Dr Jim Parker
Reader Leeds Beckett
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Dr Parker has been involved in a broad range of research projects, including detailed modelling of domestic and non-domestic buildings, in both retrofit and new-build scenarios. His work has also expanded to cover environmental monitoring in urban environments, with a particular focus on urban heat islands, air quality and the impact of urban green space.
Jim's research has included extensive work on the calibration of energy and thermal models, an area of expertise that informs in-depth evaluation of retrofit measures. This expertise has helped to secure high value research projects from Government Departments and UKRI organisations, all aimed at reducing the environmental impact of existing buildings.
In addition to his work in the retrofit sector, Jim has been involved in projects that have developed offsite manufacture systems for low energy buildings, overheating mitigation in future climate scenarios, energy management systems in the non-domestic sector, performance analysis of district heating systems and green infrastructure deployment in urban environments. He has also been involved in IEA Annexes and was a sub-task lead for the IEA Annex 67: Energy Flexible Buildings.
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Education
De Montfort University
PhD
Carbon Reduction
2013
The University of Huddersfield
MSc
Sustainable Architecture
2009
Sheffield Hallam University
BSc
Construction Management
2005
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Event Appearances
Predicting future overheating in a Passivhaus dwelling using a calibrated dynamic thermal simulation models
(2016) Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Annual Conference Leeds, UK
Articles
The Leeds urban heat island and its implications for energy use and thermal comfort
Energy and Buildings2020
Urban heat islands are evident throughout the world and may become more problematic in temperate climates as global warming continues. This paper characterizes the urban heat island of Leeds, a city in the temperate maritime climate of the UK. Measured weather data from rural and urban sites have been used to quantify the heat island and to create building simulation weather files for the summer of 2013.
Policy Challenges for the Development of Energy Flexibility Services
Energy Policy2020
European energy policies call for an increased share of renewable energy sources and a more active role of the energy consumer. This is facilitated by, amongst others, buildings becoming energy flexible hubs, supporting smart energy grids with demand response strategies. While there is abundant technical research in this field, the related business and policy development is less well documented.
Measuring and modelling retrofit fabric performance in solid wall conjoined dwellings
Energy and Buildings2019
There remains a significant number of occupied and uninsulated solid wall dwellings in the UK. Deep retrofit is often required for these buildings to become energy efficient but it is difficult to determine how these buildings will respond to retrofit without a detailed understanding of their fabric thermal performance Greater certainty can however be achieved by combining theoretical models and practical field tests, prior to the design of retrofit programmes.
