London–Loughborough EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand
The London–Loughborough EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand (LoLo CDT) was the premier centre for energy demand research in the built environment in the UK.
The London–Loughborough EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand (LoLo CDT) aimed to inspire the leaders and innovators needed to transform the UK’s buildings and energy sector. LoLo was funded to train a large student cohort to address an identified skills shortage. Our graduates are in the process of taking senior roles throughout the economy.
Hosted by the UCL Energy Institute and Loughborough University, the Centre’s core focus was the energy performance of buildings and the impact of technologies, people and climate on energy use in the built environment.
Both UCL and Loughborough University have a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration in energy research, which enabled the centre to offer truly innovative, multi-disciplinary training.
The Centre was set up as a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in 2009 with funding from EPSRC for 40 studentships. In November 2014 it was announced that the LoLo CDT was successful in a submission for the renewal of funding. The Centre delivered around 100 studentships over thirteen years. Research topics aligned with five themes: technology and systems, energy epidemiology, urban scale energy demand, building performance and process and unintended consequences.
LoLo created a unique vibrant, student-focussed environment. Students joined active research groups, supporting a wide range of projects, with ample opportunities to engage with leading researchers, industry and policy makers.
People
- Robert Lowe, Centre Director, UCL Energy Institute
- Kevin Lomas, Centre Director, Loughborough University
- Cliff Elwell, Centre Deputy Director, UCL Energy Institute
- Dennis Loveday, Centre Deputy Director, Loughborough University
- David Allinson, Lecturer, Loughborough University
- Steven Firth, MRes Programme Director, Loughborough University
- Academic Managers – Loughborough University: Kirk Shanks, Robert McLeod, Simon Taylor
- Centre Managers – UCL: Alison Parker, Mae Oroszlany, Emily Jennings
- Centre Administrators – Loughborough University: Jen Lau, Charlotte Day, Amy Theerman, Zoe Ucar, Karen Holmes, Lisa Grieve, Lisa Scott
- David Adams, Technical Director, Willmott Dixon Energy Services
- Nidhi Baiswar, Head of Sustainability, Bouygues UK
- Claire Curtis-Thomas, Chief Executive, British Board of Agrément
- Hunter Danskin, Head, Technical Energy Analysis, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Paul Davidson, Director of Sustainable Energy, BRE
- Hywel Davies, Technical Director, CIBSE
- Julia Green, Group Sustainability Director, Crest Nicholson PLC
- Marie-Helene Laurent, Senior Researcher, EDF-R&D
- Alison Mathias, Strategy Manager, Homes and Communities Agency
- Neil Smith, Head of Research & Innovation, NHBC
- David Vincent, David Vincent & Associates Ltd
- Andreas Wagner, Energy Centre, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Ahmed Ahmed, Loughborough University
Delivering community energy flexibility through space heating: analysis and optimisation of energy system design and control strategies - Alexandros Adam, UCL
System modelling and optimisation studies of fuel cell based micro-CHP for residential energy demand reduction - Anna Gorbatcheva, UCL
Scalability of peer-to-peer energy trading markets: A case-based approach - Anneka Kang, UCL
Awarded MRes - Anthony Marsh, UCL
Thermal Comfort and Air Quality Control in UK Student Accommodation: Understanding the interactions between heating and ventilation systems, occupant experience, and indoor environmental conditions - Arash Beizaee, Loughborough University
Measuring and modelling the energy demand reduction potential of using zonal space heating control in a UK home - Argyris Oraiopoulos, Loughborough University
Prediction of the summertime overheating risk in UK homes using descriptive time series analysis - Ashenafi Araya, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Ashley Morton, Loughborough University
Heating use in UK homes - Ben Hardcastle, Loughborough University
Awarded an MSc - Ben Roberts, Loughborough University
Ventilation and shading to reduce overheating in UK homes: an evaluation using matched pair test houses with synthetic occupants - Benjamin Halls, Loughborough University
The impact of occupant behaviour in dwellings on building energy policy: integrating diverse occupancy distributions into the UK standard assessment procedure - Benjamin Simpson, Loughborough University
Predicting natural ventilation performance using ventilation effectiveness - Cairan Van Rooyen, UCL
The relationship between ventilation practices and indoor environmental quality in British homes - Carrie Behar, UCL
A socio-technical perspective of ventilation practices in UK social housing with whole house ventilation systems; design, everyday life and change - Catherine Willan, UCL
Life in the gap: how does a construction company respond to the challenge of targets for energy and carbon in-use? - Charalampos Angelopoulos, Loughborough University
Design and control of mixed-mode cooling and ventilation in low-energy residential buildings in India - Charlie Payne, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Clare Hanmer, UCL
Flexibility of UK home heating demand: an exploration of reactions to algorithmic control - Daniel Franks, Loughborough University
Heating patterns in English homes and the risk of cold-related illness - Daniel Quiggin, Loughborough University
Modelling the expected participation of future smart households in demand side management, within published energy scenarios - Daniel Wright, Loughborough University
The energy-saving potential of domestic zonal space heating controls: a socio-technical assessment of semi-detached and owner-occupied UK homes - David Cunningham, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - David Kenington, UCL
Owner-managed SME responses to innovative energy data and management tools: an action research case study - David Veitch, UCL
Awarded MRes - Dounia Amraoui, Loughborough University
Awarded PGCert - Duncan Grassie, UCL
An investigation of feedback and feed-forward energy efficiency mechanisms from a UK school crowdsourced building stock model - Ed Sharp, UCL
Spatiotemporal disaggregation of GB scenarios depicting increased wind capacity and electrified heat demand in dwellings - Eleonora Ruffini, UCL
Awarded MRes - Elizabeth Francis, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Ella Quigley, Loughborough University
The energy and thermal performance of UK modular residential buildings - Faye Wade, UCL
An ethnography of installation: exploring the role of heating engineers in shaping the energy consumed through domestic central heating systems - Frances Hollick, UCL
Developing a dynamic method to assess the thermal performance of occupied dwellings - Francesco Babich, Loughborough University
Thermal comfort in non-uniform environments: real-time coupled CFD and human thermal regulation modelling - Gabriele Gessani, UCL
Awarded MRes - George Bennett, UCL
The secret life of boilers: Dynamic performance of residential gas boiler heating systems - a modelling and empirical study - George Papachristou, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Giorgos Petrou, UCL
Development of a Bayesian calibration framework for archetype-based housing stock models of summer indoor temperature - Giulia Ragosa, UCL
Awarded MRes - Harry Kennard, UCL
Experienced temperature, health and the implications for the built environment - Henry Witt, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - James Hedger, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Jennifer Crawley, UCL
Understanding the interactions between occupants, heating systems and building fabric in the context of energy efficient building fabric retrofit in social housing - Jessica Few, UCL
Ventilation in occupied homes: measurement, performance and sociotechnical perspectives - Joel Guilbaud
Hybrid Renewable Power Systems for the Mining Industry: System Costs, Reliability Costs, and Portfolio Cost Risks - Joseph Forde, Loughborough University
A decision support framework for optimal local delivery of zero-carbon housing in England - Joynal Abedin, Loughborough University
Thermal energy storage in residential buildings: a study of the benefits and impacts - Kate Simpson, Loughborough University
Energy efficiency refurbishment of UK owner-occupied homes: the householders’ perspective - Keren Gilbert, Loughborough University
Awarded PGCert - Kinan Al Zayat, UCL
Awarded MRes - Kostas Chasapis, Loughborough University
Appraisal of community energy schemes at the early design stage - Lauren Ferguson, UCL
Analysis of inequalities in personal exposure to PM2.5: A modelling study for the Greater London childhood population - Letitia Zainea, UCL
Awarded MRes - Louis Fifield, Loughborough University
Monitoring UK hospital building type performance - Matej Gustin, Loughborough University
Forecasting summer-time overheating in UK homes using time series models - Matthew Li, Loughborough University
Thermal performance of UK dwellings: assessment of methods for quantifying whole-dwelling heat loss in occupied homes - Matthew Rees, Loughborough University
Awarded PGCert - Michael Lyons, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Mike Fell, UCL
Taking charge: perceived control and acceptability of domestic demand-side response - Minnie Ashdown, UCL
A Stochastic Differential Equation model for natural air exchange in unoccupied buildings - Moira Nicolson, UCL
Using behavioural science to increase consumer adoption of time-of-use electricity tariffs: evidence from survey and field experiments - Murat Mustafa, Loughborough University
Local ventilation effectiveness of single-zone naturally ventilated spaces - Nafsika Drosou, Loughborough University
A framework to characterise operational daylighting performance in classrooms: measurement, observation and user perspectives - Naomi Grint, UCL
Awarded MRes - Nathan Moriarty, UCL
Awarded MRes - Nicole Watson, UCL
Beyond the supplier hub: Public attitudes towards multiple electricity suppliers and implications for policy - Niki Sahabandu, UCL
Informing Heat Network Design: A Study of Demand Diversity and Domestic Hot Water Storage Using High Resolution Measured Data - Özlem Duran, Loughborough University
Evaluation of retrofitting strategies for post-war office buildings - Pamela Fennell, UCL
The impacts of project scale, scope and risk allocation on financial returns for clients and contractors in Energy Performance Contracts – a stochastic modelling analysis - Paul Drury, Loughborough University
The summertime overheating signature of UK dwellings - Paula Morgenstern, UCL
Understanding hospital electricity use: an end-use(r) perspective - Peter Warren, UCL
Demand-Side Management Policy: Mechanisms for Success and Failure - Radhiah Arrifin, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Rami El Geneidy, Loughborough University
Engineering energy flexibility into buildings: development and evaluation of a model-predictive control strategy for demand response with space-heating - Rayan Azhari, UCL
London and UK Office Buildings Investigating energy use and landlord/tenant influences - Richard Jack, Loughborough University
Building diagnostics: practical measurement of the fabric thermal performance of houses - Salman Siddiqui, UCL
Modelling District Heating in a Renewable Electricity System - Samuel Stamp, UCL
Assessing uncertainty in co-heating tests: Calibrating a whole building steady state heat loss measurement method - Seb Junemann, UCL
Awarded MRes - Selin Yilmaz, Loughborough University
Stochastic bottom-up modelling of household appliance usage to quantify the demand response potential in UK residential sector - Sophie Pelsmakers, UCL
Pre-1919 suspended timber ground floors in the UK: estimating in-situ U-values and heat loss reduction potential of interventions - Stephanie Gauthier, UCL
Developing a method to monitor thermal discomfort response variability - Stephen Watson, Loughborough University
Predicting the additional GB electricity demand resulting from a widespread uptake of domestic heat pumps - Suneina Jangra, UCL
Estimating the thermal performance of insulated cold-pitched roofs from in-situ measurements and surveys - Sven Hallin, Loughborough University
Reducing residential sector dependence on fossil fuels: a study of motivating factors - Thomas Neeld, UCL
Development and Testing of an Acoustic Combustion Sensor for Domestic Gas Boilers - Vicki Tink, Loughborough University
The measured energy efficiency and thermal environment of a UK house retrofitted with internal wall insulation - Virginia Gori, UCL
A novel method for the estimation of thermophysical properties of walls from short and seasonally independent in-situ surveys - Zack Wang, UCL
Heat pumps for domestic heating: A techno-economic exploration of comparative advantages of individual scale versus district level - Zaki Iqbal, Loughborough University
Awarded MRes - Zareen Sethna, UCL
Awarded MRes - Note: this table lists LoLo students who completed a post-graduate degree through the CDT. All persons listed agreed to be listed on the LoLo website. If you would like to be removed or believe this list is incorrect please get in touch.
Further information
To learn more about the LoLo CDT, please visit the archival LoLo website through the Internet Archive.
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