A review of approaches and applications in building stock energy and indoor environment modelling

J Dong, Y Schwartz, A Mavrogianni… - Building Services …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Current energy and climate policies are formulated and implemented to mitigate and adapt
to climate change. To inform relevant building policies, two bottom-up building stock …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of methodologies to quantify education system resilience—A scoping review

J Dülks, A Fekete, H Karutz, J Kaufmann… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Schools and other educational institutions are important pillars for the well-being of society.
However, education continuity is increasingly threatened by negative influences such as …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of climate change on cognitive performance of children in English school stock: A simulation study

J Dong, Y Schwartz, I Korolija, D Mumovic - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Children in England spend around 30% of their time in schools to gain knowledge and skills.
Climate change could impact schools' thermal environments and children's learning …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic modelling of indoor environmental conditions for future energy retrofit scenarios across the UK school building stock

D Grassie, J Dong, Y Schwartz, F Karakas… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
UK schoolchildren spend on average 30% of their waking lives inside schools. While indoor
environmental quality (IEQ) is critical for their health and attainment, school buildings are …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing climate risk using ensembles: A novel framework for applying and extending open-source climate risk assessment platforms

LC Dawkins, DJ Bernie, JA Lowe… - Climate Risk Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change adaptation decisions often require the consideration of risk rather than the
environmental hazard alone. One approach for quantifying risk is to use a risk assessment …

Evaluating the effect of passive cooling strategies in school buildings on children's well-being in Barcelona: A quasi-experimental, mixed methods study

M Sanz-Mas, X Continente, S Brugueras… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive cooling strategies were implemented in 11 school buildings in Barcelona within a
pilot project to improve thermal conditions. The present study aimed to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying uncertainty and sensitivity in climate risk assessments: Varying hazard, exposure and vulnerability modelling choices

LC Dawkins, DJ Bernie, F Pianosi, JA Lowe… - Climate Risk …, 2023 - Elsevier
Open-source climate risk assessment platforms allow for accessible and efficient estimation
of current and future climate risk by combining information about hazard, exposure and …

[HTML][HTML] A Multi-Criteria decision analysis framework to determine the optimal combination of energy efficiency and indoor air quality schemes for English school …

F Karakas, D Grassie, Y Schwartz, J Dong… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Maintaining good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in English schools in terms of
overheating and air quality is important for the health and educational performance of …

[HTML][HTML] Unintended consequences of English school stock energy-efficient retrofit on cognitive performance of children under climate change

J Dong, Y Schwartz, I Korolija, D Mumovic - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
School building stock retrofit forms a key part of UK's commitment to net-zero carbon target
by 2050. However, with a changing climate, the retrofit of school buildings may have …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying overheating risk in English schools: A spatially coherent climate risk assessment

LC Dawkins, K Brown, DJ Bernie, JA Lowe… - Climate Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate adaptation decision making can be informed by a quantification of current and future
climate risk. This is important for understanding which populations and/or infrastructures are …