Steven Firth

Steven Firth

Lecturer in Building Performance Modelling

Steven Firth

Lecturer in Building Performance Modelling
Loughborough University
S.K.Firth@lboro.ac.uk

Biography

MEng (Hons): Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University, 1999
MSc: Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, 2001
PhD: PV systems modelling, De Montfort University, 2006
Research Fellow: De Montfort University, 2005 – 2008
Lecturer in Building Performance Modelling: Loughborough University, 2008 –
Broad Interests and Expertise

Energy consumption and carbon emissions in UK buildings
Internal temperatures and overheating in UK homes
Renewable energy systems
Research Interests

Co-Investigator and Project Manager: Measurement, Modelling, Mapping and Management (4M): An Evidence-Based Methodology for Understanding and Shrinking the Urban Carbon Footprint

Co-Investigator: REViSITE: Roadmap Enabling Vision and Strategy for ICT-enabled Energy Efficiency

Projects

LoLo students presenting at the Building Simulation and Optimisation Conference in Cambridge

LoLo students presenting at the Building Simulation and Optimisation Conference in Cambridge

W3LP1 – Summertime temperatures in UK homes

W2LP7 – Technical and policy challenges of wide-scale integration of PV systems into UK homes

W2LP7 – Technical and policy challenges of wide-scale integration of PV systems into UK homes

W2LP3 – Delivering energy efficiency in the UK through Domestic Energy Service Companies (DESCOs)

W4LP7 – Prediction of the Summertime Overheating Risk in UK Homes Using Descriptive Time Series Analysis

W2LP15 – Domestic Thermal Energy Storage: A study of the present and future benefits and impacts

W2LP15 – Domestic Thermal Energy Storage: A study of the present and future benefits and impacts

W5LP3 – Reducing the Operation Performance Gap – improving building simulation tools through data-driven and real-time approaches

W4LP10 – Shifting the timing of energy demand: Developing a novel modelling framework to quantify the demand response potential of domestic appliances in UK homes

Supervisors