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

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy

Research interests

  • Renewable Energy (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Low carbon cities and infrastructure
  • Energy for Development
Other researchers

Professor Patrick James

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.

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

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
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
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
City-wide building height determination using light detection and ranging data
Yue Wu,
Luke Blunden,
& Abubakr Bahaj
, 2019 , Environment and Planning B , 46 (9) , 1741–1755
DOI: 10.1177/2399808318774336
Type: article