PhD Students

The research proposed a solar system integrated in streets to harvest solar energy that can provide cooling supply for buildings and the energy storage possibility in the form of thermal energy. Through simulation modeling, Design Builder will determine the optimum street orientation and aspect ratio from solar access perspective, then calculate the heating and cooling loads for a typical flat in a residential building. TRNSYS software was used to identify the size of the components for a Solar Absorption Cooling System and Energy Storage System to meet the required cooling load for the proposed flat in Egypt

The research investigates the technical and economic viability of ZEHs on the eastern Arabian Gulf peninsula, considering the local vernacular architecture passive cooling techniques, regional hot and humid climate conditions, architectural context, occupant's needs, and cultural requirements. In the path toward achieving the aims stated above, comprehensive study stages have been formulated. Those steps Including Investigating how our ancestors managed to live on the east coast of the Arabian Gulf peninsula’s harsh climate without electricity, determining the regional residential buildings’ energy consumption trends, identifying the main design characteristics of a typical Arabian gulf residential home, conducting energy and economic modelling, and validation of the designed ZEH prototype.

The purpose of this project is to study a novel mini-CPC coupled new technology in photovoltaic for building daylighting/thermal. Goals include:

1. Using software simulation and experiments to test the performance of the novel CPC

2. Comparative study of various material options

3. Research on Scheme Simulation of miniature CPC Component Size

The PhD investigates improve daylight performance inside the office buildings, by using Grasshopper as a parametric software based on Rhinoceros 3D. Grasshopper is used as a method to control different complex parameters to utilize the daylight during the daytime. The study aims to provide the building with constant distributed light during the working hours to achieve human visual comfort and save energy. 

The overall aim of this research is to investigate multi-energy storage systems to minimise the impact of short and long-term energy shortages due to the intermittent nature of renewables, grid voltage, frequency, and grid reliability as a result of large-scale injection of intermittent renewable energy into the grid.

Climate Resilience in architecture is about how a building can respond to any risky events, trends, or interruptions related to climate either now or in the future. Natural ventilation by window opening is one of the passive design strategies that can help low-cost apartments achieve the occupants’ thermal comfort. So, this research aims to assess the climate resilience of low-cost apartments in Indonesia through the window-opening behaviour of building occupants. The research question is “To what extent do the window opening patterns influence overheating and thermal comfort during the present and future climate conditions?”.

School energy efficient such as adaption of numerous energy efficiency represents a driver for increasing the school energy performance due to significant environmental effects and major impact on student’s performance and health. My research is focused on investigating the outcomes of energy efficiency improvement and analysing the benefits achieved under various energy efficiency measures from energy audit based on the vast case studies.

Ghana has an estimated population of 27 million with approximately 24.2% of the total population living under the poverty line. Rural poverty however is almost 4 times as high as urban poverty levels. This PhD project therefore seeks to develop an integrated bio-rural energy scheme for Ghana. This would enable sustainable power generation and consequently improve living conditions thereby reducing poverty in rural communities in Ghana. The research focuses on evaluating the technological, social, economic, cultural and environmental expediency in the development of appropriate framework for bioenergy production. 

My PhD research focuses on the thermal and energy performance of the 3D printed buildings. The main aim is to identify the difference in thermal and energy performance of the traditional cast and 3D printed concrete structures and propose optimum parameters of 3D printed wall to achieve the highest thermal and energy performances.

My PhD research aims to improve the simulation of energy performance in the context of urban communities. A common drawback of current energy simulation packages is the neglected impact of neighbourhood effect in cities. Urban climate, however, is  mutually impacted by a building's indoor climate. The aim of this study is therefore to couple the energy simulation technique with microclimate Computational Fluid Dynamics to enhance a better resolving of neighbourhood effect on buildings and vice versa.

To achieve zero carbon emissions and low energy consumption during building operation, my research focus on the prefabrication and Low-carbon Technologies. The research comprises the Building Information Modelling design, simulation and construction of low carbon prefabricated houses for Chinese suburban area. The house is unique and has been designed to satisfy the requirement of Chinese suburban and climate in Wuhan. The house is projected to achieve the German Passive House certification criteria standards.