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Our research is organised across three core thematic areas:

Research topics

Resources

Our group has expertise in how material and energy use within the built environment can be effectively measured, understood and minimised. This includes the developing methodologies for characterisation of existing stocks, prediction of future material stocks in the built environment, assessment of their circular economy potential, and consideration of the trade-offs between wider environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions. Our work within the Resources theme takes a multi-scale, system-level approach, considering individual materials, components and systems across buildings, cities, regions and the globe.

Infrastructure Systems

We study urban systems and the extent to which their performance and evolution is influenced by their embedded physical infrastructure and how resilient they are to shocks. Our work includes complexity in cities, urban scaling and allometry, city morphology and infrastructure planning. We are particularly interested in the impacts of extreme climate change conditions by the end of the century on performance and resilience of urban systems.

Built Environment

We specialise in how energy efficient buildings can be designed, operated and maintained such that they provide a comfortable and healthy environment for their occupants. We are particularly interested in the relationship between building physics and indoor air quality, using a range of methods from numerical simulations to experimental studies and field work.

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Current projects

Title	Funding body	PI
	EPSRC	Danielle O Densley Tingley
	NERC	Abigail EA Hathway
(Tackling Air Pollution At School)	NERC	Carolanne Vouriot
	HEIF	Charles Gillott
Behavior of the interfaces between steel and timber members at elevated temperatures	Innovation Fund Denmark	Martyn McLaggan; Ian Burgess; Buick Davison; Shan-Shan Huang
	IAA/QR	Hadi Arbabi

Recent projects

Title	Funding body	PI
CORONA	EPSRC	Martin Mayfield, Danielle Densley Tingley
DecarboN8	EPSRC	Danielle Densley Tingley
Multi-scale, circular economic potential of non-residential building stock	EPSRC	Danielle Densley Tingley
	EPSRC	Martin Mayfield, Danielle Densley Tingley
Technical and Behavioural challenges to improving ventilation is small scale hospitality	PROTECT national core study in Covid prevention, ºù«Ӱҵ City Council and HEIF	Abigail EA Hathway
	UKRI	Abigail EA Hathway
	UKRI/Mitacs	Danielle Densley Tingley Charles Gillott
	HEIF	Danielle O Densley Tingley Charles Gillott
Active Building Centre Research Programme	EPSRC	Martin Mayfield; Danielle Densley Tingley

Urban Flows Observatory Fleet

Below are images and description of the vehicles we use in the Urban Flows Observatory project.

Morca

Morca provides a broad understanding of just how crowded the radio frequency (RF) spectrum is in our cities. Morca’s drive-tests provide information as to the direction of a radio source and map the use of radio technology supporting mobile phones, Wi-Fi and new Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The structure of our urban landscapes is changing rapidly and we need to know more about how large-scale construction affects the effectiveness of wireless networks, to provide a reliable communications infrastructure.

MARVel

The Multi-spectral Advanced Research Vehicle (MARVel) has multi-sensor capture, comprising visual cameras for radial capture of visible-spectrum band images; infrared cameras to measure thermal radiation; hyperspectral line scanners for wide-band spectral imaging; and full LiDAR coverage to build high-resolution 3-D point clouds. Additionally, the vehicle features a combined global navigation satellite system and inertial measurement unit, which can record positional information to allow data to be globally synchronised.

Mobius

Mobius features air quality analysers, a weather station and antenna air monitors. This enables it to collect accurate measurements of air quality, including NOx, Particulates and Ozone, collect information on influencing factors such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and wind direction, and provide air quality metrics at a height of up to nine metres via a telescopic mast.

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People

Our dedicated staff that make this research possible.

Academics

Name	Research themes
Arbabi, Dr Hadi	Lecturer in the Built Environment
Densley Tingley, Dr Danielle	Senior Lecturer in Architectural Engineering
Hathway, Dr Abigail	Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technology
Mayfield-Tulip, Prof. Martin	Head of Department Professor of Engineering Design
McLaggan, Dr Martyn	Lecturer in Low Carbon Design
Vouriot, Dr Carolanne	Lecturer in Building Physics

Affiliate members

Name	Research themes
Davison, Prof. Buick	Professor of Structural Engineering
Stovin, Prof. Virginia	Professor of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management