Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2022)
Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pollutants, 2(2), 180-204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants2020014
Healthy indoor environments influence the comfort, health and wellbeing of the occupants. Monitoring the indoor temperature, relative humidity and CO2 levels in primary school...
New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings.
Conference Proceeding
Carty, L., Garnier, C., Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2014)
New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings. In R. Amoêda, S. Lira, & C. Pinheiro (Eds.), Rehab 2014
Applications of nanotechnology in the form of high performing aerogel insulation are now widely used from space exploration to the oil and gas industry and in more recent year...
Monitoring thermal upgrades to ten traditional properties.
Report
Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., & Stinson, J. (2013)
Monitoring thermal upgrades to ten traditional properties. Edinburgh, Scotland: Historic Scotland
This Technical Paper sets out the pre-‐ and post-‐ intervention monitoring work carried out by The Scottish
Energy Centre (SEC) at Edinburgh Napier University
for Historic S...
Work Package 1 - Review of construction process
Report
Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2017)
Work Package 1 - Review of construction process. Private, Cala Group Ltd
This report was commissioned by the Product Design Department at Cala Group Ltd (CALA) from the Scottish Energy Centre (review team) to assess current designs and construction...
Fife Local Energy Masterplan
Report
Payne, C., Bell, C., Steen, P., Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., & Muschamp, H. (2017)
Fife Local Energy Masterplan. Fife Council
The way we generate and use energy has constantly changed. In recent decades it has become the role of the National Grid, gas network, and multinational energy companies to de...
Numerical and empirical evaluation of a novel building integrated collector storage solar water heater
Journal Article
Garnier, C., Muneer, T., & Currie, J. (2018)
Numerical and empirical evaluation of a novel building integrated collector storage solar water heater. Renewable Energy, 126, 281-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.03.041
Integrated collector storage is a long established simple low cost solar water heater configuration combining the solar collector with a storage tank into a single unit. Previ...
A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement
Presentation / Conference
Robinson, M., Currie, J., Brown, A., & Garnier, C. (2017, April)
A critical appraisal of BIM implementation in the context of environmental performance enhancement. Paper presented at CIBSE Technical Symposium
A ubiquitous effort to phase the adoption of a fully integrated Building Information Modelling (BIM) approach into the construction industry is gaining pace due to the many re...
In-situ monitoring of thermal refurbishment on pre-1919 properties in Scotland
Journal Article
Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. (2014)
In-situ monitoring of thermal refurbishment on pre-1919 properties in Scotland. International Journal of Sustainable Construction, 2(1), 77-84. https://doi.org/10.14575/gl/ijsc/02-01/003
This work analyses the use of in-situ monitoring techniques to establish the building performance of pre-1919
traditionally constructed buildings and evaluate different therma...
Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users
Journal Article
Stinson, J., Willis, A., Williamson, J. B., Currie, J., & Smith, R. (2015)
Visualising Energy Use for Smart Homes and Informed Users. Energy Procedia, 78, 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.015
We evaluate the changes to domestic electricity and gas consumption when the occupants have local access to a coloured real time in-home display (IHD). We report the prelimina...
Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review
Journal Article
Reguis, A., Vand, B., & Currie, J. (2021)
Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review. Energies, 14(21), Article 7181. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217181
To reach net-zero emissions by 2050, buildings in the UK need to replace natural gas boilers with heat pumps and district heating. These technologies are efficient at reduced ...