior to provi... Read More about An innovative method for the assessment of thermal comfort and resilience in social housing.

Experimental study on the measurement of building infiltration and air leakage rate (at 4 and 50 Pa) by means of tracer gas methods, blower door and the novel pulse technique in a detached UK home (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Vega Pasos, A., Zheng, X., Sougkakis, V., Gillott, M., Meulemans, J., Samin, O., …Wood, C. J. (2018). Experimental study on the measurement of building infiltration and air leakage rate (at 4 and 50 Pa) by means of tracer gas methods, blower door and the novel pulse technique in a detached UK home. In Smart Ventilation for buildings (972-981)

Air infiltration contributes to a heat loss typically representing up to one third of the heating demand of a building. The building airtightness, also quantified as air leakage, is the fundamental building property that impacts infiltration. The ste... Read More about Experimental study on the measurement of building infiltration and air leakage rate (at 4 and 50 Pa) by means of tracer gas methods, blower door and the novel pulse technique in a detached UK home.

A technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme: design and implementation challenges (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Shipman, R., & Gillott, M. (2018). A technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme: design and implementation challenges. In The 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET 2018) : proceedings

This paper describes a technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme. A range of sensors were deployed to measure in-home environmental conditions, occupancy, electrical power, electrical energy, thermal energy, heating be... Read More about A technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme: design and implementation challenges.

Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zheng, X., Cooper, E., Zu, Y., Gillott, M., Tetlow, D., Riffat, S., & Wood, C. (in press). Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness.

A pulse pressurisation technique is developed and utilised for determining building leakage at low pressure, based on a 'quasi-steady pulse' concept. The underlying principle of the technique is to subject the building envelope to a known volume chan... Read More about Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness.

QUB/e: Validation of a transient method for determining whole building thermal performance and building element U-values in situ under actual operating conditions (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Sougkakis, V., Wood, C., Meulemans, J., Gillot, M., & Cox, T. (2018). QUB/e: Validation of a transient method for determining whole building thermal performance and building element U-values in situ under actual operating conditions. In SET 2018: 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies

Growing evidence in recent years has suggested that a difference exists between the design and the as-built thermal performance of UK dwellings. This difference commonly known as the ‘performance gap’ may have serious implications on the UK governmen... Read More about QUB/e: Validation of a transient method for determining whole building thermal performance and building element U-values in situ under actual operating conditions.

Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Vega Pasos, A., Zheng, X., Sougkakis, V., Gillott, M., Meulemans, J., Samin, O., …Wood, C. J. (2018). Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness. In Smart Ventilation for Buildings

The air infiltration of a building, which fundamentally depends on its airtightness, can be a significant contributor to its heat loss. It can also be affected by other factors such as external terrain, leakage distribution, sheltering factor and env... Read More about Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness.

A review of the potential of smart homes to support independent living (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Fox, C., Rodrigues, L. T., Altomonte, S., & Gillott, M. C. (2017). A review of the potential of smart homes to support independent living.

Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years of age is expected to nearly double, from 12% to 22%. Whilst hospitals offer care to people with health problems, support at home is generally limited to carers, a costly l... Read More about A review of the potential of smart homes to support independent living.

An analysis of thermal comfort in primary schools in Vietnam (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Le, T. H. V., Gillott, M. C., & Rodrigues, L. T. (2017). An analysis of thermal comfort in primary schools in Vietnam.

There is a trend of installing air conditioning systems in public primary schools that are currently naturally ventilated in Vietnam. A previous study conducted by the authors provided evidence that there is limited need for air conditioning in Vietn... Read More about An analysis of thermal comfort in primary schools in Vietnam.

A system design for distributed energy generation in low temperature district heating (LTDH) networks (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Jones, S., Gillott, M. C., Boukhanouf, R., Walker, G. S., Tunzi, M., Tetlow, D., …Sumner, M. (2017). A system design for distributed energy generation in low temperature district heating (LTDH) networks.

Project SCENIC (Smart Controlled Energy Networks Integrated in Communities) involves connecting properties at the University of Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes test site in a community scale, integrated heat and power network. Controls will be dev... Read More about A system design for distributed energy generation in low temperature district heating (LTDH) networks.

Children thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Le, T. H. V., Gillott, M. C., & Rodrigues, L. T. (2017). Children thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

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.

The case for hybrid ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Vi Le, T. H., Gillott, M. C., & Rodrigues, L. T. (2016). The case for hybrid ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

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.

The case for localised energy management to support resilient cities
Conference Proceeding
Rodrigues, L. T., Marsh, J., Kiamba, L., Gillott, M. C., & O'Doherty, T. (in press). The case for localised energy management to support resilient cities.

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.