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Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment

Journal Article
Bagireanu, A., Bros-Williamson, J., Duncheva, M., & Currie, J. (2024)
Digital Twins: Towards an Overarching Framework for the Built Environment. Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 18(1), 1-11
Digital Twins (DTs) have entered the built environment from more established industries like aviation and manufacturing, although there has never been a common goal for utilis...

Heating system oversizing and low-temperature readiness of a pre-1919 school in Scotland

Journal Article
Reguis, A., Currie, J., & Tunzi, M. (2024)
Heating system oversizing and low-temperature readiness of a pre-1919 school in Scotland. Energy and Buildings, 312, Article 114202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114202
As part of the decarbonization of its existing building stock the UK needs to replace gas boilers with heat pumps and low-temperature heat networks. Both technologies are effi...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Sandy Brechin and Friends

Exhibition / Performance
Currie, J. (2022)
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Sandy Brechin and Friends. [Live Public Performance]. Performed at The A Club at the Merchant's Hall. 27 August 2022. (Unpublished
He's back! After two years of forced solitary accordion squeezing at home, and to the huge relief of his neighbours, Sandy returns to the A Club once again, upgraded, biceps b...

Resolving clashes between net-zero energy and acoustics engineering specifications, to enhance low-carbon building performance, regulatory compliance and future skills. Laws and standards comparison between Italy and UK

Conference Proceeding
Danza, L., Scrosati, C., Belussi, L., Scamoni, F., Currie, J., & Smith, S. (2022)
Resolving clashes between net-zero energy and acoustics engineering specifications, to enhance low-carbon building performance, regulatory compliance and future skills. Laws and standards comparison between Italy and UK. In Proceedings: Internoise 2022
Under the CNR (Italy) and RSE (Scotland) joint scientific cooperation agreement, the project deals with the development and enhancing understanding of the technical clashes an...

Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2022)
Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pollutants, 2(2), 180-204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants2020014
Healthy indoor environments influence the comfort, health and wellbeing of the occupants. Monitoring the indoor temperature, relative humidity and CO2 levels in primary school...

Metabolic heat loss in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) differs with stage of moult and between habitats

Journal Article
Paterson, W. D., Chaise, L. L., McKnight, C., Currie, J. I., Thompson, D., Ancel, A., …McCafferty, D. J. (2022)
Metabolic heat loss in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) differs with stage of moult and between habitats. Journal of Thermal Biology, 104, Article 103183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103183
The moult in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) represents an especially energetically demanding period during which seals must maintain high skin temperature to facil...

Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review

Journal Article
Reguis, A., Vand, B., & Currie, J. (2021)
Challenges for the transition to low-temperature heat in the UK: A Review. Energies, 14(21), Article 7181. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217181
To reach net-zero emissions by 2050, buildings in the UK need to replace natural gas boilers with heat pumps and district heating. These technologies are efficient at reduced ...

Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt

Journal Article
Paterson, W. D., Moss, S. E., Ryan, M., Currie, J., McCafferty, D. J., & Thompson, D. (2021)
Increased metabolic rate of hauled-out harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during the molt. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94(3), 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1086/713958
Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) live in cold temperate or polar seas and molt annually, renewing their fur over a period of approximately four weeks. Epidermal processes at this...

Historic Environment Scotland Technical Paper 34: Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings

Report
Stinson, J., Bros Williamson, J., Garnier, C., & Currie, J. (2020)
Historic Environment Scotland Technical Paper 34: Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings. Edinburgh: Historic Environment Scotland
Over the last decade, there has been an increased awareness of the need to improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of Scotland’s building stock and to fulfl obligatio...

Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2020

Exhibition / Performance
Brechin, S., & Currie, J. Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2020. [Musical Performance]. Performed at Princes Street Gardens. 31 December 2019 - 1 January 2020. (Unpublished)

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Brechin, S., & Currie, J. Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2020. [Musical Performance]. Performed at Princes Street Gardens. 31 December 2019 - 1 January 2020. (Unpublished
One of the official events at Edinburgh's Hogmanay, this traditional ceilidh dance for thousands is held annually in the West End of West Princes Street Garden under the castl...
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Development and Optimisation of the Dolphin Wave Energy Converter

2023 - 2027
The Dolphin Wave Energy Converter will be analysed and optimised using different techniques. Experimental and theoretical work will be required to come up with an optimum device capable of gathering e...
Funder: Pentland Material Supply Ltd | Value: £65,229

Blackthorn Salt

2022 - 2023
Blackthorn Salt is a specialist food grade sea salt produced from Scottish sea water utilising an historic production process which is both sustainable and environmentally responsible. In-keeping with...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £9,799

Mara Seaweed

2022 - 2023
Process intensification and decarbonisation of a seaweed drying process. This is an energy intensive process, requiring specialist heating equipment to control the heat supplied to seaweed drying appl...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £9,600

Annandale Distillery

2022 - 2022
As part of the practise to make whisky, the fermentation processes result in CO2 emissions from the 6 x 12,000 litre wooden washbacks. Each fermentation lasts for 72 hours, producing CO2 for the whole...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £9,600

Dissident Distilling

2022 - 2022
Dissident Spirits Ltd intends to employ a novel heating method in the production of Scotch whisky by using thermal oil as the medium of heat transfer, allowing the production to run entirely electric...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £9,887

RSE International Exchange Programme - CNR (Italy)

2021 - 2023
Funds for 4 visits to ITC near Milan, Italy, sharing KE on energy, acoustics and net zero targets for construction
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £3,000

Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis

2021 - 2025
Edinburgh Napier University is developing together with other consortium members the Edinburgh Home Programme that will demonstrate a new business model based on collaborative procurement, whole-life ...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £60,000

Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation

2021 - 2022
A project that seeks to outline the innovation and commercial use of natural fibre insulation products in the UK. It will be based on a gap analysis of products that are currently available from natu...
Funder: Scottish Forestry | Value: £37,961

HyHo Silver

2021 - 2021
The objective of the project is to examine the practicality of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) being able to offer a fuel cell / combined heat and power installation at a local jewellery comp...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £10,000

Early Years Buildings Net-zero energy comparison

2020 - 2020
The work performed in this project will help to clarify the route to net-zero carbon in non-domestic buildings by using building performance evaluation of two as-built examples of early years building...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

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Development and Optimisation of the Dolphin Wave Energy Converter

2023 - date
Simon Szatkowski | Director of Studies: Dr Pablo Jaen Sola

Evaluating the applicability of digital twin framework on residential developments

2021 - date
Astrid Bagireanu | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie | Second Supervisor: Dr Julio Bros Williamson

IIntegration of domestic ventilation systems with vertical axis wind turbine ventilation technology

2021 - date
Jirayut Sitthipuk | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie | Second Supervisor: Dr Julio Bros Williamson

Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM): An integrated approach to the conservation and lifecycle management of historic buildings

2020 - date
Tosin Adewale | Director of Studies: Dr Suha Jaradat | Second Supervisor: Prof John Currie

Comfort, health, and wellbeing of teachers and the impact/effect/influence of their work-indoor environment

2019 - date
Natalie Bain-Reguis | Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Smith | Second Supervisor: Prof Caroline Hollins-Martin

Connecting Scottish public buildings to low temperature heat

2018 - date
Antoine Reguis | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie

Enhancing storm surge resilience for coastal habitat: A framework to support sustainable development

2016 - 2021
In most countries, population, poor management of water policies, infrastructure and coastal develop...
Ms Anitha Karthik | Director of Studies: Prof Luca Mora | Second Supervisor: Prof Sean Smith

Performance and environmental sustainability assessment of an integrated solar water heater designed for disassembly, under Scottish weather conditions

2016 - 2021
"In the field of solar thermal technology there a...
Ruth Saint | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie | Second Supervisor: Dr Celine Garnier

The delusion of innovations? An investigation into micro-level factors to an effective macro-level diffusion of Building Information Modelling in the UK

2015 - 2021
Melanie Robinson | Director of Studies: Dr Celine Garnier | Second Supervisor: Prof John Currie

Architecture of emergencies in the Middle East: Proposed shelter design criteria

2015 - 2019
The ongoing research covers the Architectural design and construction of the humanitarian response during and after emer...
Miss Lara Alshawawreh | Director of Studies: Prof Sean Smith | Second Supervisor: John Wood

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