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Investigating the impact of surroundings on a high-rise residential block's performance (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, W., Jimenez-Bescos, C., & Calautit, J. K. (2021). Investigating the impact of surroundings on a high-rise residential block's performance. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 174(3), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.20.00066

Urbanisation has increased rapidly in recent years, and more high-rise buildings are built to accommodate the increasing urban population. High-rise buildings affect solar conditions, which can have positive and negative effects on the surrounding ar... Read More about Investigating the impact of surroundings on a high-rise residential block's performance.

Potential of Bioenergy in Rural Ghana (2021)
Journal Article
Nelson, N., Darkwa, J., Calautit, J., Worall, M., Mokaya, R., Adjei, E., …Ahiekpor, J. (2021). Potential of Bioenergy in Rural Ghana. Sustainability, 13(1), Article 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010381

Crop residues are common in rural Ghana due to the predominant role agriculture plays in livelihood activities in these communities. In this paper we investigate the prospects of exploiting agricultural crop residues for rural development in Ghana th... Read More about Potential of Bioenergy in Rural Ghana.

Performance comparison of two solar cooking storage pots combined with wonderbag slow cookers for off-sunshine cooking (2020)
Journal Article
Mawire, A., Lentswe, K., Owusu, P., Shobo, A., Darkwa, J., Calautit, J., & Worall, M. (2020). Performance comparison of two solar cooking storage pots combined with wonderbag slow cookers for off-sunshine cooking. Solar Energy, 208, 1166-1180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.08.053

Two similar storage cooking pots are experimentally evaluated and compared during solar cooking and storage off-sunshine cooking periods. One storage pot has sunflower oil as the sensible heat storage material, while the other has erythritol as the p... Read More about Performance comparison of two solar cooking storage pots combined with wonderbag slow cookers for off-sunshine cooking.

Evaluating the impact of viewing location on view perception using a virtual environment (2020)
Journal Article
Abd-Alhamid, F., Kent, M., Calautit, J., & Wu, Y. (2020). Evaluating the impact of viewing location on view perception using a virtual environment. Building and Environment, 180, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106932

Window views are an important design feature in buildings. Views can impact the cognitive attention, psychological and physiological well-being of building occupants due to their ability to provide recovery in stressful working environments. The impa... Read More about Evaluating the impact of viewing location on view perception using a virtual environment.

Toward a Sustainable Decentralized Water Supply: Review of Adsorption Desorption Desalination (ADD) and Current Technologies: Saudi Arabia (SA) as a Case Study (2020)
Journal Article
Alnajdi, O., Wu, Y., & Calautit, J. K. (2020). Toward a Sustainable Decentralized Water Supply: Review of Adsorption Desorption Desalination (ADD) and Current Technologies: Saudi Arabia (SA) as a Case Study. Water, 12(4), Article 1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041111

Several regions are confronting a severe scarcity of fresh water due to the gap between supply and demand. They strive to bridge that gap by depleting nonrenewable water aquifers and expanding centralized energy-intensive desalination technologies. C... Read More about Toward a Sustainable Decentralized Water Supply: Review of Adsorption Desorption Desalination (ADD) and Current Technologies: Saudi Arabia (SA) as a Case Study.

Developing an Innovative Method for Visual Perception Evaluation in a Physical-Based Virtual Environment (2019)
Journal Article
Abd-Alhamid, F., Kent, M., Bennett, C., Calautit, J., & Wu, Y. (2019). Developing an Innovative Method for Visual Perception Evaluation in a Physical-Based Virtual Environment. Building and Environment, 162, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106278

With the developments in virtual reality technologies, significant researches have been conducted for human response on indoor luminous environment using head-mounted display to replace those in real environment. However, the limited resolution and l... Read More about Developing an Innovative Method for Visual Perception Evaluation in a Physical-Based Virtual Environment.

A numerical and experimental analysis of an integrated TEG-PCM power enhancement system for photovoltaic cells (2019)
Journal Article
Darkwa, J., Calautit, J., Du, D., & Kokogianakis, G. (2019). A numerical and experimental analysis of an integrated TEG-PCM power enhancement system for photovoltaic cells. Applied Energy, 248, 688-701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.147

Solar photovoltaic (PV) cells especially crystal silicon cells have witnessed a soaring installed capacity during past years. Research efforts have been made to increase the PV conversion efficiency and one direction is towards the cooling of PV syst... Read More about A numerical and experimental analysis of an integrated TEG-PCM power enhancement system for photovoltaic cells.

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.

Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates (2018)
Journal Article
Boukhanouf, R., Amer, O., Ibrahim, H. G., & Calautit, J. K. (2018). Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates. Building and Environment, 142, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.06.004

Evaporative cooling has been considered a low energy consumption process that often is associated with displacement ventilation and passive cooling strategies of buildings. While significant energy savings can be accrued from using evaporative coolin... Read More about Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates.

A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges (2018)
Journal Article
Du, K., Calautit, J. K., Wang, Z., Wu, Y., & Liu, H. (2018). A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges. Applied Energy, 220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.005

Latent heat thermal energy storage is an attractive technique as it can provide higher energy storage density than conventional heat energy storage systems and has the capability to store heat of fusion at a constant (or a near constant) temperature... Read More about A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges.

A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment (2018)
Journal Article
Calautit, K., Aquino, A. I., Calautit, J. K., Nejat, P., Jomehzadeh, F., & Hughes, B. R. (2018). A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment. Computation, 6(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation6010024

Global demand for energy continues to increase rapidly, due to economic and population growth, especially for increasing market economies. These lead to challenges and worries about energy security that can increase as more users need more energy res... Read More about A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment.

Advanced Personal Comfort System (APCS) for the workplace: a review and case study (2018)
Journal Article
Shazad, S., Calautit, J. K., Calautit, K., Hughes, B. R., & Angelo, A. (2018). Advanced Personal Comfort System (APCS) for the workplace: a review and case study. Energy and Buildings, 173, 689-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.02.008

The aim of this research is to investigate the application and performance of an advanced personal comfort system, a thermal chair, using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Building Energy Simulation (BES) and field test analysis. The thermal chair... Read More about Advanced Personal Comfort System (APCS) for the workplace: a review and case study.

Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort? (2018)
Journal Article
Shazad, S., Brennan, J., Theodossopoulos, D., Calautit, J. K., & Hughes, B. R. (2018). Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort?. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 39(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624418754498

The neutral thermal sensation (neither cold, nor hot) is widely used through the application of the ASHRAE seven-point thermal sensation scale to assess thermal comfort. This study investigated the application of the neutral thermal sensation and it... Read More about Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort?.

A review of sustainable solar irrigation systems for Sub-Saharan Africa (2017)
Journal Article
Wazed, S. M., Hughes, B. R., O'Connor, D., & Calautit, J. K. (2018). A review of sustainable solar irrigation systems for Sub-Saharan Africa. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.08.039

This investigation focused on the research undertaken on solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal technologies for pumping water generally for irrigation of remote rural farms specifically considering the Sub-Saharan African region. Solar PV systems... Read More about A review of sustainable solar irrigation systems for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Evaluation of the integration of the Wind-Induced Flutter Energy Harvester (WIFEH) into the built environment: experimental and numerical analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Aquino, A. I., Calautit, J. K., & Hughes, B. R. (2017). Evaluation of the integration of the Wind-Induced Flutter Energy Harvester (WIFEH) into the built environment: experimental and numerical analysis. Applied Energy, 207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.041

With the ubiquity of low-powered technologies and devices in the urban environment operating in every area of human activity, the development and integration of a low-energy harvester suitable for smart cities applications is indispensable. The multi... Read More about Evaluation of the integration of the Wind-Induced Flutter Energy Harvester (WIFEH) into the built environment: experimental and numerical analysis.

A user-controlled thermal chair for an open plan workplace: CFD and field studies of thermal comfort performance (2017)
Journal Article
Shahzad, S., Calautit, J. K., Aquino, A. I., Nasir, D. S., & Hughes, B. R. (in press). A user-controlled thermal chair for an open plan workplace: CFD and field studies of thermal comfort performance. Applied Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.118

This study aims to improve user comfort and satisfaction regarding the thermal environment in the open plan office, which is a current challenge in the workplace addressed by limited research. The main difficulty in an open plan setting is that chang... Read More about A user-controlled thermal chair for an open plan workplace: CFD and field studies of thermal comfort performance.

Computational and field test analysis of thermal comfort performance of user-controlled thermal chair in an open plan office (2017)
Journal Article
Shahzad, S., Hughes, B., Calautit, J. K., & Nasir, D. S. (2017). Computational and field test analysis of thermal comfort performance of user-controlled thermal chair in an open plan office. Energy Procedia, 105, 2635-2640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.761

In this study, a thermal chair prototype was developed that allowed personal control over the temperature settings of the back-rest and the seat. Limited research focuses on different methods to provide individual user control over the thermal enviro... Read More about Computational and field test analysis of thermal comfort performance of user-controlled thermal chair in an open plan office.

Thermal comfort and indoor air quality analysis of a low-energy cooling windcatcher (2017)
Journal Article
Calautit, J. K., Aquino, A. I., Shahzad, S., Nasir, D. S., & Hughes, B. R. (2017). Thermal comfort and indoor air quality analysis of a low-energy cooling windcatcher. Energy Procedia, 105, 2865-2870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.634

The aim of this work was to investigate the performance of a roof-mounted cooling windcatcher integrated with heat pipes using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and field test analysis. The windcatcher model was incorporated to a 5m x 5m x3 m test r... Read More about Thermal comfort and indoor air quality analysis of a low-energy cooling windcatcher.

Urban integration of aeroelastic belt for low-energy wind harvesting (2017)
Journal Article
Aquino, A. I., Calautit, J. K., & Hughes, B. R. (2017). Urban integration of aeroelastic belt for low-energy wind harvesting. Energy Procedia, 105, 738-743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.384

In this modern age low-energy devices are pervasive especially when considering their applications in the built-environment. The multitude of low-energy applications extend from wireless sensors, radio-frequency transceivers, charging devices, camera... Read More about Urban integration of aeroelastic belt for low-energy wind harvesting.

Effect of urban street canyon aspect ratio on thermal performance of road pavement solar collectors (RPSC) (2017)
Journal Article
Nasir, D. S., Hughes, B. R., Calautit, J. K., Aquino, A. I., & Shahzad, S. (2017). Effect of urban street canyon aspect ratio on thermal performance of road pavement solar collectors (RPSC). Energy Procedia, 105, 4414-4419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.936

Studies on RPSC (road pavement solar collectors) have shown the potential of reducing the urban heat island effect by dissipating the heat from the pavement for energy harness. In our previous work, performance analysis of RPSC system was carried out... Read More about Effect of urban street canyon aspect ratio on thermal performance of road pavement solar collectors (RPSC).