Professor Maria Kolokotroni
Associate Dean E&D / Professor
Howell Building 122
- Email: maria.kolokotroni@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266688
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research area(s)
- Urban heat island
- Urban Albedo and Urban microclimatic characteristics
- Energy Efficieny in Buildings
- Nearly Zero Energy Buildings' (nZEB) Retrofit
- Sustainable heating and cooling energy technologies
- Ventilation
- Operational use of buildings
- Knowledge transfer to other regions
Research Interests
Co-ordinated and participated to a number of UK, European and International projects on Energy Efficient Technologies for Buildings, Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Retrofit, Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation, Urban Heat Island (quantification for London and its impact on energy demand by buildings), Urban Albedo and Mitigation Strategies such as cool materials and microclimatic interventions
Research grants and projects
Research Projects
Grants
Prescient building Operations utilizing Real Time data for ENergy Dynamic Optimization : PRELUDE
Funder: European Commission
Duration: December 2020 - May 2024
Funder: European Commission
Duration: December 2020 - May 2024
ReCO2ST : Residential Retrofit assessment platform and demonstrations for near zero energy and CO2 emissions with optimum cost health comfort and environmental quality
Funder: European Commission
Duration: January 2018 - June 2021
Funder: European Commission
Duration: January 2018 - June 2021
Urban albedo computation in high latitude locations: An experimental approach
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: August 2017 - July 2020
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: August 2017 - July 2020
End Use Energy Demand Centres Collaborative Projects (via UCL)
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: April 2016 - February 2018
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: April 2016 - February 2018
MENS - Meeting of Energy Professional Skills
Funder: European Commission
Duration: March 2015 - August 2017
Funder: European Commission
Duration: March 2015 - August 2017
The application of solar-powered polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysers for the sustainable production of hydrogen gas as fuel for domestic cooking
Funder: European Commission
Duration: July 2012 - June 2015
Funder: European Commission
Duration: July 2012 - June 2015
e-BITS: Energy BITS – Young people and media for a low energy footprint
Funder: European Commission
Duration: June 2011 - September 2013
Funder: European Commission
Duration: June 2011 - September 2013
Project details
- Resilient Cooling, EBC Annex 80, International Energy Agency, 2018-2023; more details in
- Ventilative Cooling, EBC Annex 62, International Energy Agency, 2013-2018; more details in
- COOL ROOFS – Promotion of Cool Roofs in the EU; funded by EU Intelligent Energy – Europe Programme (IEEA); 2009-2011; more details in
- IEA, ECBCS Annex 44, Integrating environmentally responsive elements in buildings; funded by EPSRC and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers; 2004-2008; more details in
Research links
Co-author network
- Prof Savvas Tassou
- Dr Colin Axon
- Prof Valentina Stojceska
- Dr Zahir Dehouche
- Prof Harjit Singh
- Mrs Petra Gratton
- Dr Ximena Schmidt
- Prof Hussam Jouhara
- Visualise network
Similar research interests
- Professor Xiangming Zhou
- Professor Savvas A Tassou
- Professor Monica Degen
- Professor Valentina Stojceska
- Dr Muhammad Shafique
Research group(s)
- IEF