Dr Martin Fletcher
Senior Research Fellow Leeds Beckett
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Martin's background is in renewable energy and sustainable technology, gaining his MSc in Renewable Energy from Newcastle University before working with the Centre for the Green Knowledge Economy at Bournemouth University.
Since joining Leeds Beckett in 2012, Martin has led on several national and international projects investigating a broad range of building performance themes. This has included work with the International Energy Agency to develop building testing protocols and undertaking long and short term monitoring of building performance as part of multiple UK government funded research programmes.
In 2019 Martin spent a 12-month secondment as technical specialist in the built environment with the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In this role Martin provided expert guidance to policymakers and developed research tenders in support of national policy objectives.
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Education
Leeds Beckett University
PhD
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
2019
Newcastle University
MSc
Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management
2010
Newcastle University
BSc (Hons)
Geography
2009
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A modified approach to metabolic rate determination for thermal comfort prediction during high metabolic rate activities
Building and Environment2020
Environmental conditions in buildings are linked to the physical and mental wellbeing of occupants. Thus, it follows that the internal environment affects human performance and user experience during sport and activity. There are several indices that are used to evaluate occupant thermal comfort, the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) index being the metric most commonly used. PMV is designed to evaluate comfort for sedentary occupants with low metabolic rates; however, PMV has also been used to evaluate comfort for individuals engaged in high metabolic rate activities, such as those common in sport facilities.
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.
Validating Solid Wall Insulation Retrofits with In-Use Data
Energy and Buildings2018
Improving the energy efficiency of the UK housing stock is important both to meet carbon emission reduction targets and to reduce fuel poverty. For this reason, domestic properties are frequently retrofitted with energy saving measures. This study looks at how the energy consumption, thermal properties and internal temperature of 14 dwellings change as a result of a solid wall insulation (SWI) retrofit.
