Research publications
The following are a selection of research outputs that have used HTB2 or the VirVil SketchUp Extension
2022
Ionas, Miltiadis, Morewood, Jack , Patterson, Joanne , Perisoglou, Emmanouil, Tallent, Esther, Li, Xiaojun, Bassas, Ester Coma and Hou, Shan Shan 2022. Whole house energy system retrofit of six off-gas bungalows in South Wales. Presented at: CABE Research Forum, Newport, 13 October 2022.
2020
Huang, Jianxiang, Jones, Phil , Zhang, Anqi, Peng, Rong, Li, Xiaojun and Chan, Pak-Wai 2020. Urban Building Energy and Climate (UrBEC) simulation: Example application and field evaluation in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Energy and Buildings 207 , 109580. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109580
Jones, Phillip , Li, Xiaojun, Coma Bassas, Ester, Perisoglou, Emmanouil and Patterson, Jo 2020. Energy-positive house: performance assessment through simulation and measurement. Energies 13 (18) , 4705. 10.3390/en13184705
2019
Li, Xiaojun, Hou, Shan, Patterson, Joanne , Perisoglou, Emmanouil, Ionas, Miltiadis, Jenkins, Huw , Jones, Phillip , Lannon, Simon and Coma Bassas, Ester 2019. Modelling and developing a neighbourhood low carbon system for five dwellings in the U.K. Presented at: The 16th IBPSA
Hou, Shan, Patterson, Joanne , Li, Xiaojun, Perisoglou, Emmanouil and Jones, Phillip 2019. Investigating the energy and thermal implications of installation of an air curtain and an automatic door in convenience stores in Wales. Presented at: 16th IBPSA International Conference, Rome, 2-4 September 2019. -.
Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip and Patterson, Joanne 2019. Modelling and developing a renewable energy system for the cold stores of a food park in the UK. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1343 (1) , 012102. 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012102
2018
Perisoglou, Emmanouil, Coma Bassas, Ester, Lannon, Simon , Li, Xiaojun, Jenkins, Huw , Patterson, Joanne , Jones, Phillip and Hou, Shan 2018. Steady state and dynamic modelling of residential transpired solar collectors performance. Presented at: 4th Building Simulation and Optimization Conference, Cambridge, UK, 11-12 September 2018.
2017
Ji, Qunfeng and Jones, Phillip 2017. Operational energy/carbon dioxide emissions analysis combing building cluster and transport demand of buildings? Users at the street level: a case study of Hankou railway station surroundings in China. Brebbia, C. A., Longhurst, J., Marco, E. and Booth, C., eds. Sustainable Development and Planning IX, Vol. 226. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, WIT Press, pp. 107-117. (10.2495/SDP170101)
Jones, Phil , Li, Xiaojun, Perisoglou, Emmanouil and Patterson, Jo 2017. Five energy retrofit houses in South Wales. Energy and Buildings 154 , pp. 335-342. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.08.032
Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip John and Patterson, Joanne 2017. Building and community energy retrofit housing in Wales. Presented at: World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong Transforming Our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration: Putting Ideas into Action, Hong Kong, China, 5-7 June 2017.
Alnusairat, Saba, Jones, Phillip and Hou, Shan 2017. Skycourt as a ventilated buffer zone in office buildings: assessing energy performance and thermal comfort. Presented at: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017 Conference, Edinburgh, 2-5 July 2017. Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017 Conference. , vol.III Edinburgh, UK: NCEUB 2017 Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Building, pp. 4901-4908.
2016
Hou, Shan and Jones, Phillip 2016. Near zero carbon care home design in the UK. Presented at: BEHAVE 2016: 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9th September 2016.
Hou, Shan Shan, Kopitsis, Denis and Jones, Phillip John 2016. Evaluation of thermal comfort in built environment: experience with the Swiss standards. Presented at: International Green Building Conference, Beijing, China, 30-31 March 2016.
Jones, Phillip John, Li, Xiaojun, Patterson, Joanne Louise, Coma Bassas, Ester and Lannon, Simon Charles 2016. Preparation for an energy positive community in the UK: modelling-led innovative housing practice in Wales. Presented at: PLEA 2016 - 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments, Los Angeles, USA, 11-13 July. Published in: La Roche, Pablo and Schiller, Marc< eds. >PLEA 2016 - 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments.
2015
Alexander, Donald Kneale and Jenkins, Huw Geraint 2015. The validity and reliability of co-heating tests made on highly insulated dwellings. Presented at: 6th International Building Physics Conference, IBPC 2015, Turin, Italy, 14-17 June 2015.
Coma Bassas, Ester and Jones, Phillip John 2015. Buildings as Power Stations': an Energy Simulation Tool for housing. Procedia Engineering 118 , pp. 58-71. 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.404
Jones, Phillip, Hou, Shan and Li, XiaoJun 2015. Towards zero carbon design in offices: integrating smart facades, ventilation, and surface heating and cooling. Renewable Energy 73 , pp. 69-76. 10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.027
Lannon, Simon Charles 2015. A new approach to urban environmental modelling. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Lannon, S. et al. 2015. The energy context of domestic traditional buildings for the UK. In: Prizeman, O. E. C. ed. Sustainable Building Conservation: Theory and Practice of Responsive Design in the heritage environment. RIBA Publishing, pp. 39-63.
Li, X., Lannon, S. C. and Jones, P. J. 2015. Modelling-based low carbon retrofit house design. Urban Flux 42(2), pp. 34-50.
2014
Alznafer, Badran Masoud 2014. The impact of neighbourhood geometries on outdoor thermal comfort and energy consumption from urban dwellings: a case study of the Riyadh city, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Jones, Phillip, Lannon, Simon Charles and Li, Xiaojun Development of a building energy 'sensitivity' tool to inform early-stage design decisions and its application in China. In: Li, Angui, Zhu, Yingxin and >Li, Yuguo eds. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Volume 1: Indoor and Outdoor Environment, Vol. 1. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 271. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 3-11.
Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip and Lannon, Simon Charles 2014. Optimization selection of energy-efficient design strategies through thermal simulation. Urban Flux 38 , pp. 136-140.
Maarof, Shafizal 2014. Roof designs and affecting thermal comfort factors in a typical naturally ventilated Malaysian mosque. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2013
Bassett, Thomas, Waldron, Diana, Iorwerth, Heledd, Lannon, Simon Charles and Jones, Phillip John 2013. Embodied energy at an urban scale: A paradigm shift in calculations. Presented at: PLEA 2013 - Passive and Low Energy Architecture. 29th International Conference, Munich, Germany, 10-12 September 2013.
Bassett, Thomas, Waldron, Diana, Iorwerth, Heledd and Lannon, Simon Charles 2013. Energy modelling in Wales: looking ahead to 2050. Made 8 , pp. 40-41.
Jones, Phillip John, Lannon, Simon Charles, Li, Xiaojun, Bassett, Thomas and Waldron, Diana 2013. Intensive building energy simulation at early design stage. Presented at: Building Simulation 2013 (BS2013): 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambéry, France, 25-28 August 2013. Proceedings of BS2013: 3th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), pp. 862-869.
Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip John and Lannon, Simon Charles 2013. Energy optimization modeling for an office building in Chongqing. Architectural Journal: Academic Issue 10 , pp. 164-168.
Lin, Ko-Yang 2013. Investigating reducing building energy use at urban scale in Taipei. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Waldron, Diana, Jones, Phillip John, Lannon, Simon Charles, Bassett, Thomas and Iorwerth, Heledd Mair 2013. Embodied energy and operational energy: Case studies comparing different urban layouts. Presented at: Building Simulation 2013 (BS2013): 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambéry, France, 25-28 August 2013.
2012
Bassett, Thomas, Lannon, Simon Charles, Waldron, Diana and Jones, Phillip John 2012. Calculating the solar potential of the urban fabric with SketchUp and HTB2. Presented at: Solar Building Skins, Bressanone, Italy, 6-7 December 2012.
Jones, Phillip John, Kopitsis, Denis and Hou, Shan Shan 2012. Computer simulation to achieve low carbon buildings. Urban Environment Design 68 , pp. 204-207.
Xing, Yangang, Bagdanavicius, Audrius, Lannon, Simon Charles, Pirouti, Marouf and Bassett, Thomas 2012. Low temperature district heating network planning with the focus on distribution energy losses. Presented at: The Fourth International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2012), Suzhou, China, 5-8 July 2012.
