Professor Maria Kolokotroni
Associate Dean E&D / Professor

Research area(s)

• Urban heat island
• Urban Albedo and Urban microclimatic characteristics
• Energy Efficieny in Buildings
• Nearly Zero Energy Buildings' (nZEB) Retrofit
• Sustainable heating and cooling energy technologies
• Ventilation
• Operational use of buildings
• Knowledge transfer to other regions

Research Interests

Co-ordinated and participated to a number of UK, European and International projects on Energy Efficient Technologies for Buildings, Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Retrofit, Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation, Urban Heat Island (quantification for London and its impact on energy demand by buildings), Urban Albedo and Mitigation Strategies such as cool materials and microclimatic interventions

Grants

Project details

• Resilient Cooling, EBC Annex 80, International Energy Agency, 2018-2023; more details in http://annex80.iea-ebc.org/
• Ventilative Cooling, EBC Annex 62, International Energy Agency, 2013-2018; more details in http://venticool.eu/
• COOL ROOFS – Promotion of Cool Roofs in the EU; funded by EU Intelligent Energy – Europe Programme (IEEA); 2009-2011; more details in http://coolroofcouncil.eu/
• IEA, ECBCS Annex 44, Integrating environmentally responsive elements in buildings; funded by EPSRC and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers; 2004-2008; more details in http://annex44.civil.aau.dk/