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Research interests
Tristan is an associate professor in climate resilience; his research is in the area of building physics, investigating the effects of climate change on the built environment, the origin and manipulation of the heat island effect, the adaptation building designs and increasing the resilience of the built environment to climatic change.
Tristan is a building physicist who specialises in the effects of climate change on the built environment. He received an MPhys in Physics in 2004 and completed a PhD in experimental low-temperature solid-state physics in 2008 (both from the University of Exeter).
After completing his PhD, he joined the Centre for Energy and the Environment at the University of Exeter as a research fellow in climate change adaptation. His research focused on the creation of future weather for building simulation, thermal modelling of different buildings and designing adaptation strategies looking at impacts on energy usage, comfort levels, human health and productivity under different projections of climate change.
Tristan received the CIBSE Napier Shaw Medal in 2012 for his part in the creation of probabilistic future weather years using the outputs of UKCP09 as part of the EPSRC-funded PROMETHEUS project.
Research
For a building to be considered truly sustainable it has to be sustainable over its entire life cycle, not just for a few years after construction; however, optimising architecture and construction for a particular location and climate presents problems when we consider anthropogenic climate change. Thus far this particular aspect of sustainability has gone largely unexplored resulting in the construction of low carbon buildings, which may function in the short-term but fail in the longer-term. Tristan’s research is concerned with how we can improve our buildings to maintain performance over their whole life in the face of a changing climate and how we can use green and blue infrastructure to manipulate the urban microclimate to increase resilience to climatic change.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Climate change resilience of buildings and urban areas
- The urban heat island
- Zero carbon design
- Nature based solutions
- Microclimate studies
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Urban green infrastructures built to countermeasure global warming under heatwave in semi-arid area - UKRI Postdoc Guarantee
Kershaw, T. (PI)
20/03/24 → 19/03/26
Project: EU Commission
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Customisable Urban Model for Quantifiable Thermal Observations
Kershaw, T. (PI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Research council
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Preparing the South African Built Environment for Climate Change Resilience (SABER)
Natarajan, S. (PI), Coley, D. (CoI), Heath, A. (CoI), Kershaw, T. (CoI) & Maskell, D. (CoI)
1/03/17 → 31/01/21
Project: UK charity
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Research output
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Promoting Sustainable Land Management: An Innovative Approach to Land-Take Decision-Making
Gupta, P., Bharat, A., McCullen, N. & Kershaw, T., 1 Feb 2025, In: Land Use Policy. 149, 107419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blue space effects on urban flow and pollution dispersion in a stable atmosphere
Ampatzidis, P., Cintolesi, C., Di Sabatino, S. & Kershaw, T., 31 May 2024, In: Urban Climate. 55, 26 p., 101898.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (SciVal) -
Freezing from the heat: Building overcooling in Qatar
Alnuaimi, A., Natarajan, S., Kershaw, T. & Guo, J., 31 May 2024, In: Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 45, 3, p. 241-260 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blue space evaporation effects in a simplified urban neighbourhood: impact of size and shape under neutral stratification
Ampatzidis, P., Cintolesi, C., Petronio, A., Di Sabatino, S. & Kershaw, T., 3 Apr 2023, (Acceptance date).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Impact of blue space geometry on urban heat island mitigation
Ampatzidis, P., Cintolesi, C. & Kershaw, T., 28 Feb 2023, In: Climate. 11, 2, 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (SciVal)70 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Dataset for, "Freezing from the heat: Building overcooling in Qatar"
Alnuaimi, A. (Creator), Natarajan, S. (Creator) & Kershaw, T. (Creator), University of Bath, 20 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01315
Dataset
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Dataset for "Multi-objective optimisation of urban courtyard blocks in hot arid zones"
Ibrahim, Y. I. (Creator), Kershaw, T. (Supervisor) & Shepherd, P. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 16 May 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01137
Dataset
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Dataset for "On the optimisation of urban form design, energy consumption and outdoor thermal comfort using a parametric workflow in a hot arid zone"
Ibrahim, Y. (Creator), Kershaw, T. (Supervisor) & Shepherd, P. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 27 May 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01021
Dataset
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Dataset for "A parametric optimisation study of urban geometry design to assess outdoor thermal comfort."
Ibrahim, Y. (Creator), Kershaw, T. (Supervisor) & Shepherd, P. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 22 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01045
Dataset
Activities
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Adapting to Climate Change – Nature Based Solutions and Heat
Kershaw, T. (Speaker)
25 Sept 2024Activity: Public, Community and School Engagement › Public talk, lecture, debate, seminar, workshop
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South West Crucible New Researches Training Course
Kershaw, T. (Speaker)
Apr 2014 → Jul 2014Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Other academic event (organisation, presentation, attendance)
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Doctoral Supervision Workshop
Kershaw, T. (Chair)
22 Oct 2024 → …Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Other academic event (organisation, presentation, attendance)
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Cross-institutional Academic Speed Mentoring for Early Career Researchers
Kershaw, T. (Invited speaker)
24 Oct 2024Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Other academic event (organisation, presentation, attendance)