Research project

City-Wide Analysis to Propel Cities towards Resource Efficiency and Better Wellbeing

Research groups:

Energy and Climate Change Group
Lead researchers:

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj
Other researchers:

Professor Patrick James
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy

Research interests

Renewable energy, (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
Energy access/energy for development,
Energy, cities and infrastructure,

Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Patrick James BSc PhD FCIBSE CEng SFHEA FRSA

Professor of Energy and Buildings

Research interests

His work looks at energy across scales from the dwelling, to the neighbourhood, city or region. Patrick undertakes studies in the UK, China, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Connect with Patrick

Email: P.A.James@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Energy and Climate Change Group

The research group seeks engineering solutions for reliable, affordable and sustainable energy stemming from renewable resources.

Research outputs

Reducing air conditioning electrical demand in hot arid climates using PV

Majbaul Alam, Abdulsalam Alghamdi, Abu Bakr S. Bahaj, Luke S. Blunden & Patrick A.B. James, 2021

DOI: 10.18086/swc.2021.45.01

Type: conference

An Online ‘Face to Face’ Focus Group Approach for Understanding How Household Energy Use and Green Investment Decisions Differ by Personality Traits

Philip Turner, Tom Rushby, Stephanie Gauthier, Patrick James, Abubakr Bahaj, Victoria Aragon, Trevor Sweetnam & Duncan Ellis, 2021, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20

DOI: 10.1177/16094069211038312

Type: article

Solar assisted electrical & thermal demand reduction in Saudi Arabia housing

Abubakr Bahaj, Majbaul Alam, Abdulsalam Alghamdi, Ben Anderson, Abubakr Bahaj, Luke Blunden, Patrick James, Steve Leggett, Mostafa Mahdy, Tom Rushby, Philip Turner, Naomi Wise & Phil Wu, 2021

DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P0096

Type: report

Review of thermal and environmental performance of prefabricated buildings

Sisi Yu, Yanfeng Liu, Dengjia Wang, Abu Bakr S. Bahaj, Yue Wu & Jiaping Liu, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110472

Type: article

Small hydropower development in China : Growing challenges and transition strategy

Lixiao Zhang, Mingyue Pang, Abubakr Bahaj, Yongchuan Yang & Changbo Wang, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110653

Type: article

Heating and controls use resulting from shared-cost charges in communal network social housing

Samuel, William Charles Paine, Patrick James, Abubakr Bahaj & Waggott Andrew, 2020, Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 41(3), 315-331

DOI: 10.1177/0143624420911170

Type: article

Ensuring statistics have power: guidance for designing, reporting and acting on electricity demand reduction and behaviour change programs

Ben Anderson, Tom Rushby, Abubakr Bahaj & Patrick James, 2020, Energy Research & Social Science, 59, 1-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2019.101260

Type: article