All Outputs (4)

Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Temeljotov-Salaj, A., Margaret Lindkvist, C., & Jowkar, M. (2020, June). Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim. Presented at 19th EuroFM Research Symposium 2020: EFMIC 2020, Online

Background and aim - Sustainable refurbishment of existing buildings requires more people-centeredinnovative processes and solutions. Gaining better insight in the needs of cities and citizens, andcorrespondingly the ability to develop processes, ser... Read More about Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim.

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 Environment, 179, Article 106933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106933

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.

The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, C., Bahadur Rijal, H., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov Salaj, A. (2020, April). The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK. Presented at Windsor Conference 2020, Windsor, UK

Considering the prevalence of the different climatic conditions in Northern and Midland regions of the UK, this study investigated the occupants’ thermal comfort requirements in two university campuses in Scotland and England, UK. The aim of this inv... Read More about The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK.

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109814

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.