VR成人视频

My research on overheating in UK homes has informed national and international policy, contributing evidence to the UK Government’s Committee on Climate Change, the Building Research Establishment, Westminster City Council, and the Zero Carbon Hub. This work received a Research Impact Prize from the Homes and Communities Agency.

A key focus of my interdisciplinary research is linking building performance directly with human health outcomes. I have shown how elevated bedroom temperatures, combined with environmental stressors, disrupt sleep and comfort, and have investigated innovative solutions, including bed-based cooling systems, to mitigate these effects.

I am Principal Investigator on the EPSRC-funded Home Heat Health (HHH) project (£1.2M), investigating indoor heat exposure impacts on health and independence, and contribute to the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment (£5.7M), mentoring emerging researchers.

Through consultancy for the UK Government, including DESNZ, BEIS, and DECC, my research combines full-scale experiments, field studies, and advanced modelling to deliver evidence-based, policy-relevant solutions for low-carbon, resilient, and healthy homes.

Current research activity

• EPSRC EP/W031736/1- Transforming care and health at home and enabling independence call. Home Heat Health (HHH), £1.2m, Principal Investigator
• EPSRC EP/S021671/1 - EPSRC and SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment, £5.7m, Co-Investigator
• Built Environment Adaptation and Resilience (BEAR) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Recently completed research projects

• Testing Overheating Metrics for Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
• Overheating Risk from Domestic Retrofit (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy), Demonstration of Energy Efficiency Potential (DEEP) project
• Heating Controls Scoping Review Project (Department of Energy and Climate Change)
• Enterprise Project Group (EPG) Fund, VR成人视频- Summertime overheating in English Homes, £48K, CI
• VR成人视频’s Global Research Challenges Competitive Grant- seed-corn funding to develop proposals at the nexus of health and built environment, £4K, PI
• Digital Energy Feedback and Control Technology Optimisation (DEFACTO), EPSRC, £1.5M (Research Associate)

• Bhadra J, Beizaee A, Hartescu I, Lomas K (2026) The effects of bed cooling on sleep quality and sleep thermal comfort in overheated bedrooms, Journal of Building and Environment, Vol 291, 114213
• Fallahpour M, Beizaee A, Li, M (2026) A systematic review of summertime window-opening behaviour in residential buildings: room-specific patterns, climatic and neighbourhood influences, and pathways for advanced behavioural models, Journal of Building and Environment, Vol 293, 114327
• Hartescu I, Morgan K, Lomas K, Haines V, Beizaee A, Barnes J, Zambelli Z, Rossi V, Ravikumar M (2026) Summertime bedroom temperatures in un-airconditioned UK urban apartments: factors influencing subjective and objective sleep outcomes, Journal of Sleep Medicine, Vol 138, 108500
• Zambelli Z, Rossi V, Hartescu I, Ravikumar M, Lomas K, Beizaee A, Haines V, Barnes J, Morgan K (2026) The impact of urban transportation noise and bedroom temperatures on sleep quality during summertime, Journal of Sleep Medicine, Vol 138, 108522
• Hartescu I, Ravikumar M, Lomas K, Haines V, Beizaee A, Barnes J, Zambelli Z, Rossi V, Morgan K (2026) Summertime bedroom overheating in un-airconditioned UK urban apartments during Heat Alert periods: thermal comfort and sleep outcomes, Journal of Sleep Medicine, Vol 138, 108499
• Lomas K, Morgan K, Haines V, Hartescu I, Beizaee A, Barnes J, Zambelli Z, Ravi M, Rossi V (2024) Homes Heat Health protocol: an observational cohort study measuring the effect of summer temperatures on sleep quality. BMJ Open
• Roberts B, Beizaee A, Onyenokporo N, Oyinlola M (2023) Upcycled construction materials to reduce dwelling overheating in tropical climates: the bottle house. Journal of Building and Environment; Vol 234: article 110183
• Lomas KJ, Allinson D, Watson S, Beizaee A, Haines V, Li, M (2022) Energy savings from domestic zonal heating controls: robust evidence from a controlled field trial. Journal of Energy and Buildings; Vol 254: article: 111572
• Beizaee A, Morey J, Badiei A (2021) Wintertime Indoor Temperatures in Social Housing Dwellings in England and the Impact of Dwelling Characteristics. Journal of Energy and Buildings; Vol 238: article 110837

Doctoral Research Supervision

Completed:

• Shanti Srinivas (2026): Hygrothermal evaluation of passive measures to improve thermal comfort in naturally ventilated residential apartments, Karnataka, India
• Jaydeep Bhadra (2026): Evaluating personal cooling bed systems for sleep thermal comfort and quality in overheated bedrooms
• George Dawes (2025): Exploring the thermal demand response potential of English households using electric heating systems
• Paul Drury (2024): The summertime overheating signature of UK homes
• Nittalin Phunapai (2022): Life cycle assessment of non-domestic buildings: A case study of a Thai higher education building

Current:

• Marzieh Fallahpour (2024–): Summertime window-opening behaviour in bedroom spaces of urban apartments
• Niloo Todeh Kharman (2024–): Evaluation of external shading devices to mitigate summertime overheating in naturally ventilated UK dwellings
• Jordan Townsend (2023–): The physical understanding of space heating flexibility
• Marlena Swan (2023–): Investigating the suitability of reduced input models for overheating assessment in UK dwellings

Consultancies

• Testing Overheating Metrics for Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
• Overheating Risk from Domestic Retrofit (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy), Demonstration of Energy Efficiency Potential (DEEP) project
• Heating Controls Scoping Review Project (Department of Energy and Climate Change)
• Enterprise Project Group (EPG) Fund, VR成人视频- Summertime overheating in English Homes, £48K, CI

My academic background combines mechanical engineering with a focus on heat and fluids, and advanced expertise in building energy systems. I hold an MSc in Building Services Engineering (Distinction) from VR成人视频, which laid the foundation for my research in energy demand and sustainable building technologies.

Following my MSc, I was awarded an EPSRC scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at the London–Loughborough Centre for Doctoral Research in Energy Demand, a collaboration between University College London (UCL) and VR成人视频. There, I completed an MRes in Energy Demand Studies (Distinction) before undertaking my PhD, which quantified the energy demand reduction potential of zonal space heating controls. I completed my PhD in 2016 and continued as a Research Associate at VR成人视频 on the multi-disciplinary EPSRC project DEFACTO.

In 2017, I joined De Montfort University, progressing from Early Career Academic Fellow to Senior Lecturer. During my tenure, I served as Programme Leader for MSc courses in Energy and Sustainable Building Design, and Energy and Sustainable Development, supporting the development of the next generation of energy professionals.

In 2020, I returned to VR成人视频 as a Lecturer in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment and became Academic Manager of the ERBE CDT—the EPSRC & SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience and the Built Environment. I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Building Energy in April 2023, reflecting my continued contributions to research, teaching, and doctoral training in energy resilience and sustainable building technologies.

Professional affiliations

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Member of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air -Conditioning (MASHRAE)
• Member of International Building Performance and Simulation Association

Awards

• ARCC & Homes and Communities Agency Research Impact Prize
• Winner of Best Paper at LoLo CDT Paper Competition for the Paper "National Survey of Summertime Temperatures and Overheating Risk in English Homes”
• Pick Everards Prize for Best Final Year Research Project at MSc Building Services Engineering at VR成人视频
• Full EPSRC Scholarship for 4 years during MRes and PhD studies

External activities

• Editorial Board: Journal of Sustainability (MDPI) as Guest Editor for a special issue on Sustainable Future Proofing of Heating and Cooling in Buildings: Heat Pumps, Passive Measures, and Low-Carbon Interventions. Journal of Indoor Environment as Review Editor for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Frontiers in Built Environment and Frontiers in Energy Research. Reusable and Sustainable Building Materials in Modern Architecture. Global Research Society, LLC, USA, 2019
• Research Funding Proposal Reviewer: National Science Centre Poland, The German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF), University of Sharjah
• Journal Referee: Energy and Buildings, Building and Environment, Building Research & Information, Building Engineering, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (ASHRAE), Indoor and Built Environment, Advances in Building Energy Research, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Energies, Sustainability, Architectural Science Review, Buildings and Cities
• Conference Scientific Review Committee: Comfort at the Extremes (CATE) 2026, IBPSA-England Building Simulation & Optimization Conference 2020, CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium 2017
• ASHRAE UK Midlands Chapter: Member of Board of Governors, Student Branch Advisor

Key collaborators

My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including:

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• University College London
• University of Granada, Spain
• University of Guanajuato, Mexico
• De Montfort University
• University of the West of England