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An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty (2024)
Journal Article
Semple, T., Rodrigues, L., Harvey, J., Figueredo, G., Nica-Avram, G., Gillott, M., …Goulding, J. (2024). An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty. Energy Policy, 186, Article 114014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114014

Fuel poverty is a complex socioenvironmental issue of increasing global significance. In England, fuel poverty is assessed via the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) indicator, yet concerns exist regarding the efficacy of this metric given its... Read More about An empirical critique of the low income low energy efficiency approach to measuring fuel poverty.

Parametric study of design parameters and thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2023)
Journal Article
Le, T. H. V., Gillott, M., & Rodrigues, L. (2023). Parametric study of design parameters and thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. E3S Web of Conferences, 403, Article 04007. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202340304007

Overheating of premises is a typical thermal discomfort issue in naturally ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Several design parameters were shown to affect the indoor thermal environment. A parametric study was conducted and ba... Read More about Parametric study of design parameters and thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Parametric study of design parameters and thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (2023)
Journal Article
Le, T. H. V., Gillott, M., & Rodrigues, L. (2023). Parametric study of design parameters and thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2560(1), Article 020012. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0125338

Overheating of premises is a typical thermal discomfort issue in naturally ventilated primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Several design parameters were shown to affect the indoor thermal environment. A parametric study was conducted and ba... Read More about Parametric study of design parameters and thermal comfort in primary schools in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

A multi-vector community energy system integrating a heating network, electricity grid and PV production to manage an electrified community (2022)
Journal Article
Han, M. E., Alston, M., & Gillott, M. (2022). A multi-vector community energy system integrating a heating network, electricity grid and PV production to manage an electrified community. Energy and Buildings, 266, Article 112105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112105

Electrification in energy supply–demand plays a critical role in domestic heating and road transport, delivering an electrified community to reduce carbon emissions. This solution, however, places a significant power demand increase on the distributi... Read More about A multi-vector community energy system integrating a heating network, electricity grid and PV production to manage an electrified community.

The Role of Electric Vehicle Charging Technologies in the Decarbonisation of the Energy Grid (2022)
Journal Article
Waldron, J., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Naylor, S., & Shipman, R. (2022). The Role of Electric Vehicle Charging Technologies in the Decarbonisation of the Energy Grid. Energies, 15(7), Article 2447. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072447

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) has been identified as a key technology to help reduce carbon emissions from the transport and energy sectors. However, the benefits of this technology are best achieved when multiple variables are considered in the process of c... Read More about The Role of Electric Vehicle Charging Technologies in the Decarbonisation of the Energy Grid.

The impact of wind upon the pulse technique measured airtightness of a detached dwelling (2022)
Journal Article
Hsu, Y. S., Zheng, X., Kraniotis, D., Gillott, M., Lee, S. K., & Wood, C. J. (2022). The impact of wind upon the pulse technique measured airtightness of a detached dwelling. Building and Environment, 215, Article 108955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.108955

The novel Pulse technique measures the building airtightness in a dynamic approach, involving a low-pressure pressurisation process, typically in 1–10Pa. It is known that the wind effect is one of the main sources of uncertainty for airtightness test... Read More about The impact of wind upon the pulse technique measured airtightness of a detached dwelling.

Socio-Economic Benefits in Community Energy Structures (2022)
Journal Article
Kiamba, L., Rodrigues, L., Marsh, J., Naghiyev, E., Sumner, M., Empringham, L., …Gillott, M. (2022). Socio-Economic Benefits in Community Energy Structures. Sustainability, 14(3), Article 1890. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031890

In this paper, the authors examine how a community energy group in the Meadows area of Nottingham in the UK adopted a model of local energy generation and storage as a means of combatting climate change, improving energy efficiency, enhancing energy... Read More about Socio-Economic Benefits in Community Energy Structures.

Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Naghiyev, E., Shipman, R., Goulden, M., Gillott, M., & Spence, A. (2022). Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 87, Article 102469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102469

The energy sector, and buildings in particular, are one of the main contributors to climate change. Demand-Side Management (DSM) has the potential to realise energy savings on the demand as well as the supply side. However, the domestic sector still... Read More about Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom.

Evaluation of the precision and accuracy of the QUB/e method for assessing the as-built thermal performance of a low-energy detached house in UK (2021)
Journal Article
Sougkakis, V., Meulemans, J., Wood, C., Gillott, M., & Cox, T. (2022). Evaluation of the precision and accuracy of the QUB/e method for assessing the as-built thermal performance of a low-energy detached house in UK. Energy and Buildings, 255, Article 111643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111643

In this paper, the findings from a field study of the thermal performance of a low-energy dwelling are presented and discussed. The study aimed at evaluating the precision and accuracy of the QUB/e method in the field under UK climatic conditions. A... Read More about Evaluation of the precision and accuracy of the QUB/e method for assessing the as-built thermal performance of a low-energy detached house in UK.

Online machine learning of available capacity for vehicle-to-grid services during the coronavirus pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Shipman, R., Roberts, R., Waldron, J., Rimmer, C., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2021). Online machine learning of available capacity for vehicle-to-grid services during the coronavirus pandemic. Energies, 14(21), Article 7176. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217176

Vehicle-to-grid services make use of the aggregated capacity available from a fleet of vehicles to participate in energy markets, help integrate renewable energy in the grid and balance energy use. In this paper, the critical components of such a ser... Read More about Online machine learning of available capacity for vehicle-to-grid services during the coronavirus pandemic.

A multi-energy system optimisation software for advanced process control using hypernetworks and a micro-service architecture (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, S., Charlesworth, R., Naik, K., Charlesworth, T., O'Dwyer, E., Ianakiev, A., …Aloor, J. (2021). A multi-energy system optimisation software for advanced process control using hypernetworks and a micro-service architecture. Energy Reports, 7(Supplement 4), 167-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.08.159

This paper describes a multi-energy system optimisation software, “Sustainable Energy Management System” (SEMS), developed as part of a Siemens, Greater London Authority and Royal Borough of Greenwich partnership in collaboration with the University... Read More about A multi-energy system optimisation software for advanced process control using hypernetworks and a micro-service architecture.

Improving building thermal performance through an integration of Passivhaus envelope and shading in a tropical climate (2021)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Tubelo, R., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2021). Improving building thermal performance through an integration of Passivhaus envelope and shading in a tropical climate. Energy and Buildings, 253, Article 111521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111521

Due to the success of the energy-efficient Passivhaus building envelope and its principles in regulating indoor thermal comfort in European climates, the potential implementation of it in other climates has been subjected to much attention in recent... Read More about Improving building thermal performance through an integration of Passivhaus envelope and shading in a tropical climate.

Assessing the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the electricity consumption of a housing development in the UK (2021)
Book Chapter
Tubelo, R., Naghiyev, E., Gillot, M., Rodrigues, L., & Shipman, R. (2021). Assessing the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the electricity consumption of a housing development in the UK. In J. R. Littlewood, R. J. Howlett, & L. C. Jain (Eds.), Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2021 (45-55). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6269-0_4

In March 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) government ruled that householders must stay home as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak to help flatten the curve of the epidemic and reduce the exponential growth of the virus. Commercial activities, workplace... Read More about Assessing the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the electricity consumption of a housing development in the UK.

Localized heating element distribution in composite metal foam-phase change material: Fourier's law and creeping flow effects (2021)
Journal Article
Talebizadeh Sardari, P., Mohammed, H. I., Mahdi, J. M., Ghalambaz, M., Gillott, M., Walker, G. S., …Giddings, D. (2021). Localized heating element distribution in composite metal foam-phase change material: Fourier's law and creeping flow effects. International Journal of Energy Research, 45(9), 13380-13396. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6665

A numerical parametric study is presented of a domestic thermal storage heat exchanger to explore the effect of highly localized positive temperature coefficient cylindrical heating elements in a phase change material (PCM) with conductive enhancemen... Read More about Localized heating element distribution in composite metal foam-phase change material: Fourier's law and creeping flow effects.

Characterising Brazilian Housing through an Investigation of Policies, Architecture and Statistics (2021)
Journal Article
Tubelo, R., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2021). Characterising Brazilian Housing through an Investigation of Policies, Architecture and Statistics. Journal of Architecture, 26(2), 191-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2021.1895279

Defining common housing characteristics such as typology, floor areas and occupancy rates can be challenging in many countries because of the prevalence of self-built and/or self-promoted accommodation. Yet, for researchers, designers and policy make... Read More about Characterising Brazilian Housing through an Investigation of Policies, Architecture and Statistics.

Comfort within budget: Assessing the cost-effectiveness of envelope improvements in single-family affordable housing (2021)
Journal Article
Tubelo, R., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., & Zune, M. (2021). Comfort within budget: Assessing the cost-effectiveness of envelope improvements in single-family affordable housing. Sustainability, 13(6), Article 3054. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063054

In Brazil, the delivery of homes for low-income households is dictated by costs rather than performance. Issues such as the impact of climate change, affordability of operational energy use, and lack of energy security are not taken into account, eve... Read More about Comfort within budget: Assessing the cost-effectiveness of envelope improvements in single-family affordable housing.

Evaluation of the indoor pressure distribution during building airtightness tests using the pulse and blower door methods (2021)
Journal Article
Hsu, Y., Zheng, X., Cooper, E., Gillott, M., & Wood, C. J. (2021). Evaluation of the indoor pressure distribution during building airtightness tests using the pulse and blower door methods. Building and Environment, 195, Article 107742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107742

Building airtightness is a critical aspect for energy-efficient buildings as the energy performance of a building can be significantly reduced by poor airtightness. The Pulse technique has been regarded as a promising technology, measuring building a... Read More about Evaluation of the indoor pressure distribution during building airtightness tests using the pulse and blower door methods.

We got the power: Predicting available capacity for vehicle-to-grid services using a deep recurrent neural network (2021)
Journal Article
Shipman, R., Roberts, R., Waldron, J., Naylor, S., Pinchin, J., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2021). We got the power: Predicting available capacity for vehicle-to-grid services using a deep recurrent neural network. Energy, 221, Article 119813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.119813

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services utilise a population of electric vehicle batteries to provide the aggregated capacity required to participate in power and energy markets. Such participation relies on the prediction of available cap... Read More about We got the power: Predicting available capacity for vehicle-to-grid services using a deep recurrent neural network.

Field testing of the QUB method for assessing the thermal performance of dwellings: In situ measurements of the heat transfer coefficient of a circa 1950s detached house in UK (2020)
Journal Article
Sougkakis, V., Meulemans, J., Wood, C., Gillott, M., & Cox, T. (2021). Field testing of the QUB method for assessing the thermal performance of dwellings: In situ measurements of the heat transfer coefficient of a circa 1950s detached house in UK. Energy and Buildings, 230, Article 110540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110540

In this paper the findings from a long-term field study of the thermal performance of a circa 1950s dwelling are presented and discussed. The study aimed at evaluating the robustness of the QUB method in the field under UK climatic conditions. A seri... Read More about Field testing of the QUB method for assessing the thermal performance of dwellings: In situ measurements of the heat transfer coefficient of a circa 1950s detached house in UK.

Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort (2020)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, L., Tubelo, R., Vega Pasos, A., Gonçalves, J. C. S., Wood, C., & Gillott, M. (2020). Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort. Building Research and Information, https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2020.1825064

© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Airtightness refers to the amount of air leakage through a building’s envelope. This uncontrolled exchange of air between inside and outside, either infiltration or exfiltration, may lea... Read More about Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort.

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.

A practical review of alternatives to the steady pressurisation method for determining building airtightness (2020)
Journal Article
Zheng, X., Cooper, E., Gillott, M., Vega Pasos, A., & Wood, C. (2020). A practical review of alternatives to the steady pressurisation method for determining building airtightness. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 132, Article 110049

As an important indicator of construction quality and envelope integrity of buildings, airtightness is responsible for a considerable amount of energy losses associated with infiltration. It is crucial to understand building airtightness during const... Read More about A practical review of alternatives to the steady pressurisation method for determining building airtightness.

The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data (2020)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data. Energy and Buildings, 223, Article 110201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110201

© 2020 The integration of vernacular strategies in Myanmar housing seems to have remained remarkably resilient and is still the norm even in modern dwellings. However, no regard is given to the possible impact of climate change. Using one-year monito... Read More about The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data.

User engagement in community energy schemes: A case study at the Trent Basin in Nottingham, UK (2020)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Waldron, J., Cameron, L., Tubelo, R., Shipman, R., …Bradshaw-Smith, C. (2020). User engagement in community energy schemes: A case study at the Trent Basin in Nottingham, UK. Sustainable Cities and Society, 61, Article 102187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102187

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd ‘Community Energy’ refers to people working together to reduce and manage energy use and increase and support local energy generation. It has the potential to support the infrastructural, social and cultural changes needed to redu... Read More about User engagement in community energy schemes: A case study at the Trent Basin in Nottingham, UK.

A review of traditional multistage roofs design and performance in vernacular buildings in Myanmar (2020)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Pantua, C. A. J., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). A review of traditional multistage roofs design and performance in vernacular buildings in Myanmar. Sustainable Cities and Society, 60, Article 102240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102240

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Myanmar's territory mostly experiences tropical monsoon climate, where temperatures are normally not extreme, but humidity can increase discomfort. In response, vernacular architecture strategies have evolved to deal with excess h... Read More about A review of traditional multistage roofs design and performance in vernacular buildings in Myanmar.

Where Will You Park? Predicting Vehicle Locations for Vehicle-to-Grid (2020)
Journal Article
Shipman, R., Waldron, J., Naylor, S., Pinchin, J., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). Where Will You Park? Predicting Vehicle Locations for Vehicle-to-Grid. Energies, 13(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081933

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Vehicle‐to‐... Read More about Where Will You Park? Predicting Vehicle Locations for Vehicle-to-Grid.

Occupant action patterns regarding spatial and human factors in office environments (2020)
Journal Article
Marín-Restrepo, L., Trebilcock, M., & Gillott, M. (2020). Occupant action patterns regarding spatial and human factors in office environments. Energy and Buildings, 214, Article 109889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109889

Since occupant behaviour impacts the energy performance of buildings, its study is relevant in order to bridge the performance gap. While the factors influencing occupant behaviour have been established, most studies have focused on those factors tha... Read More about Occupant action patterns regarding spatial and human factors in office environments.

Learning capacity: predicting user decisions for vehicle-to-grid services (2019)
Journal Article
Shipman, R., Naylor, S., Pinchin, J., Gough, R., & Gillott, M. (2019). Learning capacity: predicting user decisions for vehicle-to-grid services. Energy Informatics, 2(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-019-0102-2

The electric vehicles (EV) market is projected to continue its rapid growth, which will profoundly impact the demand on the electricity network requiring costly network reinforcements unless EV charging is properly managed. However, as well as import... Read More about Learning capacity: predicting user decisions for vehicle-to-grid services.

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.

Discharge of a composite metal foam/phase change material to air heat exchanger for a domestic thermal storage unit (2019)
Journal Article
Talebizadeh Sardari, P., Giddings, D., Grant, D., Gillott, M., & Walker, G. S. (2020). Discharge of a composite metal foam/phase change material to air heat exchanger for a domestic thermal storage unit. Renewable Energy, 148, 987-1001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.084

This paper evaluates the discharging mechanism in a PCM (phase change material) to air heat exchanger for the purpose of space heating using a composite of copper foam and PCM. The composite system is modelled with both 2-D and 3-D computational flui... Read More about Discharge of a composite metal foam/phase change material to air heat exchanger for a domestic thermal storage unit.

Numerical study of a multiple-segment metal foam-PCM latent heat storage unit: Effect of porosity, pore density and location of heat source (2019)
Journal Article
Sardari, P. T., Mohammed, H. I., Giddings, D., walker, G. S., Gillott, M., & Grant, D. (2019). Numerical study of a multiple-segment metal foam-PCM latent heat storage unit: Effect of porosity, pore density and location of heat source. Energy, 189, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116108

This study numerically investigates the performance of the melting process for a PCM based heat storage system under the effect of different variables in a vertical container with a copper metal foam. Different cases were studied and compared includi... Read More about Numerical study of a multiple-segment metal foam-PCM latent heat storage unit: Effect of porosity, pore density and location of heat source.

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.

Numerical modelling of phase change material melting process embedded in porous media: Effect of heat storage size (2019)
Journal Article
Talebizadeh Sardari, P., Walker, G. S., Gillott, M., Grant, D., & Giddings, D. (2019). Numerical modelling of phase change material melting process embedded in porous media: Effect of heat storage size. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957650919862974

The aim of this paper is to study the influence of enclosure size in latent heat thermal energy storage systems embedded in a porous medium for domestic usage of latent heat thermal energy storage heat exchangers. A 2-D rectangular enclosure is consi... Read More about Numerical modelling of phase change material melting process embedded in porous media: Effect of heat storage size.

Experimental Studies of a Pulse Pressurisation Technique for Measuring Building Airtightness (2019)
Journal Article
Zheng, X., Zu, Y., Cooper, E., Gillott, M., Tetlow, D., Riffat, S., & Wood, C. (2019). Experimental Studies of a Pulse Pressurisation Technique for Measuring Building Airtightness. Future Cities and Environment, 5(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5334/fce.66

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.

SCENe things: IoT-based monitoring of a community energy scheme (2019)
Journal Article
Shipman, R., & Gillott, M. (2019). SCENe things: IoT-based monitoring of a community energy scheme. Future Cities and Environment, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/fce.64

This paper describes a technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme. A range of sensors was deployed to measure in-home environmental conditions, occupancy, electrical power, electrical energy, thermal energy, heating beh... Read More about SCENe things: IoT-based monitoring of a community energy scheme.

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.

A Control Methodology for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) in Heat Networks with Distributed Generation (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, S. R., Beardmore, J., Gillott, M., Boukhanouf, R., & Walker, G. (2018). A Control Methodology for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) in Heat Networks with Distributed Generation. Energy Procedia, 153, 295-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.10.011

Reducing building energy consumption is important to achieve sustainable development, as a result, there is a need to investigate better energy systems with well-designed management infrastructure. At the Creative Energy Homes, a low-temperature heat... Read More about A Control Methodology for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) in Heat Networks with Distributed Generation.

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.

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.

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.

The importance of socio-technical and community energy approaches to sustainability transitions: key concepts and examples (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Cameron, L., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2018, August). The importance of socio-technical and community energy approaches to sustainability transitions: key concepts and examples. Paper presented at 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies Sustainable Energy Technologies for Eco Cities and Environment (SET 2018)

New approaches are needed to meet the challenges facing current and future energy systems. This paper explored this and how these challenges and solutions are critically social as well as technological. Crucial to this is conceptualising and develop... Read More about The importance of socio-technical and community energy approaches to sustainability transitions: key concepts and examples.

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.

Cost-effective envelope optimisation for social housing in Brazil's moderate climates zones (2018)
Journal Article
Tubelo, R., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., & Gonçalves Soares, J. C. (2018). Cost-effective envelope optimisation for social housing in Brazil's moderate climates zones. Building and Environment, 133, 213-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.01.038

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Brazil faces a housing deficit of more than 5.5 million units and nearly 11 million existing homes present inadequate living conditions. In response, the Brazilian government launched in 2009 a mass social housing programme with a... Read More about Cost-effective envelope optimisation for social housing in Brazil's moderate climates zones.

Theoretical and experimental thermal performance assessment of an innovative external wall insulation system for social housing retrofit (2017)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, L., White, J., Gillott, M., Braham, E., & Ishaque, A. (2018). Theoretical and experimental thermal performance assessment of an innovative external wall insulation system for social housing retrofit. Energy and Buildings, 162, 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.10.020

© 2017 The UK building stock, being amongst the oldest in the developed world, is also one of the least energy efficient and accounts for approximately 45% of UK carbon emission. Energy use from housing alone was responsible for 13% of total UK carbo... Read More about Theoretical and experimental thermal performance assessment of an innovative external wall insulation system for social housing retrofit.

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.

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., …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)
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.

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. doi: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.

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.

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
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.