Centre Director
(LoLo CDT)
Kevin Lomas
Centre Director
(LoLo CDT)
Loughborough University
K.J.Lomas@lboro.ac.uk
Biography
Kevin Lomas is Professor of Building Simulation in the Building Energy Research Group, Department of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University (LU). Prior to this Professor Lomas was Director of the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development at De Montfort University.
Kevin has 25 years of experience in building energy research having worked on or led 31 projects. These recently have included the joint LU and UCL CaRB consortium ”Carbon reduction in buildings: a socio-technical, longitudinal study of carbon use in buildings“ and the 4M consortium “Measurement, modelling, mapping and management: a methodology for shrinking the urban carbon footprint”. Two other EPSRC projects concerned with climate change and the built environment are also being advanced. These and other projects have required monitoring and modelling research to enable better management of domestic and non-domestic building energy demand.
Practice-based research on low-energy buildings that use advanced natural ventilation have included projects in the UK, China, the USA and Australia, many have won architectural or engineering awards. Reflections on these practical projects were made during a recent period as a Leverhulme Research Fellow.
Kevin is the Loughborough Director of the London-Loughborough Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand (CDT).
Projects
Journal publication by LoLo PhD Student Stephen Watson: Decarbonising domestic heating: What is the peak GB demand?
W8LP4 – MRes Project “Cooling Culture: The identification of, and barriers to, adaptive responses to domestic overheating”
W4LP5 – A parametric analysis of the energy savings predicted by different thermal models: implications for the UK Green Deal
W4LP3 – The effect of thermal mass and intermittent occupation upon energy demand in student halls of residence
W4LP1 Can dynamic thermal models reliably predict home energy demands; empirical validation and uncertainty analysis?
W6LP6 – Aggregated load profiles of domestic buildings: the implications of an all-electric future
W6LP5 – Ventilation and thermal comfort in UK homes: can we maintain indoor air quality and reduce the threat of future air-conditioning of UK homes?
W6LP2 – The impact of lower heating loads on the potential energy savings of zonal heating controls and its effect on occupant thermal comfort
W4LP7 – Prediction of the Summertime Overheating Risk in UK Homes Using Descriptive Time Series Analysis
W3LP7 – A study of the economic incentives associated with UK household energy usage
