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List of contents
Part 1: Energy Efficiency. 1. Climate Change and UK Future Climate. 2. Energy and Environment. 3. Occupants' Energy Consumption Behaviour and Behavioural Interventions 4. Housing Typology in the UK 5. Energy Consumption in Domestic Buildings 6. UK Housing and Policies 7. Conclusion Part 2: Methods and Tools 8. Introduction 9. Energy and Environmental Assessment Methods for Buildings in the UK 10. Feed Forward Interviews 11. Environmental Monitoring and Energy Simulation 12. Conclusion
About the author
Dr. Bertug Ozarisoy is a lecturer in Architecture at the College of Technology and Environment, London South Bank University, London, UK. His research focuses on understanding the theory between architecture and energy policy design in conjunction with exploring the impact of passive cooling systems on domestic energy use and households' thermal comfort.
Dr. Hasim Altan is a Full Professor of Sustainable Design and Architectural Engineering in the Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Design in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He is a Chartered Architect (RIBA) and a Chartered Engineer (CIBSE) with over 20 years of academic and practice experience in the field of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) within the Built Environment across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) regions.
Dr. Young Ki Kim obtained a BEng degree in School of Architecture in South Korea (1995 - 2002). He holds an MSc degree (2005) in Environmental Design and Engineering from the University College London (UCL). He finished his PhD degree at the University of Sheffield with the title of thesis
Adapting the UK Housing to Climate Change: Energy Consumption and Overheating. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE, where his research is primarily focused on sustainable building development, environmental and climate response building design, building operation and management, health and wellbeing, and indoor environment quality (IEQ).
Dr. Wei Shi received his doctorate degree in Architecture and Sustainability at the University of East London in 2019. His research focuses on the soft landing of the roll-out of the government's social housing refurbishment schemes and investigates the downside of it. Mixed research methodology was adopted in order to develop and present guidance and advice to the local authority, and to inform the success of similar schemes in the future.
