Daylighting of heritage spaces: balancing access and conservation
Loughborough University pioneer a novel camera-based technique to monitor the spatial distribution of daylight exposure in heritage spaces.
Research
Building Energy
Our research improves the understanding of the socio-technical aspects of energy use in dwellings.
Our Building Energy Demand research has a 42 year history and focuses on measurement and modelling to produce healthy, high quality indoor environments, with lower energy demand and CO2 emissions.
Performance measurement and building physics, includes:
- Building energy databases
- Sensors and controls for managing building energy
- Building energy technologies
It is our knowledge that informs the government’s built energy policy, supports the identification of dwellings that would benefit from refurbishment and helps quantify the risks created by extreme climate events.
Modelling and optimisation addresses:
- Advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Daylight and photobiology
- Optimisation
Case Studies
Effective low energy buildings
Our research has resulted in improvements in natural ventilation systems and reduced energy consumption.
