Gurdane Virk

Increasing urbanisation and projected climate change have led to the need for enhanced design guidance for the built environment. Designers and planners need to be aware of the effects that urban climates will have on the performance of their buildings. In turn, they should also take into consideration the impact of their developments on their local exterior climates. The aim of the project is to produce simplified and robust decision support tools to assess these impacts. This will be in the form of practical software tools and improved CIBSE guidance.

Increasing urbanisation and projected climate change have led to the need forenhanced design guidance for the built environment. Designers and planners need to be aware of the effects that urban climates will have on theperformance of their buildings. In turn, they should also take intoconsideration the impact of their developments on their local exterior climates.The aim of the project is to produce simplified and robust decision support tools to assess these impacts. This will be in the form of practical software tools and improved CIBSE guidance.

Publications

Angeliki Antoniou, Jamie O'Brien, Tiphaine Bardon, Andrew Barnes, Dane Virk; Micro-augmentations: situated calibration of a novel non-tactile, peripheral museum technology; Proceedings PCI '15 Proceedings of the 19th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, Pages 229-234

Gurdane Virka, Antonia Jansza, Anna Mavrogiannia, Anastasia Mylonab, Jenny Stockerc, Michael Davies; Microclimatic effects of green and cool roofs in London and their impacts on energy use for a typical office building; Energy and Buildings, Volume 88, 1 February 2015, Pages 214–228

Primary Supervisor: Mike Davies

Industry Sponsor: CIBSE

The Urban Climate – An Integrated Approach to Building Performance and Urban Design