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Dr Steve Lo is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Environmental Engineering.
His areas of teaching and research interest include; High performance adaptive building envelopes, building and façade integrated PV.
Dr Steve Lo gained an MSc in Energy Conservation and the Environment at the Cranfield University in 1985 and subsequent research at Cranfield on the long-term performance of passive solar energy systems led to the award of a PhD in 1990.
Dr Lo has wide industrial experience, having previously worked for the Environmental Section of the R&D department of Wimpey Homes and at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory of the UK Science and Engineering Research Council. He also has extensive experience in the design, installation and subsequent monitoring of thermosyphon solar water heating systems, roof-space solar energy collectors and thermosyphoning air panels and large-scale photovoltaic arrays.
He is the author of 30 conference papers, 17 journal publications and has made significant contributions to the chapter of a book on Advances in Solar Energy.
Dr Lo is currently the Director of Studies for the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Façade Engineering and is a member of the European Façade Network and is on the Board of the Society of Facade Engineering.
Research
Grant activity:
- KTP to:Develop an innovative, experimentally validated, analytical design tool, that optimizes low-velocity acoustic attenuation and screening solutions in low-carbon buildings for current and future climate scenarios. (£88,132) Funded
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO):Incentive Fund Open Access Journals, with Delft Technical University, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Lucerne University, Tecnalia and University of the Basque Country. (€120,600) Funded
- FP7 collaboration with Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) to: Investigate intelligent wireless integration of adaptive selective vacuum glazing façade based performance layers with heating and ventilation systems. (€ TBC)
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Adaptive building envelopes
- Lifetime low-carbon façade solutions
- Multi-functional façade layers
- FIPV
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
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Developing and testing a novel manufacturing method for complex geometry thin-walled GFRC panels by fabricating a 10 m high, self-supporting GFRC hyperbolic shell
Henriksen, T., Lo, S., Knaack, U. & Kirkegaard, P. H., 19 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Architectural Engineering and Design Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Combined multi-attribute inpatient thermal comfort requirements in hospitals: A designer's assessment method
Alotaibi, B. S., Codinhoto, R., Albadra, D. & Lo, S., 31 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 42, 103039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the suitability of standard thermal comfort approaches for hospital patients in air-conditioned environments in hot climates
Alotaibi, B., Lo, S., Southwood, E. & Coley, D., 29 Feb 2020, In: Building and Environment. 169, 106561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Practice before theory: An approach for testing sequencing effects in pedagogical design
Natarajan, S., McCullen, N., Lo, S., Coley, D., Ali Arja, O. & Moran, F., 19 Apr 2020, In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Statistical Evaluation of Tolerance to Indoor Temperature Fluctuations for Different Lengths of Stay for Cardiovascular Inpatients
Alotaibi, B., Lo, S. & Codinhoto, R., 10 Oct 2020, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Dwelling Form (IDWELL 2020). Ellisa, E. (ed.). Vol. 475. p. 93-102 10 p. ( Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research; vol. 475).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
Open Access
Datasets
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Dataset for "Evaluating the suitability of standard thermal comfort approaches for hospital patients in air-conditioned environments in hot climates"
Alotaibi, B. (Creator), Lo, S. (Supervisor) & Coley, D. (Editor), University of Bath, 11 Sep 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00678
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Dataset for "Combined multi-attribute inpatient thermal comfort requirements in hospitals: A designer's assessment method"
Alotaibi, B. (Creator), Codinhoto, R. (Supervisor), Albadra, D. (Contributor) & Lo, S. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 28 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00934
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Dataset for "Thermal environment perceptions from longitudinal study of indoor temperature profiles in inpatient wards"
Alotaibi, B. (Creator) & Lo, S. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 21 Jul 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00869
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Shelter Assessment Matrix (SAM)
Kuchai, N. (Creator), Lo, S. (Creator), Albadra, D. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator), Natarajan, S. (Creator), Hart, J. (Creator), Paszkiewicz, N. (Creator), Adeyeye, K. (Creator), Moran, F. (Creator), Ball, R. (Creator), Calabria-Holley, J. (Creator), Orr, J. (Creator) & de Castro, M. (Creator), University of Bath, 19 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00937
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