Cliff Elwell

Cliff Elwell

Centre Deputy Director (LoLo CDT)

Cliff Elwell

Centre Deputy Director (LoLo CDT)
UCL Energy Institute
clifford.elwell@ucl.ac.uk

Biography

Cliff Elwell is an Associate Professor at UCL Energy Institute, where he leads the Physical Characterisation of Buildings group, co-leads the UCL-Energy Buildings Theme, and is Deputy Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand (LoLo) and the forthcoming CDT in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment (ERBE).

Cliff’s research interests are primarily in building physics, focussing on characterising the performance of buildings, building systems and building elements through in situ monitoring and analysis using a range of methods. His work often features the application of physically informed models and Bayesian analysis. His research builds on his experience in physical sciences, physics and materials science, and in data analysis. He has an active interest in applying the tools and techniques – measurement, experimental design, statistical methods etc – of these disciplines in the energy demand domain.

Cliff’s core interest is in the measurement of energy use, and parameters related to it, to characterise the performance of buildings, building elements and systems. He works with the Physical Characterisation of Buildings team to undertake monitoring campaigns, develop physically informed models, undertake analysis and relate the outcomes to the complex socio-technical factors that affect building performance, and policies and practices that may support reductions in carbon emissions.

Recently Cliff has contributed to a range of projects, including:

– The development of a novel technique to characterise the thermal performance of building elements utilising Bayesian analysis
– Investigation into the distribution of airtightness test results for new UK dwellings, and how they relate to targets set for compliance purposes.
– Investigation of the thermal performance of floors and walls, and the unintended consequences of retrofitting
– Estimation of the efficiency improvement associated with the replacement of conventional with condensing boilers in the building stock from national datasets

Projects

UCL congratulates another PhD success

UCL congratulates another PhD success

W8UP11 – Understanding Ventilation in Occupied Case Study Dwellings with Trickle Vents and Mechanical Extract Fans

UCL congratulates another LoLo PhD success

UCL congratulates another LoLo PhD success

W8UP8 – Evaluating the in-situ thermal performance of loft insulation in occupied dwellings: determination of U-values and opportunities for minimising heat loss

Press Release: New research finds SIGNIFICANT potential for retrofit energy savings in homes

Press Release: New research finds SIGNIFICANT potential for retrofit energy savings in homes

W8UP1 The temporal and spatial variability of ventilation rate in an occupied case-study dwelling

W8UP2 – Pilot study: Investigating the in-situ thermal performance of loft insulation in a cold-pitched roof

W8UP2 – Pilot study: Investigating the in-situ thermal performance of loft insulation in a cold-pitched roof

W7UP1 – Pilot Study: Developing a simple model to estimate whole house heat loss which requires minimal input measurements

W3UP4 – A study of heat-loss in pre-1919 suspended timber ground floors

W3UP8 – Pre-1919 suspended timber ground floors in the UK: estimating in-situ U-values and heat loss reduction potential of interventions

W3UP8 – Pre-1919 suspended timber ground floors in the UK: estimating in-situ U-values and heat loss reduction potential of interventions

W5UP9 – A novel method for the estimation of thermophysical properties of walls from short and seasonal-independent in-situ surveys

W3UP5 – Taking Charge: Perceived control and acceptability of domestic demand-side response

W3UP5 – Taking Charge: Perceived control and acceptability of domestic demand-side response

Supervisors