{"id":54,"date":"2025-02-10T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T09:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/virvil\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:05:29","slug":"research-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/virvil\/research-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Research publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are a selection of research outputs that have used HTB2 or the VirVil SketchUp Extension<\/p>\n<h4>2025<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"person orcid-person\"><span class=\"person_name\">Perisoglou, Emmanouil , Patterson, Joanne \u00a0and <span class=\"person\">Ionas, Miltiadis<\/span> 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/172507\/\">Evaluating the performance of six 1970s off-gas deep retrofit bungalows.<\/a> <i>Building Services Engineering Research &amp; Technology<\/i> 46 (1) , pp. 9-25. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/01436244241287111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1177\/01436244241287111<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>2024<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"person orcid-person\"><span class=\"person_name\">Hou, Shan , Patterson, Joanne , Perisoglou, Emmanouil , <span class=\"person\">Ionas, Miltiadis<\/span> and <span class=\"person\">Tallent, Esther<\/span> 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/172624\/\">A case study of modelling informing whole house energy systems-based retrofit in the UK.<\/a> Presented at: <i>Zero Carbon Built Environment Conference<\/i>, Nottingham, UK, 03-05 July 2024. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>2022<\/h4>\n<p>Ionas, Miltiadis, Morewood, Jack , Patterson, Joanne , Perisoglou, Emmanouil, Tallent, Esther, Li, Xiaojun, Bassas, Ester Coma and Hou, Shan Shan 2022.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/153374\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whole house energy system retrofit of six off-gas bungalows in South Wales.<\/a>\u00a0Presented at: CABE Research Forum, Newport, 13 October 2022.<\/p>\n<h4>2021<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"person\"><span class=\"person_name\">Waldron, Diana<\/span><\/span> 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/146198\/\"><em>A new perspective on the analysis of vertical farms: an exploration of the potential of an open-source simulation software tool to develop a framework.<\/em><\/a> PhD Thesis, Cardiff University<\/p>\n<h4>2020<\/h4>\n<p>Huang, Jianxiang, Jones, Phil , Zhang, Anqi, Peng, Rong, Li, Xiaojun and Chan, Pak-Wai 2020.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/126580\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Building Energy and Climate (UrBEC) simulation: Example application and field evaluation in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.<\/a>\u00a0Energy and Buildings 207 , 109580. 10.1016\/j.enbuild.2019.109580<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phillip , Li, Xiaojun, Coma Bassas, Ester, Perisoglou, Emmanouil and Patterson, Jo 2020.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/134965\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy-positive house: performance assessment through simulation and measurement.<\/a>\u00a0Energies 13 (18) , 4705. 10.3390\/en13184705<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2019<\/h4>\n<p>Li, Xiaojun, Hou, Shan, Patterson, Joanne , Perisoglou, Emmanouil, Ionas, Miltiadis, Jenkins, Huw , Jones, Phillip , Lannon, Simon and Coma Bassas, Ester 2019.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/125678\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modelling and developing a neighbourhood low carbon system for five dwellings in the U.K.<\/a>\u00a0Presented at: The 16th IBPSA<\/p>\n<p>Hou, Shan, Patterson, Joanne , Li, Xiaojun, Perisoglou, Emmanouil and Jones, Phillip 2019.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/125688\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigating the energy and thermal implications of installation of an air curtain and an automatic door in convenience stores in Wales.<\/a>\u00a0Presented at: 16th IBPSA International Conference, Rome, 2-4 September 2019. -.<\/p>\n<p>Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip and Patterson, Joanne 2019.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/127075\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modelling and developing a renewable energy system for the cold stores of a food park in the UK.<\/a>\u00a0Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1343 (1) , 012102. 10.1088\/1742-6596\/1343\/1\/012102<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2018<\/h4>\n<p>Perisoglou, Emmanouil, Coma Bassas, Ester, Lannon, Simon , Li, Xiaojun, Jenkins, Huw , Patterson, Joanne , Jones, Phillip and Hou, Shan 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/118055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steady state and dynamic modelling of residential transpired solar collectors performance<\/a>. Presented at: 4th Building Simulation and Optimization Conference, Cambridge, UK, 11-12 September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2017<\/h4>\n<p>Ji, Qunfeng and Jones, Phillip 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/107434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operational energy\/carbon dioxide emissions analysis combing building cluster and transport demand of buildings? Users at the street level: a case study of Hankou railway station surroundings in China.<\/a>\u00a0Brebbia, C. A., Longhurst, J., Marco, E. and Booth, C., eds. Sustainable Development and Planning IX, Vol. 226. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, WIT Press, pp. 107-117. (10.2495\/SDP170101)<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phil , Li, Xiaojun, Perisoglou, Emmanouil and Patterson, Jo 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cardiff.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/104753\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five energy retrofit houses in South Wales.<\/a>\u00a0Energy and Buildings 154 , pp. 335-342. 10.1016\/j.enbuild.2017.08.032<\/p>\n<p>Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip John and Patterson, Joanne 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/99844\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building and community energy retrofit housing in Wales<\/a>. Presented at: World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong Transforming Our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration: Putting Ideas into Action, Hong Kong, China, 5-7 June 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Alnusairat, Saba, Jones, Phillip and Hou, Shan 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/104677\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skycourt as a ventilated buffer zone in office buildings: assessing energy performance and thermal comfort.<\/a>\u00a0Presented at: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017 Conference, Edinburgh, 2-5 July 2017. Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017 Conference. , vol.III Edinburgh, UK: NCEUB 2017 Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Building, pp. 4901-4908.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2016<\/h4>\n<p>Hou, Shan and Jones, Phillip 2016.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/95126\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Near zero carbon care home design in the UK<\/a>. Presented at: BEHAVE 2016: 4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy, Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9th September 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Hou, Shan Shan, Kopitsis, Denis and Jones, Phillip John 2016.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/89855\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evaluation of thermal comfort in built environment: experience with the Swiss standards<\/a>. Presented at: International Green Building Conference, Beijing, China, 30-31 March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phillip John, Li, Xiaojun, Patterson, Joanne Louise, Coma Bassas, Ester and Lannon, Simon Charles 2016.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/93301\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparation for an energy positive community in the UK: modelling-led innovative housing practice in Wales<\/a>. Presented at: PLEA 2016 &#8211; 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments, Los Angeles, USA, 11-13 July. Published in: La Roche, Pablo and Schiller, Marc&lt; eds. &gt;PLEA 2016 &#8211; 32nd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2015<\/h4>\n<p>Alexander, Donald Kneale and Jenkins, Huw Geraint 2015.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/78382\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The validity and reliability of co-heating tests made on highly insulated dwellings<\/a>. Presented at: 6th International Building Physics Conference, IBPC 2015, Turin, Italy, 14-17 June 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Coma Bassas, Ester and Jones, Phillip John 2015.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/87319\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buildings as Power Stations&#8217;: an Energy Simulation Tool for housing<\/a>. Procedia Engineering 118 , pp. 58-71.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.proeng.2015.08.404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1016\/j.proeng.2015.08.404<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phillip, Hou, Shan and Li, XiaoJun 2015.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/95141\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Towards zero carbon design in offices: integrating smart facades, ventilation, and surface heating and cooling<\/a>. Renewable Energy 73 , pp. 69-76.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.renene.2014.06.027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1016\/j.renene.2014.06.027<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lannon, Simon Charles 2015.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/87007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A new approach to urban environmental modelling<\/a>. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.<\/p>\n<p>Lannon, S. et al. 2015.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/83763\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The energy context of domestic traditional buildings for the UK<\/a>. In: Prizeman, O. E. C. ed. Sustainable Building Conservation: Theory and Practice of Responsive Design in the heritage environment. RIBA Publishing, pp. 39-63.<\/p>\n<p>Li, X., Lannon, S. C. and Jones, P. J. 2015.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/74719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modelling-based low carbon retrofit house design<\/a>. Urban Flux 42(2), pp. 34-50.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2014<\/h4>\n<p>Alznafer, Badran Masoud 2014.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/63585\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The impact of neighbourhood geometries on outdoor thermal comfort and energy consumption from urban dwellings: a case study of the Riyadh city, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/a>. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phillip, Lannon, Simon Charles and Li, Xiaojun\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/68606\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Development of a building energy &#8216;sensitivity&#8217; tool to inform early-stage design decisions and its application in China<\/a>. In: Li, Angui, Zhu, Yingxin and &gt;Li, Yuguo eds. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Volume 1: Indoor and Outdoor Environment, Vol. 1. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 271. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 3-11.<\/p>\n<p>Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip and Lannon, Simon Charles 2014.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/68941\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimization selection of energy-efficient design strategies through thermal simulation<\/a>. Urban Flux 38 , pp. 136-140.<\/p>\n<p>Maarof, Shafizal 2014.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/71492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roof designs and affecting thermal comfort factors in a typical naturally ventilated Malaysian mosque<\/a>. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2013<\/h4>\n<p>Bassett, Thomas, Waldron, Diana, Iorwerth, Heledd, Lannon, Simon Charles and Jones, Phillip John 2013.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/49855\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embodied energy at an urban scale: A paradigm shift in calculations<\/a>. Presented at: PLEA 2013 &#8211; Passive and Low Energy Architecture. 29th International Conference, Munich, Germany, 10-12 September 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Bassett, Thomas, Waldron, Diana, Iorwerth, Heledd and Lannon, Simon Charles 2013.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/53496\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy modelling in Wales: looking ahead to 2050<\/a>. Made 8 , pp. 40-41.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phillip John, Lannon, Simon Charles, Li, Xiaojun, Bassett, Thomas and Waldron, Diana 2013.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/49344\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intensive building energy simulation at early design stage<\/a>. Presented at: Building Simulation 2013 (BS2013): 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chamb\u00e9ry, France, 25-28 August 2013. Proceedings of BS2013: 3th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), pp. 862-869.<\/p>\n<p>Li, Xiaojun, Jones, Phillip John and Lannon, Simon Charles 2013.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/61830\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy optimization modeling for an office building in Chongqing<\/a>. Architectural Journal: Academic Issue 10 , pp. 164-168.<\/p>\n<p>Lin, Ko-Yang 2013.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/51894\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigating reducing building energy use at urban scale in Taipei<\/a>. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.<\/p>\n<p>Waldron, Diana, Jones, Phillip John, Lannon, Simon Charles, Bassett, Thomas and Iorwerth, Heledd Mair 2013.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/49380\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embodied energy and operational energy: Case studies comparing different urban layouts<\/a>. Presented at: Building Simulation 2013 (BS2013): 13th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chamb\u00e9ry, France, 25-28 August 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2012<\/h4>\n<p>Bassett, Thomas, Lannon, Simon Charles, Waldron, Diana and Jones, Phillip John 2012.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/41395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculating the solar potential of the urban fabric with SketchUp and HTB2<\/a>. Presented at: Solar Building Skins, Bressanone, Italy, 6-7 December 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Phillip John, Kopitsis, Denis and Hou, Shan Shan 2012.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/95143\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Computer simulation to achieve low carbon buildings<\/a>. Urban Environment Design 68 , pp. 204-207.<\/p>\n<p>Xing, Yangang, Bagdanavicius, Audrius, Lannon, Simon Charles, Pirouti, Marouf and Bassett, Thomas 2012.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/38192\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Low temperature district heating network planning with the focus on distribution energy losses<\/a>. Presented at: The Fourth International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2012), Suzhou, China, 5-8 July 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following are a selection of research outputs that have used HTB2 or the VirVil SketchUp Extension 2025 Perisoglou, Emmanouil , Patterson, Joanne \u00a0and Ionas, Miltiadis 2025. 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