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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

Quantifying how landscape composition and configuration affect urban land surface temperatures using machine learning and neutral landscapes
Patrick E. Osborne,
& Tatiana Alvares-Sanches
, 2019 , Computers, Environment and Urban Systems , 76 , 80--90
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.04.003
Type: article
Spatial variation in sound frequency components across an urban area derived from mobile surveys
Tatiana Alvares-Sanches,
Patrick Osborne,
Paul White,
& Abubakr Bahaj
, 2019 , Future Cities and Environment , 5 (1) , 1--17
DOI: 10.5334/fce.54
Type: article
Evaluating CHP management and outputs using simple operational data
Sam Paine,
Patrick James,
& AbuBakr Bahaj
, 2018 , International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies , 13 (2) , 109--115
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/cty001
Type: article
Evaluation of retrofit approaches for two social housing tower blocks in Portsmouth, UK
Victoria Aragon,
Despoina Teli,
& Patrick James
, 2018 , Future Cities and Environment , 4 (1)
DOI: 10.5334/fce.8
Type: article
Assessment of large scale photovoltaic power generation from carport canopies
Abdulsalam Alghamdi,
Abubakr Bahaj,
& Yue Wu
, 2017 , Energies , 10 (5) , 1--22
DOI: 10.3390/en10050686
Type: article