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Dr Ahmad Eltaweel 

Research Fellow
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2651

  A.Eltaweel@napier.ac.uk

  

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Antoine Reguis 

Research Assistant
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2548

  A.Reguis@napier.ac.uk

  

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Dr Behrang Vand Alimohammadisagvand 

Lecturer
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2623

  B.Vand@napier.ac.uk

  

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Dr Ivor Davies BA(Hons), PgDip, PhD, FHEA

Associate

 0131 455 2397

  I.Davies@napier.ac.uk

  

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Natalie Bain-Reguis 

Research Assistant
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 5022

  N.Reguis@napier.ac.uk

   

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Paola Seminara 

Research Assistant
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

  P.Seminara@napier.ac.uk

  

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Dr Timothy Olawumi MRICS. FHEA. MGBCN. MHKGBC. AHKIPM

Lecturer
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2411

  T.Olawumi@napier.ac.uk

  

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Assessment of the Effect of the Enhancement of Urban Infrastructures on Climate Change: the Case Study of European Cities

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T. (2013, February)
Assessment of the Effect of the Enhancement of Urban Infrastructures on Climate Change: the Case Study of European Cities. Paper presented at Dahrendorf Workshop: Economics and Climate Change, Brussels
No abstract available.

Black, Green and White Roofs Evaluated Through the Use of an Implemented Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Methodology

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T. (2012, December)
Black, Green and White Roofs Evaluated Through the Use of an Implemented Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Methodology. Poster presented at International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy. Enabling Sustainable Space Exploration
No abstract available.

Multiscale Approach to Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluation of the Effect of an Increase in New York City's Rooftop Albedo on Human Health

Journal Article
Susca, T. (2012)
Multiscale Approach to Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluation of the Effect of an Increase in New York City's Rooftop Albedo on Human Health. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16(6), 951-962. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00560.x
The urban environment is characterized by multiple interactions between its parts, and any change can determine a modification in its metabolism. Typically life cycle assessme...

Social dimension of a multi-scale life cycle assessment: the urban heat island mitigation in New York City

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T. (2012, November)
Social dimension of a multi-scale life cycle assessment: the urban heat island mitigation in New York City. Presented at SETAC Europe 18th SETAC LCA Case Study Symposium. Tools, Trends and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark
In the next years the number of cities plagued by the urban heat island (UHI) will likely grow because of the increase in urban population. This will cause the increase in hea...

Enhancement of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to include the effect of surface albedo on climate change: Comparing black and white roofs

Journal Article
Susca, T. (2012)
Enhancement of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to include the effect of surface albedo on climate change: Comparing black and white roofs. Environmental Pollution, 163, 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.019
Traditionally, life cycle assessment (LCA) does not estimate a key property: surface albedo. Here an enhancement of the LCA methodology has been proposed through the developme...

Surface Albedo in Roofs’ Life Cycle Assessment: Black vs. White

Conference Proceeding
Susca, T. (2011)
Surface Albedo in Roofs’ Life Cycle Assessment: Black vs. White. In 2nd International Exergy, Life Cycle Assessment, and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium (ELCAS)
No abstract available.

Surface Albedo in Roofs’ Life Cycle Assessment: Black vs. White.

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T. (2011, June)
Surface Albedo in Roofs’ Life Cycle Assessment: Black vs. White. Presented at ELCAS 2011. 2nd International Exergy, Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium, Nysiros, Greece
No abstract available.

Urban-wide change in albedo: a multi-scale approach to LCA. The case study of

Conference Proceeding
Susca, T., Gaffin, S. R., & Dell'Osso, G. R. (2011)
Urban-wide change in albedo: a multi-scale approach to LCA. The case study of. In Ecosystem protection in a sustainable world: a challenge for science and regulation
No abstract available.

Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

Journal Article
Susca, T., Gaffin, S., & Dell'Osso, G. (2011)
Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs. Environmental Pollution, 159(8-9), 2119-2126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.007
Monitoring the urban heat island in four areas of New York City, we have found an average of 2 °C difference of temperatures between the most and the least vegetated areas, as...

LCA Evaluation of the Effect of the Increase in Urban Albedo on Human Health: Roofs in New York City

Conference Proceeding
Susca, T. (2011)
LCA Evaluation of the Effect of the Increase in Urban Albedo on Human Health: Roofs in New York City. In Research in Ph.D. Toward a Shared Knowledge
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Affordable and sustainable green homes for underprivileged people in Africa.

2022 - 2023
A product service innovation providing affordable, fast, modular & sustainable construction technology using a new-age construction material "Composite Paper Honeycomb Panel”. The panel has two compo...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £19,923

PhD Studentship: Development of Data Flows and Dashboards for Digital Twins of bio-OSM Living Labs

2021 - 2024
This PhD will investigate data flows in the design, manufacturing and construction of the Living Labs and how the data can be extracted in a meaningful live dashboard format. This will require inter-d...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £30,000

Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis

2021 - 2025
Edinburgh Napier University is developing together with other consortium members the Edinburgh Home Programme that will demonstrate a new business model based on collaborative procurement, whole-life ...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £60,000

Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation

2021 - 2022
A project that seeks to outline the innovation and commercial use of natural fibre insulation products in the UK. It will be based on a gap analysis of products that are currently available from natu...
Funder: Scottish Forestry | Value: £37,961

CSIC - Edinburgh Home Demonstrator

2020 - 2024
The “Edinburgh Home Demonstrator” (EHD) Programme seeks to demonstrate the time, cost, quality, and carbon improvements in new affordable housing programme through the following projects: 1. Developme...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £205,463

Early Years Buildings Net-zero energy comparison

2020 - 2020
The work performed in this project will help to clarify the route to net-zero carbon in non-domestic buildings by using building performance evaluation of two as-built examples of early years building...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Tenement refurbishment trial

2019 - 2020
Thermal pre & post intervention trial evaluation of tenements in Central belt of Scotland. The trials will document and measure the process of surveying the dwelling, conduct U-value, thermography and...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £23,316

Retrofit Evaluation of Non Domestic Buildings in Scotland prior to 4th Generation Heat Networks

2018 - 2022
The development of a 4th generation smart heating and cooling network is an emerging technology to supply low carbon heat. However, the technology relies on low-temperature flow delivery temperatures ...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £68,796

Wood Products Innovation Fund

2018 - 2019
The purpose of this proposed research is to deliver timber product and process innovation whilst developing human capital. 4 thematic areas of research have been identified for exploration: 1. Digitis...
Funder: Scottish Forestry | Value: £60,000

SM single wall project (CSIC)

2015 - 2017
The project seeks to undertake industrial research and commercial development bringing to market a new party wall building system that increases the use of Scottish produced offsite construction, sign...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £40,527

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Comfort, health, and wellbeing of teachers and the impact/effect/influence of their work-indoor environment

2019 - date
Natalie Bain-Reguis | Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Smith | Second Supervisor: Prof Caroline Hollins-Martin

Connecting Public Buildings to Low Temperature Heat

2018 - date
Antoine Reguis | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie

Performance measurement and mathematical modelling of integrated solar water heaters

2005 - 2009
Dr Celine Garnier | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie | Second Supervisor: Dr Tom Grassie

Moisture conditions in external timber cladding: field trials and their design implications

2004 - 2011
This research was funded by the EU Northern Periphery Programme as part of a trans-national project titled: E...
Dr Ivor Davies | Director of Studies: Charles Fairfield | Second Supervisor: Alastair Stupart