[HTML][HTML] Dynamic modelling of indoor environmental conditions for future energy retrofit scenarios across the UK school building stock

D Grassie, J Dong, Y Schwartz, F Karakas… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
UK schoolchildren spend on average 30% of their waking lives inside schools. While indoor
environmental quality (IEQ) is critical for their health and attainment, school buildings are …

Monitoring summertime indoor overheating and pollutant risks and natural ventilation patterns of seniors in public housing

I Tsoulou, R He, J Senick, G Mainelis… - Indoor and Built …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Indoor heat and air pollution pose concurrent threats to human health and wellbeing, and
their effects are more pronounced for vulnerable individuals. This study investigates …

Energy retrofit and passive cooling: overheating and air quality in primary schools

D Grassie, Y Schwartz, P Symonds, I Korolija… - Buildings and …, 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
While building stock modelling has been used previously to investigate the space heating
demand implications of national energy efficiency retrofitting, there are also implications for …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying overheating risk in English schools: A spatially coherent climate risk assessment

LC Dawkins, K Brown, DJ Bernie, JA Lowe… - Climate Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate adaptation decision making can be informed by a quantification of current and future
climate risk. This is important for understanding which populations and/or infrastructures are …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality benefit of building adaptations to protect care home residents against heat risks in the context of uncertainty over loss of life expectancy from heat

A Ibbetson, A Milojevic, A Mavrogianni… - Climate Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
We explore methodological issues core to the cost-benefit evaluation of building adaptations
designed to protect against heat risks to residents of care homes in England in the context of …

Modelling UK school performance by coupling building simulation and multi-criteria decision analysis

D Grassie, F Karakas, Y Schwartz… - … Conference of the …, 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Meeting indoor environment quality (IEQ) standards, incorporating air quality and thermal
comfort, is critical for children's health and learning within classrooms. While building …

Assessing the current and future risk of overheating in London's care homes: the effect of passive ventilation

I Tsoulou, N Jain, E Oikonomou… - Building …, 2021 - publications.ibpsa.org
The warming climate causes adverse effects on thermal comfort and health, especially for
vulnerable older adults. This study assesses the current and future risk of summertime …

Climatic, energy retro-fit and IEQ mitigation scenario modelling of the English classroom stock model

D Grassie, Y Schwartz, F Karakas, J Milner… - 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Health and cognitive performance in UK school classrooms is dependent on building fabric
performance as well as heating and ventilation system operation in maintaining Indoor …

Indoor environment assessment of energy retrofitting the UK school building stock in the context of socio-technical data crowdsourcing and modelling constraints

D Grassie - 2024 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
The UK non-domestic stock is responsible for 18% of UK carbon emissions and school
buildings comprise 10% of the non-domestic stock by floorspace. Energy retrofit …

Measuring the effectiveness of retrofit, behavioural and transformational adaptation solutions to heat waves

A Villaverde, L Garmendia, Z Egiluz… - Building …, 2023 - publications.ibpsa.org
Scientific evidence suggests that climate change is increasing the severity and frequency of
heat waves. In temperate climate cities, where overheating has not been a common issue …