Reader in Building Performance Modelling
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Malcolm graduated from Manchester Univeristy in 1991 with a degree in Mathematics before moving to Leicester University where he studied for a masters degree in Electromechanical Design. He then moved to De Montfort University, Leicester, where he completed his PhD in 1998 in the area of computational fluid dynamics modelling of natural ventilation. Between 1998 and 2008, Malcolm worked on several research projects at De Montfort in the area of low energy cooling and ventilation in buildings. He spent much of his time undertaking consultancy work for a variety of clients including architects, building services engineers and local government. The projects involved concept design work as well as detailed computer simulation. Malcolm moved to Loughborough University in September 2008 as a Reader in Building Performance Modelling.
Member CIBSE
Member ASHRAE
Member IMA
Chartered Mathematician
Chairman IBPSA-England
Secretary CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group
Editorial board for International Journal of Ventilation
Energy use in non-domestic buildings and building performance modelling
Low energy buildings (concept design and computer simulation)
Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling of buoyancy-driven flows
Natural ventilation (design and modelling)
Low energy cooling and ventilation
Thermal comfort
Building control
PhD Research: Computational fluid dynamics modelling of buoyancy-driven displacement ventilation
Click here for contents listing (pdf), which contains links to thesis chapters.
Building Energy Research
Title(s): Modelling the Human Occupancy Factor in the Design of Naturally Ventilated Buildings
Summary: The aim of the project is to develop a validated simulation tool capable of predicting the human-environment interactions in naturally ventilated buildings and so to predict the impact of building designs on occupants and vice versa. The research will combine a detailed computer model for predicting airflow and temperature patterns in buildings (computational fluid dynamics or CFD) with a detailed mathematical model of human physiology and thermal comfort. Although the system will be used primarily for addressing thermal comfort in naturally ventilated spaces, it is expected that the model will have many more applications in which the comfort and safety of people is of interest.
Methods: Computer simulation with experimental validation
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