Maria Kolokotroni

Prof. Maria Kolokotroni

Institute of Energy Futures, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK

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Academic Career Length

37Years (1990-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2012 in Energy and Buildings
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Maria KolokotroniMaria Kolokotroni
Maria Kolokotroni
XRX. Ren
X. Ren
MDM. Davies
M. Davies
AMA. Mavrogianni
A. Mavrogianni
This paper presents the results of a computational study on the energy consumption and related CO2 emissions for heating and cooling of an office building within the Urban Heat Island of London, currently and in the future. The study developed twenty weather files in an East-West axis through London; the weather files were constructed according to future climate change scenario for 2050 suitable for the UK which have been modified to represent specific locations within the London UHI based on measurements and predictions from a program developed for this purpose (LSSAT). The study simulated an office with typical construction, heat gains and operational patterns with an advanced thermal simulation program (IESVE). The predictions confirm that heating load decreases, cooling load and overheating hours increase as the office location moves from rural to urban sites and from present to future years. It is shown that internal heat gains are an important factor affecting energy performance and that night cooling using natural ventilation will have a beneficial effect at rural and city locations. As overheating will increase in the future, more buildings will use cooling; it is shown that this might lead to a five-fold increase of CO2 emission for city centre offices in London in 2050. The paper presents detailed results of the typical office placed on the East-West axis of the city, arguing the necessity to consider using weather files based on climate projections and urban heat island for the design of current buildings to safeguard their efficiency in the future

1 April 2006 in Solar Energy
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Maria KolokotroniMaria Kolokotroni
Maria Kolokotroni
IGI. Giannitsaris
I. Giannitsaris
RWR. Watkins
R. Watkins


1 August 1999 in Applied Energy
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Maria KolokotroniMaria Kolokotroni
Maria Kolokotroni
AAA Aronis
A Aronis

1 December 2013 in Energy and Buildings
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Maria KolokotroniMaria Kolokotroni
Maria Kolokotroni
BGB.L. Gowreesunker
B.L. Gowreesunker
Giridharan RenganathanGiridharan Renganathan
Giridharan Renganathan

1 January 2007 in Solar Energy
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Maria KolokotroniMaria Kolokotroni
Maria Kolokotroni
YZYuepeng Zhang
Yuepeng Zhang
RWRichard Watkins
Richard Watkins