All Outputs (6)

Empowering Citizens in a Smart City Project One Step at a Time: a Norwegian Case Study (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Senior, C., Jowkar, M., Temeljotov-Salaj, A., & Johansen, A. (2021). Empowering Citizens in a Smart City Project One Step at a Time: a Norwegian Case Study. In 2021 IEEE European Technology and Engineering Management Summit (E-TEMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/e-tems51171.2021.9524892

Considering public participation as one of the key components of “smart cities”, efforts have been made by local governments to provide opportunities for citizens to take an active role in smart cities planning. This paper presents preliminary result... Read More about Empowering Citizens in a Smart City Project One Step at a Time: a Norwegian Case Study.

Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Temeljotov-Salaj, A., Margaret Lindkvist, C., & Jowkar, M. (2020). Social needs for sustainable refurbishment in Trondheim. In Proceedings of the 19th EuroFM Research Symposium 2020, EFMIC 2020 (51-61)

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 environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Jowkar, C., Bahadur Rijal, H., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov Salaj, A. (2020). The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK. In Windsor 2020: Resilient Comfort - Proceedings (298-208)

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.

Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., & Brusey, J. (2019). Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on: Comfort at the Extremes: Energy, Economy and Climate (865-876)

Thermal comfort in learning environments influences the students’ attention, concentration and learning productivity. Due to the impact of the thermal environment on students’ thermal comfort and consequently their productivity in line with the impac... Read More about Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings.

Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Jowkar, M., & Montazami, A. (2018). Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students. In Proceedings of 10th Windsor Conference: Rethinking Comfort (623-633)

Statistics regarding the number of international students in the UK higher educational buildings show an upward trend in the recent years. These students coming from different cultural and climatic backgrounds have various thermal perceptions inside... Read More about Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students.

Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Jowkar, M., Montazami, A., & Lunn, C. (2017). Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building. In PLEA Conference Proceedings Volume 1 (740-747)

The quality of educational buildings can considerably affect teaching and learning processes. Literature shows that there is a significant relationship between students’ thermal perception and their performance. The UK higher education buildings host... Read More about Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building.