Journal Articles

Onyenokporo, NC, Beizaee, A, Adekeye, OF, Oyinlola, MA (2024) The Bottle House: Upcycling Plastic Bottles to Improve the Thermal Performance of Low-Cost Homes, Sustainability (Switzerland), 16(4), DOI: 10.3390/su16041360.

Badiei, A, Jadowski, E, Sadati, S, Beizaee, A, Li, J, Khajenoori, L, Nasriani, HR, Li, G, Xiao, X (2023) The energy-saving potential of air-side economisers in modular data centres: analysis of opportunities and risks in different climates, Sustainability, 15(14), 10777, DOI: 10.3390/su151410777.

Bhadra, J, Beizaee, A, Lomas, K, Hartescu, I (2023) 0219 Experimental study on thermal comfort and sleep quality of sleeping people in overheated bedroom conditions in the UK [Abstract], SLEEP, 46(Supplement_1), ISSN: 0161-8105. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad077.0219.

Roberts, BM, Beizaee, A, Onyenokporo, N, Oyinlola, M (2023) Upcycled construction materials to reduce dwelling overheating in tropical climates: The bottle house, Building and Environment, 234(2023), 110183, ISSN: 0360-1323. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110183.

Messahel, B, Onyenokporo, N, Takyie, E, Beizaee, A, Oyinlola, M (2023) Upcycling agricultural and plastic waste for sustainable construction: a review, Environmental Technology Reviews, 12(1), pp.37-59, ISSN: 2162-2515. DOI: 10.1080/21622515.2023.2169642.

Vázquez-Torres, CE, Bienvenido-Huertas, D, Beizaee, A, Bassam, A, Torres, MJ (2022) Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change, Energy for Sustainable Development, 72, pp.100-113, ISSN: 0973-0826. DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2022.12.002.

Vázquez-Torres, CE, Beizaee, A, Bienvenido-Huertas, D (2022) The impact of human occupancy in thermal performance of a historic religious building in sub-humid temperate climate, Energy and Buildings, 259, 111912, ISSN: 0378-7788. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111912.

Lomas, K, Allinson, D, Watson, S, Beizaee, A, Haines, V, Li, M (2021) Energy savings from domestic zonal heating controls: Robust evidence from a controlled field trial, Energy and Buildings, 254, 111572, ISSN: 0378-7788. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111572.

Vázquez-Torres, CE, Gómez-Amador, A, Bojórquez-Morales, G, Beizaee, A, Elías-López, PD (2021) Natural ventilation strategy in a social housing with sub-humid warm climate based on thermal comfort, Environmental and Climate Technologies, 25(1), pp.508-524, ISSN: 1691-5208. DOI: 10.2478/rtuect-2021-0037.

Beizaee, A, Morey, J, Badiei, A (2021) Wintertime indoor temperatures in social housing dwellings in England and the impact of dwelling characteristics, Energy and Buildings, 238, 110837, ISSN: 0378-7788. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.110837.

Morey, J, Beizaee, A, Wright, A (2020) An investigation into overheating in social housing dwellings in central England, Building and Environment, 176(June 2020), 106814, ISSN: 0360-1323. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106814.

Lomas, K, Beizaee, A, Allinson, D, Haines, V, Beckhelling, J, Loveday, D, Porritt, S, Mallaband, B, Morton, A (2019) A domestic operational rating for UK homes: concept, formulation and application, Energy and Buildings, 201, pp.90-117, ISSN: 0378-7788. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.07.021.

Lomas, K, Oliveira, S, Warren, P, Haines, V, Chatterton, T, Beizaee, A, Prestwood, E, Gething, B (2018) Do domestic heating controls save energy? A review of the evidence, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 93, pp.52-75, ISSN: 1364-0321. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.05.002.

Beizaee, A, Allinson, D, Lomas, K, Foda, E, Loveday, D (2015) Measuring the potential of zonal space heating controls to reduce energy use in UK homes: the case of un-furbished 1930s dwellings, Energy and Buildings, 92, pp.29-44, ISSN: 0378-7788. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.01.040.

Beizaee, A, Lomas, K, Firth, S (2013) National survey of summertime temperatures and overheating risk in English homes, Building and Environment, 65, pp.1-17, ISSN: 0360-1323. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.03.011.

Conferences

Drury, P, Beizaee, A, Lomas, K (2024) Evaluating the summertime overheating signature of domestic buildings using synthetic temperature data. In Pisello, AL, Pigliautile, I, Lau, SSY, Clark, NM (ed) International Conference on “Health & Environmental Resilience and Livability in Cities -The challenge of climate change (HERL 2022); Building Resilient and Healthy Cities: A Guide to Environmental Sustainability and Well-being, Perugia, Italy, pp.93-103, ISBN: 9783031338625. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33863-2_7.

Swan, M, Beizaee, A, Roberts, BM, Bennett, G, Lomas, K (2024) The impact of uncertain input parameters in dynamic thermal models on overheating assessment. In CIBSE Technical Symposium 2024; CIBSE Technical Symposium 2024, Cardiff, UK.

Bhadra, J, Beizaee, A, Lomas, K, Hartescu, I (2023) Assessing the self-rated sleep quality in UK homes, based on an online survey. In CISBAT International Conference 2023; Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Lausanne, Switzerland. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/14/142004.

Bhadra, J, Beizaee, A, Hartescu, I, Lomas, K (2023) P49 Assessing sleep quality and thermal comfort in real bedrooms: towards a standardised methodology. In BSS Sleep 2023 – Biennial Scientific Meeting of the British Sleep Society; BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Leeds, UK. DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-bssconf.58.

Messahel, B, Onyenokporo, N, Beizaee, A, Oyinlola, M (2022) Thermal characterisation of composite walls made from waste materials. In Meyer, JP (ed) 16th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2022-ATE); Conference Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2022-ATE), Virtual, pp.959-963, ISBN: 9780797218864.

Pilechiha, P, Mahdavinejad, M, Beizaee, A (2020) Simulation assisted design exploration to evaluate view and energy performance of window shading. In Howard, B, Oraiopoulos, A, Brembilla, E (ed) 5th IBPSA-England Conference on Building Simulation and Optimization; Proceedings of the 5th IBPSA-England Conference on Building Simulation and Optimization, Loughborough, UK (Virtual).

Beizaee, A, Firth, S, Vadodaria, K, Loveday, D (2012) Assessing the ability of PMV model in predicting thermal sensation in naturally ventilated buildings in UK. In .

Beizaee, A and Firth, S (2011) A comparison of calculated and subjective thermal comfort sensation in home and office environment. In .

Reports

Lomas, K, Haines, V, Beizaee, A (2016) Heating controls scoping review project, pp.1-80.

Thesis/Dissertation

Beizaee, A (2016) Measuring and modelling the energy demand reduction potential of using zonal space heating control in a UK home.

Datasets

Lomas, K, Oliveira, S, Warren, P, Haines, V, Chatterton, T, Beizaee, A, Prestwood, E, Gething, B (2019) Supplementary information files for "Do Domestic Heating Controls Save Energy? A Review of the Evidence".

Lomas, K, Beizaee, A, Allinson, D, Haines, V, Loveday, D (2019) Domestic Operational Rating; Excel data tables for the D114 homes. Supplementary Information to ‘‘A Domestic Operational Rating for UK homes: Concept, Formulation and Application, Energy and Buildings, Lomas KJ, et.al. 2019”, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.7836326.

Lomas, K and Beizaee, A (2019) Calculating the Domestic Operational Rating of gas-fired, centrally-heated homes: equations and results for example homes and the D114 sample. Supplementary Information to ‘‘A Domestic Operational Rating for UK homes: Concept, Formulation and Application, Energy and Buildings, Lomas KJ, et.al. 2019”, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.7836320.

Beizaee, A, Allinson, D, Lomas, K, Foda, E, Loveday, D (2019) Measuring the potential of zonal space heating controls to reduce energy use in UK homes: The case of un-furbished 1930s dwellings - dataset, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.8677766.

Haines, V, Allinson, D, Loveday, D, Beckhelling, J, Mallaband, B, Beizaee, A, Morton, A, Porritt, S, Li, M, Wright, D, Foda, E, Hallin, S, Lomas, K (2019) The DEFACTO Field Trial: Methodology and Data Sets, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.7837940.