Built Environment Expert Group
Within the Built Environment special interest group there are individuals who have international presence contributing to:
- UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Climate change and the Built Environment
- UK IEE Wiring Regulations advisory committee- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineering
Group members
Group Leader: Prof Yong Wang
Membership: Dr Hossam Abuel-Naga, Dr Jonathan Dewsbury, Dr Rodger Edwards, Prof Andrew W Gale, Mrs Anna Hiley, Dr Gregory Lane-Serff, Dr Susan Lee
Research interests
- New and renewable energy for buildings
- Climate change, global warming and design weather data
- Natural ventilation and low energy AC
- Domestic energy, ventilation and condensation
- Electrical services and power quality
- Simulation and modelling of building and plant
- Laser applications in construction
- Fire suppression and smoke movement
- Occupant feedback and fuzzy logic control
The Built Environment Group has resources and the expertise in the following areas:
- Thermographic surveys of buildings
- Measurement of infiltration (using acoustic and fan pressurisation techniques)
- Air change rate measurements using tracer gas
- Occupant and productivity feedback analysis
- Power quality surveys of buildings
- Ventilation requirement analysis and system specification