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Calautit, Katrina and Nasir, Diana S.N.M. and Hughes, Ben Richard (2021) Low power energy harvesting systems : state of the art and future challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 147. 111230. ISSN 1879-0690

Barnes, Andrew and Marshall-Cross, Daniel and Hughes, Ben Richard (2021) Towards a standard approach for future vertical axis wind turbine aerodynamics research and development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 148. 111221. ISSN 1879-0690

Mawson, Victoria Jayne and Hughes, Ben Richard (2021) Coupling simulation with artificial neural networks for the optimisation of HVAC controls in manufacturing environments. Optimization and Engineering, 22 (1). pp. 103-119. ISSN 1389-4420

Daw, William and Kingshott, Ruth N. and Saatchi, Reza and Burke, Derek and Evans, Robert and Holloway, Alan and Travis, Jon and Jones, Anthony and Hughes, Ben and Elphick, Heather E. (2020) A novel, contactless, portable "spot-check" device accurately measures respiratory rate. Journal of Medical Devices, 14 (3). 031002. ISSN 1932-6181

Mawson, Victoria Jayne and Hughes, Ben Richard (2020) Thermal modelling of manufacturing processes and HVAC systems. Energy, 204. 117984. ISSN 1873-6785

Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, Katrina and Wei, Shuangyu and Tien, Paige W. and Calautit, John and Hughes, Ben (2020) Analysis of the thermal comfort and energy performance of a thermal chair for open plan office. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 8 (2). pp. 373-395. ISSN 1848-9257

Mawson, Victoria Jayne and Hughes, Ben Richard (2020) Deep learning techniques for energy forecasting and condition monitoring in the manufacturing sector. Energy and Buildings, 217. 109966. ISSN 0378-7788

Cabaneros, Sheen Mclean and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben (2020) Spatial estimation of outdoor NO2 levels in Central London using deep neural networks and a wavelet decomposition technique. Ecological Modelling, 424. 109017. ISSN 0304-3800

Zhou, Bochao and Pei, Jianzhong and Hughes, Ben Richard and Nasir, Diana SNM and Zhang, Jiupeng (2020) Analysis of mechanical properties for two different structures of photovoltaic pavement unit block. Construction and Building Materials, 239. 117864. ISSN 0950-0618

Cabaneros, Sheen Mclean and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben (2020) Short- and long-term forecasting of ambient air pollution levels using wavelet-based non-linear autoregressive artificial neural networks with exogenous inputs. International Journal of Environmental Impacts, 3 (2). pp. 143-154. ISSN 2398-2640

Nasir, Siti Diana and Xu, Weijie and Vital, Becky and Pantua, Conrad and Zhou, Bochao and Calautit, John and Hughes, Ben (2020) Urban road and pavement solar collector system for heat island mitigation : assessing the beneficial impact on outdoor temperature. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 463. 12038. ISSN 1755-1315

Barnes, Andrew and Hughes, Ben (2019) Determining the impact of VAWT farm configurations on power output. Renewable Energy, 143. pp. 1111-1120. ISSN 0960-1481

Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and Satish, B. K. and Rijal, Hom B. (2019) Patterns of thermal preference and Visual Thermal Landscaping model in the workplace. Applied Energy, 255. 113674. ISSN 0306-2619

Bonser, Sam and Hughes, Ben Richard and Calautit, John Kaiser (2019) Investigation of the impact of roof configurations on the wind and thermal environment in football stadiums in hot climates. International Journal of Ventilation. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2044-4044

Cabaneros, Sheen Mclean and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2019) A review of artificial neural network models for ambient air pollution prediction. Environmental Modelling and Software, 119. pp. 285-304. ISSN 1364-8152

O'Connor, D and Calautit, J K and Calautit, J K and Calautit, K and Hughes, B R and Pantua, C (2019) Analysis of a rotary passive heat recovery device for natural ventilation windcatcher. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 556. pp. 1-8. 012001. ISSN 1757-899X

Mawson, Victoria Jayne and Hughes, Ben Richard (2019) The development of modelling tools to improve energy efficiency in manufacturing processes and systems. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 51. pp. 95-105. ISSN 0278-6125

Calautit, John and O'Connor, Dominic and Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, Katrina and Hughes, Ben (2019) Numerical and experimental analysis of a natural ventilation windcatcher with passive heat recovery for mild-cold climates. Energy Procedia, 158. pp. 3125-3130. ISSN 1876-6102

Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and BK, Satish and Rijal, Hom B. (2019) Visual thermal landscaping (VTL) model : a qualitative thermal comfort approach based on the context to balance energy and comfort. Energy Procedia, 158. pp. 3119-3124. ISSN 1876-6102

Soleimani, Zohreh and Kaiser Calautit, John and Calautit, Katrina and Richard Hughes, Ben (2018) Climatic analysis of ventilation and thermal performance of a dome building with roof vent. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability, 171 (8). pp. 411-424. ISSN 1478-4629

Alobaid, Mohammad and Hughes, Ben and Heyes, Andrew and O'Connor, Dominic (2018) Determining the effect of inlet flow conditions on the thermal efficiency of a flat plate solar collector. Fluids, 3 (3). 67.

Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, John Kaiser and Calautit, Katrina and Hughes, Ben and Aquino, Angelo I. (2018) Advanced personal comfort system (APCS) for the workplace : a review and case study. Energy and Buildings, 173. pp. 689-709. ISSN 0378-7788

Garwood, Tom Lloyd and Hughes, Ben Richard and O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John K. and Oates, Michael R. and Hodgson, Thomas (2018) A framework for producing gbXML building geometry from Point Clouds for accurate and efficient Building Energy Modelling. Applied Energy, 224. pp. 527-537. ISSN 0306-2619

Alobaid, Mohammad and Hughes, Ben and O’Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John and Heyes, Andrew (2018) Improving thermal and electrical efficiency in photovoltaic thermal systems for sustainable cooling system integration. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 6 (2). pp. 305-322. ISSN 1848-9257

Calautit, Katrina and Aquino, Angelo and Calautit, John Kaiser and Nejat, Payam and Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh and Hughes, Ben Richard (2018) A review of numerical modelling of multi-scale wind turbines and their environment. Computation, 6 (1). 24. ISSN 1866-9964

Shahzad, Sally and Brennan, John and Theodossopoulos, Dimitris and Calautit, John K. and Hughes, Ben R. (2018) Does a neutral thermal sensation determine thermal comfort? Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 39 (2). pp. 183-195. ISSN 0143-6244

Garwood, Tom Lloyd and Hughes, Ben Richard and Oates, Michael R. and O'Connor, Dominic and Hughes, Ruby (2018) A review of energy simulation tools for the manufacturing sector. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81 (Part 1). pp. 895-911. ISSN 1879-0690

Mohammed Wazed, Saeed and Hughes, Ben Richard and O'Connor, Dominic and Kaiser Calautit, John (2018) A review of sustainable solar irrigation systems for Sub-Saharan Africa. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81 (Part 1). pp. 1206-1225. ISSN 1879-0690

Garwood, Tom Lloyd and Hughes, Ben Richard and O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John K and Oates, Michael R and Hodgson, Thomas (2017) Geometry extraction for high resolution building energy modelling applications from Point Cloud data : a case study of a factory facility. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 1805-1810. ISSN 1876-6102

Cabaneros, Sheen Mclean S. and Calautit, John Kaiser S. and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Hybrid artificial neural network models for effective prediction and mitigation of urban roadside NO2 pollution. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 3524-3530. ISSN 1876-6102

Calautit, John and Aquino, Angelo and O'Connor, Dominic and Cabaneros, Sheen and Shahzad, Sally and Wazed, Saeed and Garwood, Tom and Calautit, Katrina and Hughes, Ben (2017) Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) analysis of a low energy wind catcher with horizontally-arranged heat transfer devices. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 2095-2101. ISSN 1876-6102

Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, John Kaiser and Aquino, Angelo I. and Nasir, Diana SNM and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Neutral thermal sensation or dynamic thermal comfort? Numerical and field test analysis of a thermal chair. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 2189-2194. ISSN 1876-6102

Wazed, Saeed Mohammed and Hughes, Ben Richard and O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John Kaiser (2017) Solar driven irrigation systems for remote rural farms. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 184-191. ISSN 1876-6102

O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) A novel design of a rotary desiccant system for reduced dehumidification regeneration air temperature. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 253-258. ISSN 1876-6102

Aquino, Angelo I. and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) A study on the Wind-Induced Flutter Energy Harvester (WIFEH) integration into buildings. Energy Procedia, 142. pp. 321-327. ISSN 1876-6102

Aquino, Angelo I. and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Evaluation of the integration of the Wind-Induced Flutter Energy Harvester (WIFEH) into the built environment : experimental and numerical analysis. Applied Energy, 207. pp. 61-77. ISSN 0306-2619

Shahzad, Sally and Calautit, John Kaiser and Aquino, Angelo I. and Nasir, Diana S.N.M. and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) A user-controlled thermal chair for an open plan workplace : CFD and field studies of thermal comfort performance. Applied Energy, 207. pp. 283-293. ISSN 0306-2619

Ghani, Saud and Bialy, Esmail M. and Bakochristou, Foteini and Gamaledin, Seifelislam Mahmoud Ahmad and Rashwan, Mohammed Mohammed and Hughes, Ben (2017) Thermal comfort investigation of an outdoor air-conditioned area in a hot and arid environment. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 23 (7). pp. 1113-1131. ISSN 2374-474X

Aquino, Angelo I. and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Integration of aero-elastic belt into the built environment for low-energy wind harnessing : current status and a case study. Energy Conversion and Management, 149. pp. 830-850. ISSN 0196-8904

Shahzad, Sally and Hughes, Ben and Calautit, John Kaiser and Nasir, Diana SNM (2017) Computational and field test analysis of thermal comfort performance of user-controlled thermal department in an open plan office. Energy Procedia, 105. pp. 2635-2640. ISSN 1876-6102

Nasir, Diana S.N.M. and Hughes, Ben Richard and Calautit, John Kaiser and Aquino, Angelo I. and Shahzad, Sally (2017) Effect of urban street canyon aspect ratio on thermal performance of road pavement solar collectors (RPSC). Energy Procedia, 105. pp. 4414-4419. ISSN 1876-6102

Calautit, John Kaiser and Aquino, Angelo I. and Shahzad, Sally and Nasir, Diana S.N.M. and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Thermal comfort and indoor air quality analysis of a low-energy cooling windcatcher. Energy Procedia, 105. pp. 2865-2870. ISSN 1876-6102

Aquino, Angelo I. and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Urban integration of aeroelastic belt for low-energy wind harvesting. Energy Procedia, 105. pp. 738-743. ISSN 1876-6102

Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2017) Optimisation and analysis of a heat pipe assisted low-energy passive cooling system. Energy and Buildings, 143. pp. 220-233. ISSN 0378-7788

Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh and Nejat, Payam and Calautit, John Kaiser and Yusof, Mohd Badruddin Mohd and Zaki, Sheikh Ahmad and Hughes, Ben Richard and Yazid, Muhammad Noor Afiq Witri Muhammad (2017) A review on windcatcher for passive cooling and natural ventilation in buildings, part 1 : indoor air quality and thermal comfort assessment. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 70. pp. 736-756. ISSN 1879-0690

Nasir, Diana S.N.M. and Hughes, Ben Richard and Calautit, John Kaiser (2017) A CFD analysis of several design parameters of a road pavement solar collector (RPSC) for urban application. Applied Energy, 186 (Part 3). pp. 436-449. ISSN 0306-2619

Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and Nasir, Diana SNM (2017) Climatic analysis of a passive cooling technology for the built environment in hot countries. Applied Energy, 186 (Part 3). pp. 321-335. ISSN 0306-2619

Nejat, Payam and Calautit, John Kaiser and Majid, Muhd Zaimi Abd and Hughes, Ben Richard and Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh (2016) Data on the natural ventilation performance of windcatcher with anti-short-circuit device (ASCD). Data in Brief, 9. pp. 252-256. ISSN 2352-3409

Nejat, Payam and Calautit, John Kaiser and Muhd, Muhd Zaimi and Hughes, Ben Richard and Zeynali, Iman and Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh (2016) Wind tunnel and numerical data on the ventilation performance of windcatcher with wing wall. Data in Brief, 9. pp. 448-452. ISSN 2352-3409

O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2016) A novel design of a desiccant rotary wheel for passive ventilation applications. Applied Energy, 179. pp. 99-109. ISSN 0306-2619

Soleimani, Zohreh and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2016) Computational analysis of natural ventilation flows in geodesic dome building in hot climates. Computation, 4 (3). pp. 1-22. 31. ISSN 1866-9964

Nejat, Payam and Calautit, John Kaiser and Majid, Muhd Zaimi Abd and Hughes, Ben Richard and Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh (2016) Anti-short-circuit device : a new solution for short-circuiting in windcatcher and improvement of natural ventilation performance. Building and Environment, 105. pp. 24-39. ISSN 0360-1323

Nejat, Payam and Calautit, John Kaiser and Majid, Muhd Zaimi Abd and Hughes, Ben Richard and Zeynali, Iman and Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh (2016) Evaluation of a two-sided windcatcher integrated with wing wall (as a new design) and comparison with a conventional windcatcher. Energy and Buildings, 126. pp. 287-300. ISSN 0378-7788

Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2016) CFD and experimental data of closed-loop wind tunnel flow. Data in Brief, 7. pp. 216-220. ISSN 2352-3409

Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2016) Design and aerodynamic investigation of dynamic architecture. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 1 (1). 7. ISSN 2364-4184

Shahzad, Sally S. and Brennan, John and Theodossopoulos, Dimitris and Hughes, Ben and Calautit, John Kaiser (2016) Building-related symptoms, energy, and thermal control in the workplace : personal and open plan offices. Sustainability (Switzerland), 8 (4). pp. 1-20. 331. ISSN 2071-1050

Sofotasiou, Polytimi and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and O'Connor, Dominic (2016) Towards an integrated computational method to determine internal spaces for optimum environmental conditions. Computers and Fluids, 127. pp. 146-160. ISSN 0045-7930

O'connor, Dominic and Calautit, John Kaiser S. and Hughes, Ben Richard (2016) A review of heat recovery technology for passive ventilation applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 54. pp. 1481-1493. ISSN 1879-0690

Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2016) A passive cooling wind catcher with heat pipe technology : CFD, wind tunnel and field-test analysis. Applied Energy, 162. pp. 460-471. ISSN 0306-2619

Calautit, John Kaiser and Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Hughes, Ben Richard (2015) Wind tunnel data of the analysis of heat pipe and wind catcher technology for the built environment. Data in Brief, 5. pp. 424-428. ISSN 2352-3409

Cross, Daniel and Hughes, Ben and Ingham, Derek and Ma, Lin (2015) A validated numerical investigation of the effects of high blockage ratio and train and tunnel length upon underground railway aerodynamics. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 146. pp. 195-206. ISSN 0167-6105

Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and Sim, Lik Fang (2015) CFD and experimental study on the effect of progressive heating on fluid flow inside a thermal wind tunnel. Computation, 3 (4). pp. 509-527. ISSN 1866-9964

O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John and Hughes, Ben Richard (2015) Effect of rotation speed of a rotary thermal wheel on ventilation supply rates of wind tower system. Energy Procedia, 75. pp. 1705-1710. ISSN 1876-6102

Shahzad, Sally S. and Brennan, John and Theodossopoulos, Dimitris and Hughes, Ben and Calautit, John Kaiser (2015) Energy efficiency and user comfort in the workplace : Norwegian cellular vs. British open plan workplaces. Energy Procedia, 75. pp. 807-812. ISSN 1876-6102

Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2015) Computational analysis to factor wind into the design of an architectural environment. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2015. pp. 1-10. 234601. ISSN 1687-5605

Calautit, John Kaiser and O'Connor, Dominic and Sofotasiou, Polytimi and Hughes, Ben Richard (2015) CFD simulation and optimisation of a low energy ventilation and cooling system. Computation, 3 (2). pp. 128-149. ISSN 1866-9964

Sofotasiou, Polytimi and Hughes, Benjamin Richard and Calautit, John Kaiser (2015) Qatar 2022 : facing the FIFA world cup climatic and legacy challenges. Sustainable Cities and Society, 14 (1). pp. 16-30. ISSN 2210-6707

Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and O'Connor, Dominic and Shahzad, Sally Salome (2015) CFD and wind tunnel study of the performance of a multi-directional wind tower with heat transfer devices. Energy Procedia, 75. pp. 1692-1697. ISSN 1876-6102

O'Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard (2014) A study of passive ventilation integrated with heat recovery. Energy and Buildings, 82. pp. 799-811. ISSN 0378-7788

Calautit, John Kaiser and Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Hughes, Ben Richard and Sim, Lik Fang (2014) A validated design methodology for a closed-loop subsonic wind tunnel. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 125. pp. 180-194. ISSN 0167-6105

Calautit, John Kaiser and Hughes, Ben Richard and Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah and Ghani, Saud Abdul (2013) CFD analysis of a heat transfer device integrated wind tower system for hot and dry climate. Applied Energy, 112. pp. 576-591. ISSN 0306-2619

Hughes, Ben Richard and Rezazadeh, Fatemeh and Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah (2013) Economic viability of incorporating multi-effect distillation with district cooling systems in the United Arab Emirates. Sustainable Cities and Society, 7. pp. 37-43. ISSN 2210-6707

Aranjo, Brendan Savio and Hughes, Ben Richard and Chaudry, Hassam Nasarullah (2012) Performance investigation of ground cooling for the airbus A380 in the United Arab Emirates. Applied Thermal Engineering, 36 (1). pp. 87-95. ISSN 1359-4311

Hughes, Ben Richard and Ghani, Saud Abdul (2011) A numerical investigation into the feasibility of a passive-assisted natural ventilation stack device. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 30 (4). pp. 193-211. ISSN 1478-646X

Hughes, Ben Richard and Oates, Michael (2011) Performance investigation of a passive solar-assisted kiln in the United Kingdom. Solar Energy, 85 (7). pp. 1488-1498. ISSN 0038-092X

Hughes, Ben Richard and Mak, Cheuk Ming (2011) A study of wind and buoyancy driven flows through commercial wind towers. Energy and Buildings, 43 (7). pp. 1784-1791. ISSN 0378-7788

Hughes, Ben Richard and Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah (2011) Power generation potential of dynamic architecture. International Journal of Chemical, Nuclear, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 73. pp. 288-294. ISSN 2010-3778

Hughes, Ben Richard and Abdul Ghani, S. A.A. (2009) A numerical investigation into the effect of windvent dampers on operating conditions. Building and Environment, 44 (2). pp. 237-248. ISSN 0360-1323