UWL PhD student publishes paper assessing the sustainability of supermarket buildings
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UWL PhD student Agha Hasan, from the School of Computing and Engineering's Building Performance and Climate Change research group, has recently published a paper titled "A Quantitative Case Study to Assess the Performance of UK Supermarket Buildings in Relation to Future Climate Change and Modern Construction Techniques (MMCs)" in the open-access academic journal 'Engineering Future Sustainability'. The study is one of the first to appear in this new journal, which is published by UWL and the Temporary Work Forum.
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Agha worked on the study in conjunction with a representative of the Chartered Institute of Building Services and Lidl UK Supermarkets, under supervision from Professor Bahadori-Jahromi.
We investigated the impact of different construction methods on the performance of non-domestic buildings, specifically UK supermarkets, under the worst-case scenarios of the 2080s period of climate change,"
Agha explains.
Different cases are considered to see how the building is performing now compared to how it would perform under the potential worst-case scenarios.
In the paper, we look at three different models and examine them under different climate change scenarios. This allows us to choose the configuration that will perform the best for as much as the next 50 years."
Professor Bahadori-Jahromi adds:
This research on sustainability is crucial as it comprehensively assesses ‘embodied carbon’ in supermarket buildings and their environmental impact.
The study evaluates cost-effective measures to reduce carbon footprints, lowering overall building costs. It provides valuable insights for industries to assess their buildings' embodied carbon and implement effective solutions, ultimately supporting global efforts to achieve Net Zero by 2050."
The Engineering Future Sustainability journal is an open-source journal that is free of charge. You can find out more about the journal on the UWL press site.
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- Agha Hasan's paper can be accessed via the UWL press site.
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