Before joining Loughborough University, I worked as a Project Engineer in a multinational company in Italy in the field of steel and aluminium plant-making. I chose Loughborough University because of the quality of research in my area of study and the excellent sports facilities that are available on campus.
My research project at Loughborough focused on forecasting indoor temperatures during heatwaves in UK homes with the use of statistical black-box models and machine learning techniques. The automated identification and the limited inputs required by the models allow the development of a very cost-efficient solution to predict the hourly overheating in individual rooms of free-running dwellings several days ahead. Time series forecasting can therefore enable the potential development of a computationally efficient indoor Heat-Health Warning System (iHHWS) for dwellings. Such systems could provide a powerful facility to inform occupants (and/or their carers) of impending heat-related health risks during heatwaves and enable timely and individually targeted interventions.