Long-term and short-term building performance evaluation and modelling Dr Hu Du

Sêr Cymru (Stars ) Research Fellow Welsh School of Architecture University [email protected]

Dr Hu Du

PhD Student →RA→ Lecturer →SL→ Sêr Cymru fellowship Dr Hu Du

Forecast of building energy demand Modular external wall retrofit + Health cost of mould and damp in and renewable generation renewable and storage Welsh homes 2014-2019, £360k 2017-2021, €399k 2017-2018, £9,976

Renewable Energy Systems in Zero Carbon Villages 2018-2019, £22,800 Dr Hu Du Dr Hu Du Cardiff Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Internal Funding Call 2018

Global Challenges Research Fellowship: support academic members of staff and PhD students from well-established research groups to visit a research group at (2 and 6 months, up to £25K per Fellowship) GCRF Small Projects: collaboration with their developing country partners, for small scale pilot research projects (up to 6 months, £50K) GCRF top-up Awards: host GCRF workshops (primarily in the developing countries) to bring together potential partners and stakeholders to build relationships and formulate shared research agendas (up to £10K) Dr Hu Du UK climate change projections

25km grid, 16 admin regions, 23 river-basins Seven and 9 marine different regions time frames Three different emission scenarios Dr Hu Du Dr Hu Du

• Thermal imaging survey

• Review of handover process and commissioning

• Metering and monitoring

• Energy assessment

• User survey

• Environmental conditions

• Usability of controls

• Review of equipment performance Dr Hu Du

70mm Kingspan K18 Kooltherm Insulated plasterboard

Secondary Glazing Dr Hu Du Dr Hu Du Observation vs. Forecast Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 12.0 10.0 8.0 o c 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0

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21Nov 21 21Nov 18 23Nov 20Nov 00 20Nov 05 20Nov 10 20Nov 15 20Nov 20 20Nov 01 21Nov 06 21Nov 11 21Nov 16 21Nov 02 22Nov 07 22Nov 12 22Nov 17 22Nov 22 22Nov 03 23Nov 08 23Nov 13 23Nov 23 23Nov 04 24Nov 09 24Nov 14 24Nov 19 24Nov 00 25Nov 05 25Nov Bute building weather station Next 5 day forecast Next 4 day forecast Next 3 day forecast Next 2 day forecast Dr Hu Du Temperature Forecast vs. Observation, Dec2015 Heathrow Dr Hu Du Temperature Forecast vs. Observation, 1-6 April 2017

Du, H., Barclay, M. and Jones, P. J. 2017. Generating high resolution near-future weather forecasts for urban scale building performance modelling. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2017: 15th Conference of IBPSA, San Francisco, USA, 7-9 August 2017 Dr Hu Du Dr Hu Du 6000 forecast locations 140 observation stations Dr Hu Du UHII Dr Hu Du Q&A

DR. HU DU

Sêr Cymru Research Fellow Welsh School of Architecture Cardiff University [email protected]