Research project

City-Wide Analysis to Propel Cities towards Resource Efficiency and Better Wellbeing

Research groups:

Energy and Climate Change Group
Lead researchers:

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj
Other researchers:

Professor Patrick James
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy

Research interests

Renewable Energy (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
Low carbon cities and infrastructure
Energy for Development

Connect with AbuBakr

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Patrick James

Professor of Energy and Buildings

Research interests

His work looks at energy across scales from the dwelling, to the neighbourhood, city or region. Patrick undertakes studies in the UK, China, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Connect with Patrick

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Energy and Climate Change Group

The research group seeks engineering solutions for reliable, affordable and sustainable energy stemming from renewable resources.

Research outputs

Review of thermal and environmental performance of prefabricated buildings

Sisi Yu, Yanfeng Liu, Dengjia Wang, Abu Bakr S. Bahaj, Yue Wu & Jiaping Liu, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110472

Type: article

Small hydropower development in China : Growing challenges and transition strategy

Lixiao Zhang, Mingyue Pang, Abubakr Bahaj, Yongchuan Yang & Changbo Wang, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110653

Type: article

Heating and controls use resulting from shared-cost charges in communal network social housing

Samuel, William Charles Paine, Patrick James, Abubakr Bahaj & Waggott Andrew, 2020, Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 41(3), 315-331

DOI: 10.1177/0143624420911170

Type: article

Ensuring statistics have power: guidance for designing, reporting and acting on electricity demand reduction and behaviour change programs

Ben Anderson, Tom Rushby, Abubakr Bahaj & Patrick James, 2020, Energy Research & Social Science, 59, 1-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2019.101260

Type: article

City-wide building height determination using light detection and ranging data

Yue Wu, Luke Blunden & Abubakr Bahaj, 2019, Environment and Planning B, 46(9), 1741–1755

DOI: 10.1177/2399808318774336

Type: article