I did my PhD in the natural ventilation of buildings, at the BP Institute, Cambridge University, supervised by Professor Andy Woods. Most of my work focussed on the interactions of wind and buoyancy forces in naturally ventilated buildings, and how these interactions may complicate control system design. I used a combination of analytical models and experiments to develop new ideas on how to simplify building control systems. As well as this general contribution to knowledge, I worked on several projects looking at specific buildings (e.g. UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies.)

After finishing my PhD, I worked for e-stack ltd, now Breathing Buildings, where I was responsible for experimental modelling of innovative ventilation strategies, and monitoring ventilation conditions in new and existing buildings.

Please contact me if you'd like to discuss any of this work.

Publications:

Lishman and Woods, On the control of naturally ventilated buildings subject to wind and buoyancy. JFM 557

Lishman and Woods, On transitions in natural ventilation flow driven by changes in the wind. Building and Environment 44

Lishman and Woods, The effect of gradual changes in wind speed or heat load on natural ventilation in a thermally massive building. Building and Environment 44.