Cardiff University, PhD, Architectural Science

Research addresses the development; evaluation; and application of principles for sustainable; low-energy; low-carbon design and management of the built environment, on scales from the individual component, through whole buildings, to communities; research areas of particular strength: Design for sustainable housing; urban planning for sustainability; adaptation to climate change; health and comfort in buildings and settlements; responsive facades; passive design; naturally ventilated buildings; efficient building services; alternative and renewable energy supplies; low energy and passive cooling; indoor air quality; waste minimisation; development of modelling and simulation methods: daylight and sunlight; dynamic building energy modelling; regional and settlement modelling; computational fluid dynamics; Physical scale modelling; development of design tools and guidance; energy and environmental assessment methodologies; building construction process; research application in the design process; design for deconstruction and closed loop; integrating air conditioning use with buildings; integrating combined heat and power use with buildings; energy performance studies of buildings in use.