Professor of Building Optimization / Group Leader: Building Services Engineering / Admissions Tutor in Building Services Engineering (MSc)
| Phone: | +44 (0)1509 222621 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1509 223981 |
| Email: | j.a.wright@lboro.ac.uk |
| Publications: | open |
Educated at Loughborough University of Technology. Joined Liverpool University as a Lecturer in 1987. Returned to Loughborough University in 1991 and was promoted to Professor in 2007.
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
International voting member of ASHRAE technical committees on Building Operation Dynamics (TC 7.4) and Smart Building Systems (TC7.5).
Member of the editorial board of Building Services Engineering Research and Technology.
Member of the IBPSA Board of Directors.
The application of Evolutionary Algorithms in the model-based optimum design and control of buildings.
Building Services
The automatic synthesis of optimum HVAC System configurations for minimum energy use (funded by ASHRAE).
The simultaneous optimization of building fabric construction, HVAC system capacity, and the HVAC system supervisory control strategy (funded by the EPSRC).
The multi-criterion optimum design of buildings (funded by the EPSRC).
First principle model-based fault detection and diagnosis of HVAC system operation (funded by ASHRAE).
Model-based commissioning of HVAC systems (PhD studentship).
Uncertainty analysis of a HVAC sub-system (PhD studentship).
Model-based optimum superviroy control of fabric-thermal stroage systems (PhD studentship).
Modelling and optimum control of a sub-dewpoint chilled beam system (PhD studentship).
For general enquiries to the Department, email: Civ.Eng.enq@lboro.ac.uk
Postal address:
Department of Civil and Building Engineering
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
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