Professor of Building Performance Analysis
Malcolm Cook
Professor of Building Performance Analysis
Loughborough University
malcolm.cook@lboro.ac.uk
Biography
Malcolm graduated from Manchester University 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 and was awarded his chair in Building Performance Analysis in May 2012.
External Activities
Chairman IBPSA-England
Secretary CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group
Editorial board for International Journal of Ventilation
Broad Interests and Expertise
Energy use in non-domestic buildings and building performance modelling
Research Interests
Projects
W8LP3 Design and Performance of Naturally Ventilation in Non-Domestic Passivhaus Buildings
W5LP2 – Design Of An Advanced Cooling Tower For A Solar Decathlon House In Southern Europe
W5LP1 – The feasibility of natural ventilation in plus energy houses in Central Europe
W7LP1 – MRes project “Natural Ventilation in Schools: Window Design and Performance”
