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Kevin J. Lomas is affiliated with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with a concentration on building and construction as well as environmental engineering. The scientist's work bridges several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, electrical and electronic engineering, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's main research topics include building energy and comfort optimization, urban heat island mitigation, climate change and health impacts, sleep and related disorders, integrated energy systems optimization, smart grid energy management, and air quality and health impacts.

Kevin J. Lomas has contributed to multiple publications, often collaborating with frequent co-authors such as Arash Beizaee, Matthew Li, Iuliana Hartescu, Stephen Watson, and Jaydeep Bhadra.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Energy and Buildings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Building and Environment
  • Buildings and Cities
  • Building Simulation Conference proceedings

Several recent papers highlight the scientist's involvement in topics related to building environments and energy demands. These include:

  • "Ten questions concerning residential overheating in Central and Northern Europe" (2023) published in Building and Environment
  • "Dwelling and household characteristics' influence on reported and measured summertime overheating: A glimpse of a mild climate in the 2050's" (2021) published in Building and Environment
  • "How will heat pumps alter national half-hourly heat demands? Empirical modelling based on GB field trials" (2021) published in Energy and Buildings
  • "Predicting future GB heat pump electricity demand" (2023) published in Energy and Buildings
  • "Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction" (2021) published in Journal of Building Engineering

The scientist's extensive work spans 27 publications in engineering and 24 in environmental science, with a strong emphasis on optimizing building energy and comfort as well as addressing urban and climate-related challenges. Their research often intertwines the technological dimensions of energy systems with considerations of human health and comfort.

Best Publications

  • A computer model of human thermoregulation for a wide range of environmental conditions: the passive system.

    Dusan Fiala;Kevin J. Lomas;Martin Stohrer

  • Computer prediction of human thermoregulatory and temperature responses to a wide range of environmental conditions

    Dusan Fiala;Kevin J. Lomas;Martin Stohrer

  • Sensitivity analysis techniques for building thermal simulation programs

    Kevin J. Lomas;Herbert Eppel

  • The socio-economic, dwelling and appliance related factors affecting electricity consumption in domestic buildings

    Rory V. Jones;Alba Fuertes;Kevin J. Lomas

  • Identifying trends in the use of domestic appliances from household electricity consumption measurements

    Steven K. Firth;Kevin J. Lomas;A.J. Wright;R. Wall

  • A Simple Model of PV System Performance and its Use in Fault Detection

    Steven K. Firth;Kevin J. Lomas;Simon J. Rees

  • Central heating thermostat settings and timing: building demographics

    Michelle Shipworth;Steven K. Firth;Michael I. Gentry;Andrew J. Wright

  • Targeting household energy efficiency measures using sensitivity analysis

    Steven K. Firth;Kevin J. Lomas;A.J. Wright

  • First principles modeling of thermal sensation responses in steady-state and transient conditions

    Dusan Fiala;Kevin J. Lomas;Martin Stohrer

  • Overheating in buildings: lessons from research

    Kevin J. Lomas;Stephen M. Porritt

  • National survey of summertime temperatures and overheating risk in English homes

    Arash Beizaee;Kevin J. Lomas;Steven K. Firth

  • Empirical validation of building energy simulation programs

    K.J. Lomas;H. Eppel;C.J. Martin;D.P. Bloomfield

  • A simple model of domestic lighting demand

    Melody Stokes;Mark Rylatt;Kevin J. Lomas

  • Architectural design of an advanced naturally ventilated building form

    Kevin J. Lomas

  • Thermal comfort standards, measured internal temperatures and thermal resilience to climate change of free-running buildings: A case-study of hospital wards

    Kevin J. Lomas;Renganathan Giridharan

  • Summertime temperatures and thermal comfort in UK homes

    Kevin J. Lomas;Tom Kane

  • Resilience of naturally ventilated buildings to climate change: advanced natural ventilation and hospital wards

    Kevin John Lomas;Yingchun Ji

  • Carbon reduction in existing buildings: a transdisciplinary approach

    Kevin J. Lomas

  • Determinants of high electrical energy demand in UK homes: Socio-economic and dwelling characteristics

    Rory V. Jones;Kevin J. Lomas

  • GIS-based decision support for solar energy planning in urban environments

    M Rylatt;S Gadsden;K Lomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Darren Robinson
Darren Robinson University of Sheffield
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Zoe G. Davies
Zoe G. Davies University of Kent
Jonathan R. Leake
Jonathan R. Leake University of Sheffield
Michael G. Pollitt
Michael G. Pollitt University of Cambridge
John Burnett
John Burnett Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Philip H. Warren
Philip H. Warren University of Sheffield
David Infield
David Infield University of Strathclyde
Richard A. Fuller
Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland
Qingyan Chen
Qingyan Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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