Outputs (7)

Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture (2022)
Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Temeljotov-Salajb, A., Margaret Lindkvist, C., & Støre-Valen, M. (2022). Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture. Construction Management and Economics, 40(3), 161-172.

Retrofit of existing housing increases the possibility of meeting Sustainable Development Goals. Improving quality of life, minimising energy consumption and increasing productivity in buildings process with the aim of affordable housing (social, env... Read More about Sustainable Building Renovation in Residential Buildings: Barriers and Potential Motivations in Norwegian Culture.

The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants (2021)
Journal Article
Collins, D., Senior, C., Jowkar, M., Salaj, A. T., & Johansen, A. (2022). The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants. Facilities, 40(3/4), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-02-2021-0013

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how an Urban Facilities Management (Urban FM) focused summer school in Norway in 2019 impacted knowledge creation, as well as the host and foreign educators, along with the international student pa... Read More about The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants.

The Spirit of Time—The Art of Self-Renovation to Improve Indoor Environment in Cultural Heritage Buildings (2021)
Journal Article
Senior, C., Salaj, A. T., Vukmirovic, M., Jowkar, M., & Kristl, Ž. (2021). The Spirit of Time—The Art of Self-Renovation to Improve Indoor Environment in Cultural Heritage Buildings. Energies, 14(13), Article 4056. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14134056

The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges of an old low-standard urban district with a strong historical and cultural heritage and propose more sustainable renovation solutions, acceptable for the residents and municipality. The challeng... Read More about The Spirit of Time—The Art of Self-Renovation to Improve Indoor Environment in Cultural Heritage Buildings.

The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England (2020)
Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., Montazami, A., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov-Salaj, A. (2020). The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England. Building and Envi

The higher education sector in the UK is responsible for large amount of the country's energy consumption. Space heating, which is the largest and most expensive part of the energy used in the UK educational buildings is a potential target for improv... Read More about The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England.

Comfort temperature and preferred adaptive behaviour in various classroom types in the UK higher learning environments (2020)
Journal Article
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., Brusey, J., Montazami, A., Carlucci, S., & Lansdown, T. C. (2020). Comfort temperature and preferred adaptive behaviour in various classroom types in the UK higher learning environments. Energy and Buildings, 211, Article 109814.

Maintaining the thermal comfort of occupants along with minimising the related energy consumption is necessary in educational buildings in the UK. Thermal comfort is particularly important in this context as it affects how well students learn in the... Read More about Comfort temperature and preferred adaptive behaviour in various classroom types in the UK higher learning environments.

Influence of long-term thermal history on thermal comfort and preference (2019)
Journal Article
Jowkar, M., de Dear, R., & Brusey, J. (2020). Influence of long-term thermal history on thermal comfort and preference. Energy and Buildings, 210, Article 109685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109685

This study explores how climatic background or long-term thermal history influences individuals’ in-the-moment thermal comfort experiences. This investigation was conducted at eight mixed-mode university buildings in United Kingdom whose occupants ha... Read More about Influence of long-term thermal history on thermal comfort and preference.

The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (2019)
Journal Article
Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., …Zomorodian, Z. S. (2019). The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data, 6(1), Article 289. h

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes fo... Read More about The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.