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Resolving clashes between net-zero energy and acoustics engineering specifications, to enhance low-carbon building performance, regulatory compliance and future skills. Laws and standards comparison between Italy and UK (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Danza, L., Scrosati, C., Belussi, L., Scamoni, F., Currie, J., & Smith, S. (2022, August). Resolving clashes between net-zero energy and acoustics engineering specifications, to enhance low-carbon building performance, regulatory compliance and future ski

Under the CNR (Italy) and RSE (Scotland) joint scientific cooperation agreement, the project deals with the development and enhancing understanding of the technical clashes and engineering solu-tions required to deliver net-zero outcomes across diver... Read More about Resolving clashes between net-zero energy and acoustics engineering specifications, to enhance low-carbon building performance, regulatory compliance and future skills. Laws and standards comparison between Italy and UK.

Discrepancies between theoretical and actual heating demand in Scottish modern dwellings (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. (2017). Discrepancies between theoretical and actual heating demand in Scottish modern dwellings. In PLEA 2017 Proceedings - Design to Thrive (361-368)

The study reports on the differences between the actual heat consumption profiles of twelve dwellings monitored for four years and their predicted heat demand profiles as calculated by the UK Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). This mon... Read More about Discrepancies between theoretical and actual heating demand in Scottish modern dwellings.

A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robinson, M., Currie, J., Brown, A., & Garnier, C. (2017, April). A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement. Paper presented at CIBSE Technical Symposium, Loughborough, UK

A ubiquitous effort to phase the adoption of a fully integrated Building Information Modelling (BIM) approach into the construction industry is gaining pace due to the many reported benefits claimed of working in a holistically digital environment. T... Read More about A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement.

Energy Behaviour Change by Coloured In-Home Display (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stinson, J., Reid, A., Bros-Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2016). Energy Behaviour Change by Coloured In-Home Display. In 41st IAHS WORLD CONGRESS: Conference Proceedings

It is estimated that by 2020 some 53 million, next-generation gas and electricity meters, commonly known as ‘smart meters’, will be installed in approximately 30 million homes and small businesses across the UK. A significant feature of the smart met... Read More about Energy Behaviour Change by Coloured In-Home Display.

Bridging the Building Performance Gap (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Stinson, J. (2016, August). Bridging the Building Performance Gap. Presented at The Energy Agency and Ayrshire Housing CPD event

Ayrshire Housing, in collaboration with the Scottish Energy Centre (SEC) at Edinburgh Napier University, have worked over the last 4 years to define the practicality of integrating energy efficient retrofit measures into a portfolio of hard-to-treat... Read More about Bridging the Building Performance Gap.

Construction Innovation Futures - Industry and Environmental Opportunities. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2016, April). Construction Innovation Futures - Industry and Environmental Opportunities

During the next two decades global construction investment will top $100 trillion (US). New directions in construction innovation will be driven by industry to address challenges in skills, environmental regulations and maximise the benefits of low c... Read More about Construction Innovation Futures - Industry and Environmental Opportunities..

Energy Performance of Craft Distilleries. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2016, January). Energy Performance of Craft Distilleries. Presented at Interface Food & Drink Showcase – "Food from Thought"

The thermal retrofitting of walls windows and ceilings in traditional Scottish buildings. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stinson, J., Bros Williamson, J., Reid, A., & Currie, J. (2015, September). The thermal retrofitting of walls windows and ceilings in traditional Scottish buildings. Presented at 6th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability

This paper documents research undertaken to evaluate the thermal transmittance of building elements – walls, windows and ceilings – both before and after the addition of insulation in traditionally constructed Scottish buildings. Thirteen different t... Read More about The thermal retrofitting of walls windows and ceilings in traditional Scottish buildings..

Conservation of a historic building through sympathetic thermal enhancement. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stinson, J., Bros Williamson, J., Reid, A., & Currie, J. (2015). Conservation of a historic building through sympathetic thermal enhancement. In Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XIV (633-642). https://doi.org/10.2495/S

This paper documents research undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University to refurbish a historic library building by means of thermal improvements. The interventions selected were specifically chosen to minimalise any imp... Read More about Conservation of a historic building through sympathetic thermal enhancement..

Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stinson, J., Willis, A., Williamson, J. B., Currie, J., & Smith, R. (2015). Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users. Energy Procedia, 78, 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015

We evaluate the changes to domestic electricity and gas consumption when the occupants have local access to a coloured real time in-home display (IHD). We report the preliminary six months findings of a three year research project involving 52 new bu... Read More about Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users.

Energy for Craft Distillers. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2015, October). Energy for Craft Distillers. Presented at UK Craft Distillers Conference

Energy performance evaluation of a passive house built to Scottish building standards. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., & Currie, J. (2014). Energy performance evaluation of a passive house built to Scottish building standards.

Ensuring that predicted (simulated) energy performance figures are realised once a building is in-use has been of growing concern since issues surrounding the ‘performance gap’ were realised in the mid 1990’s [1]. Increasing energy demand and a decre... Read More about Energy performance evaluation of a passive house built to Scottish building standards..

New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carty, L., Garnier, C., Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2014, March). New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings. Presented at Rehab 2014

Applications of nanotechnology in the form of high performing aerogel insulation are now widely used from space exploration to the oil and gas industry and in more recent years in the construction industry. Previous research has shown the merits of t... Read More about New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings..

Retrofit simulation and assessment tools. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2013, April). Retrofit simulation and assessment tools. Presented at RRetrofitting Scotland’s Built Environment – Challenges and Opportunities

Thermosyphon Heated Thermal Store, the Influences of Valve Opening on flow, an Experimental Analysis. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macbeth, J., Smith, H., Currie, J., & Finlayson, N. (2010). Thermosyphon Heated Thermal Store, the Influences of Valve Opening on flow, an Experimental Analysis.

This paper outlines initial findings from the design of a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system whose principal objective is to promote stratification when charged by an intermittent electrical supply. This concept will offer an efficient solution to... Read More about Thermosyphon Heated Thermal Store, the Influences of Valve Opening on flow, an Experimental Analysis..

Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (2009). Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality. In 2009 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163731

Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated city centre office building in order to assess the effect upon indoor pollution levels of the closure of some streets in the city to road traffic. The rel... Read More about Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality..

Computational study of an integrated collector storage solar water heater. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garnier, C., Currie, J., Muneer, T., & Girard, A. (2008). Computational study of an integrated collector storage solar water heater.

A simple low cost integrated collector storage solar water heater (ICS-SWH) which has the potential to substantially reduce domestic energy use was proposed for simulation. The system takes the form of a rectangular-shape incorporating the solar col... Read More about Computational study of an integrated collector storage solar water heater..

Sunspace augmented positive Input ventilation of buildings. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2006). Sunspace augmented positive Input ventilation of buildings.

A total of 16 positive input ventilation (PIV) units were installed in a new build housing development in west Scotland utilising a glazed sunspace on the south elevation of each dwelling to augment the energy saving potential of the installation.... Read More about Sunspace augmented positive Input ventilation of buildings..

Energy efficiency improvements through sunspace augmented positive input ventilation of buildings. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., Capper, G., & Holmes, J. (2006). Energy efficiency improvements through sunspace augmented positive input ventilation of buildings.

Positive input ventilation (PIV) systems were installed in a new build housing development in Ballantrae in south west Scotland; utilising a glazed sunspace on the south elevation of each dwelling to augment the energy saving potential of the install... Read More about Energy efficiency improvements through sunspace augmented positive input ventilation of buildings..

Study of stratification in a (ICSSWH) Integrated CollectorStorage Solar Water Heater. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Junaidi, H., Henderson, D., Muneer, T., Grassie, T., & Currie, J. (2006). Study of stratification in a (ICSSWH) Integrated CollectorStorage Solar Water Heater.

Stratification inside the water storage tank of a solar heater is a desirable natural phenomenon that improves the collector output. For an ICS storage heater type, where the storage tank is in direct contact with the heating surface (absorber plate)... Read More about Study of stratification in a (ICSSWH) Integrated CollectorStorage Solar Water Heater..

The use of an environmental assessment tool in healthcare buildings. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capper, G., Holmes, J., Hudson, G., & Currie, J. (2005). The use of an environmental assessment tool in healthcare buildings.

A variety of tools have been developed for the comprehensive assessment of the environmental performance of buildings and they are currently being used in different stages of the building design, construction and operation process. But each existing... Read More about The use of an environmental assessment tool in healthcare buildings..

Human exposure to particulate and gaseous pollutants in a bar. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (2003). Human exposure to particulate and gaseous pollutants in a bar.

There is increasing evidence of a causal link between airborne particles and ill health and this study examined the exposure to both airborne particles and the gas phase contaminants of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in a bar. The work reported he... Read More about Human exposure to particulate and gaseous pollutants in a bar..

Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (2001). Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces.

Smoking restrictions in the workplace and increased health consciousness at home have seen a sizable reduction in the number of spaces where smoking is permissible. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ventilation in public houses... Read More about Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces..

An Integrated approach to street canyon pollution modelling. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Addison, P. S., Currie, J., Low, D. J., & McCann, J. M. (2000). An Integrated approach to street canyon pollution modelling. In R. S. Sokhi, R. S. José, N. Moussiopoulos, & R. Berkowicz (Eds.), Urban Air Quality: Measurement, Modelling and Management (33

An integrated method for the prediction of the spatial pollution distribution within a street canyon directly from a microscopic traffic simulation model is outlined. The traffic simulation package Paramics is used to model the flow of vehicles in re... Read More about An Integrated approach to street canyon pollution modelling..

Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capper, G., & Currie, J. (1998). Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings.

Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated building in the West End of Edinburgh during and after the period of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to assess the effect upon indoo... Read More about Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings..

Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (1998). Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces. In G. Guarracino (Ed.), Proceedings, 2nd European conference on energy performance and indoor climate in buildings and 3rd international conference on indoor air qual

Smoking restrictions in the workplace and increased health consciousness at home have seen a sizable reduction in the number of spaces where smoking is permissible. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ventilation in public houses,... Read More about Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces..