Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) will likely yield more accurate results than process-based LCA (2017)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Lenzen, M. (2017). Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) will likely yield more accurate results than process-based LCA. Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.119

We analyse the comparative investigation into truncation vs. aggregation errors of process-based and hybrid LCA by Yang et al. 2017. We analyse the validity of their findings when the hypothetical five-sector economy is altered to account for realist... Read More about Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) will likely yield more accurate results than process-based LCA.

So much for COP23 – there’s a whole class of carbon emissions we’re totally ignoring (2017)
Other
Pomponi, F. (2017). So much for COP23 – there’s a whole class of carbon emissions we’re totally ignoring. [https://theconversation.com/so-much-for-cop23-theres-a-whole-class-of-carbon-emissions-were-totally-ignoring-87544]. The Conversation, UK

Article published on 'The Conversation' on embodied carbon of buildings.

Innovation in corrosion monitoring in sewers - use of novel photonic sensors for humidity measurements in gravity sewers (2017)
Journal Article
Bustamante, H., Alwis, L. S. M., Grattan, K. T. V., Sun, T., Vorreiter, L., & González, J. (2017). Innovation in corrosion monitoring in sewers - use of novel photonic sensors for humidity measurements in gravity sewers. Water e-journal, 2(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.21139/wej.2017.038

Humidity plays a key role in microbiologically induced corrosion of concrete gravity sewers. Minor reductions in humidity can reduce corrosion rates. No reliable long lived (>1 week) humidity sensors are available, thus limiting the development of us... Read More about Innovation in corrosion monitoring in sewers - use of novel photonic sensors for humidity measurements in gravity sewers.

Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, A. J., Fsadni, A., & Holt, G. (2017). Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment. Facilities, 35(9/10), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-09-2016-0088

Purpose The use of indoor living plants for enhancement of indoor relative humidity and the general environment of a large, modern, open plan office building; are studied using a mixed-methods paradigm. Design/methodology/approach The quantitat... Read More about Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment.

Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines. (2017)
Journal Article
Guan, Y., Zhu, Z. Q., Li, G., Azar, Z., Thomas, A. S., Vedreño-Santos, F., & Odavic, M. (2017). Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2716818

This paper investigates the influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on the performance of superconducting (SC) generators. The SC generator has an iron-cored rotor topology. Firstly, the generator structure is introduced and the optimizati... Read More about Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines..

PV electrical parameters degradation analysis-Oman perspective (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Honnurvali, M. S., & Gupta, N. (2017). PV electrical parameters degradation analysis-Oman perspective. In 2017 8th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC). https://doi.org/10.1109/irec.2017.7926000

Recent interests in exploring the potential of renewable energy possibilities and readiness in sultanate of Oman has showed that it can engage renewable energy technologies, such as solar, wind power and various hybrid power models to mitigate fossil... Read More about PV electrical parameters degradation analysis-Oman perspective.

Recent developments in integrated platforms (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kerrouche, A. (2017, May). Recent developments in integrated platforms. Presented at International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This session will review and discuss the increase role of automated rapid and molecular methods for pathogen detection in drinking water and attempt to reach a consensus on the future role of such methods for routine use. The session will start with... Read More about Recent developments in integrated platforms.

Exploring multi-objective trade-offs in the design space of a waste heat recovery system (2017)
Journal Article
Mokhtar, M., Burns, S., Ross, D., & Hunt, I. (2017). Exploring multi-objective trade-offs in the design space of a waste heat recovery system. Applied Energy, 195, 114-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.030

A waste heat recovery system (WHRS) is used to capture waste heat released from an industrial process, and transform the heat into reusable energy. In practice, it can be difficult to identify the optimal form of a WHRS for a particular installation,... Read More about Exploring multi-objective trade-offs in the design space of a waste heat recovery system.

A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange (2016)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2016). A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange. Educational Alternatives, 14, 357-366

The present article describes a possible pedagogical approach for delivering a module in inter-surface radiation exchange that will encompass the following applications and will also lend to other potential applications which may be identified by the... Read More about A novel teaching program for inter-surface radiation exchange.

Bridging the Building Performance Gap (2016)
Presentation / Conference
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.

Enhancing energy sustainability in buildings by implementing low carbon refrubishments (2016)
Thesis
McCauley, L. Enhancing energy sustainability in buildings by implementing low carbon refrubishments. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/462257

The thesis aimed to investigate the feasibility of enhancing a building’s energy sustainability by implementing low carbon refurbishments. The research focused on the low carbon refurbishment of the Energy Technology Centre (ETC) as a case study. The... Read More about Enhancing energy sustainability in buildings by implementing low carbon refrubishments.

Review on recent trend of solar photovoltaic technology (2016)
Journal Article
Gul, M., Kotak, Y., & Muneer, T. (2016). Review on recent trend of solar photovoltaic technology. Energy Exploration and Exploitation, 34(4), 485-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0144598716650552

Solar photovoltaic technology is one of the renewable technologies, which has a potential to shape a clean, reliable, scalable and affordable electricity system for the future. This article provides a comprehensive review of solar photovoltaic techno... Read More about Review on recent trend of solar photovoltaic technology.

How academia can help businesses improve their sustainability and energy efficiency. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Currie, J. (2016, May). How academia can help businesses improve their sustainability and energy efficiency. Presented at All-Energy 2016

Developing multiple regression models from the manufacturer's ground-source heat pump catalogue data. (2016)
Journal Article
Ordoñez, J., Girard, A., Simon, F., Reddy, T., & Muneer, T. (2016). Developing multiple regression models from the manufacturer's ground-source heat pump catalogue data. Renewable Energy, 95, 413-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.04.045

The performance of ground-source heat pumps (GSHP), often expressed as Power drawn and/or the COP, depends on several operating parameters. Manufacturers usually publish such data in tables for certain discrete values of the operating fluid tempera... Read More about Developing multiple regression models from the manufacturer's ground-source heat pump catalogue data..

biotic: Calculation of Freshwater Biotic Indices. R package version 0.1.2 (2016)
Digital Artefact
Briers, R. (2016). biotic: Calculation of Freshwater Biotic Indices. R package version 0.1.2

The biotic package calculates a range of commonly used UK freshwater invertebrate biotic indices, based on family level identification. Indices that can be calculated are BMWP (and associated N-Taxa and ASPT), Whalley revised BWMP, habitat-specific... Read More about biotic: Calculation of Freshwater Biotic Indices. R package version 0.1.2.

Research being undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre into Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heaters (ICS-SWH). (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Currie, J. (2016, April). Research being undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre into Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heaters (ICS-SWH)

Edinburgh International Science Festival - A Zero Carbon World. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Currie, J. (2016, March). Edinburgh International Science Festival - A Zero Carbon World

Spain's energy outlook: A review of PV potential and energy export (2016)
Journal Article
Gago, E., Girard, A., Ordoñez, J., & Muneer, T. (2016). Spain's energy outlook: A review of PV potential and energy export. Renewable Energy, 86, 703-715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.08.074

Spain must reduce its energy consumption by 23% and achieve 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030. This paper presents the current energy scenario en Spain, and the outlooks for different renewable options, with special focus on pho... Read More about Spain's energy outlook: A review of PV potential and energy export.

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

Finite-element heat-transfer computations for parallel surfaces with uniform or non-uniform emitting. (2016)
Journal Article
Ivanova, S. M., & Muneer, T. (2016). Finite-element heat-transfer computations for parallel surfaces with uniform or non-uniform emitting. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 8(1), 15102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942543

Radiation heat transfer has very many applications in building physics. In such studies, one has to deal with radiant energy exchanges between surfaces of different orientation and aspects. Two principal cases that may be cited here are exchanges bet... Read More about Finite-element heat-transfer computations for parallel surfaces with uniform or non-uniform emitting..