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Prof Lubo Jankovic's Outputs (28)

Cumulative Embodied and Operational Emissions of Retrofit in Birmingham Zero Carbon House (2022)
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Jankovic, L., & Christophers, J. (2022). Cumulative Embodied and Operational Emissions of Retrofit in Birmingham Zero Carbon House. Frontiers in Built Environment, 8, Article 826265. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.826265

Birmingham Zero Carbon House was retrofitted and extended from an 1840 end of terrace house to an award-winning house with negative operational emissions, receiving a RIBA Award for Architecture in 2010. In addition to a super-insulated envelope, the... Read More about Cumulative Embodied and Operational Emissions of Retrofit in Birmingham Zero Carbon House.

Experiments with Self-Organised Simulation of Movement of Infectious Aerosols in Buildings (2020)
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Jankovic, L. (2020). Experiments with Self-Organised Simulation of Movement of Infectious Aerosols in Buildings. Sustainability, 12(12), Article 5204. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125204

The ultimate aim of sustainability in buildings gained an additional new dimension as the start of the year 2020 saw a rapid worldwide spread of the infectious disease caused by a coronavirus named COVID-19. There is evidence that, in addition to per... Read More about Experiments with Self-Organised Simulation of Movement of Infectious Aerosols in Buildings.

Improving Building Energy Efficiency through Measurement of Building Physics Properties Using Dynamic Heating Tests (2019)
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Jankovic, L. (2019). Improving Building Energy Efficiency through Measurement of Building Physics Properties Using Dynamic Heating Tests. Energies, 12(8), Article 1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12081450

Buildings contribute to nearly 30% of global carbon dioxide emissions, making a significant impact on climate change. Despite advanced design methods, such as those based on dynamic simulation tools, a significant discrepancy exists between designed... Read More about Improving Building Energy Efficiency through Measurement of Building Physics Properties Using Dynamic Heating Tests.

A Comparative Analysis of Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems with Heat-Pump Integration in a New-Build House Under Controlled Conditions (2025)
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This study investigates the relative benefits of solar thermal (ST) and photovoltaic (PV) systems integrated with air-source heat pumps for domestic hot water production in newly built residential buildings. Using calibrated DesignBuilder simulations... Read More about A Comparative Analysis of Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems with Heat-Pump Integration in a New-Build House Under Controlled Conditions.

A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New Build Future Home Standard House in Controlled Conditions (2025)
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Tsang, C., Jankovic, L., Fitton, R., & Henshaw, G. (in press). A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New Build Future Home Standard House in Controlled Conditions. Sustainability, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020724

This paper aims to determine the optimal construction strategies for new-build houses in the UK to minimize heating energy demand and discomfort hours. This research utilizes a previously calibrated model of “The Future Home” in Energy House 2.0’s en... Read More about A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New Build Future Home Standard House in Controlled Conditions.

A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New-Build Future Homes Standard House in Controlled Conditions (2025)
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This paper aims to determine the optimal construction strategies for new-build houses in the UK to minimize heating energy demand and discomfort hours. This research utilizes a previously calibrated model of “The Future Home” in Energy House 2.0’s en... Read More about A Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a New-Build Future Homes Standard House in Controlled Conditions.

Novel biodesign enhancements to at-risk traditional building materials (2022)
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Booth, P., & Jankovic, L. (2022). Novel biodesign enhancements to at-risk traditional building materials. Frontiers in Built Environment, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.766652

Extreme weather conditions increase the frequency of regular maintenance on heritage buildings and cause erosion of traditional materials. Developments in bio-enhanced self-repair materials provide an opportunity to improve building performance and r... Read More about Novel biodesign enhancements to at-risk traditional building materials.

How can UK housing projects be brought in line with net-zero carbon emission targets? (2021)
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Jankovic, L., Bharadwaj, P., & Carta, S. (2021). How can UK housing projects be brought in line with net-zero carbon emission targets?. Built Environment, 7, Article 754733. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.754733

Numerous local authorities are committed to constructing buildings to net-zero carbon emissions performance, and have declared carbon emergency, striving to reach carbon neutrality well before 2050. However, buildings in the UK are currently being de... Read More about How can UK housing projects be brought in line with net-zero carbon emission targets?.

Self-Organized Approach to Designing Building Thermal Insulation (2020)
Journal Article
Bharadwaj, P., & Jankovic, L. (2020). Self-Organized Approach to Designing Building Thermal Insulation. Sustainability, 12(14), Article 5764. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145764

Traditionally, the uniform application of thermal insulation is practiced within the built environment sector to achieve desired building regulation standards for energy efficiency. However, that approach does not follow the building heat loss field,... Read More about Self-Organized Approach to Designing Building Thermal Insulation.

Opportunities for financing sustainable development using complementary local currencies (2019)
Journal Article
Jankovic, L. (2019). Opportunities for financing sustainable development using complementary local currencies. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 297, Article 012023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/297/1/012023

Financing building retrofit projects that contribute to climate change mitigation has always represented a significant barrier. With 28% of global emissions coming from existing buildings, it is of paramount importance to carry out retrofit measures... Read More about Opportunities for financing sustainable development using complementary local currencies.

Design Implications of Model-Generated Urban Data (2019)
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Jankovic, L. (2019). Design Implications of Model-Generated Urban Data. #Journal not on list, 16(2), 50-63. https://doi.org/10.17831/enq%3Aarcc.v16i2.1061

The staggering complexity of urban environment and long timescales in the causal mechanisms prevent designers to fully understand the implications of their design interventions. In order to investigate these causal mechanisms and provide measurable t... Read More about Design Implications of Model-Generated Urban Data.

Lessons learnt from design, off-site construction and performance analysis of deep energy retrofit of residential buildings (2019)
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Jankovic, L. (2019). Lessons learnt from design, off-site construction and performance analysis of deep energy retrofit of residential buildings. Energy and Buildings, 186, 319-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.011

The article introduces the process of deep energy retrofit carried out on a residential building in the UK, using a ‘TCosy’ approach in which the existing building is completely surrounded by a new thermal envelope. It reports on the entire process,... Read More about Lessons learnt from design, off-site construction and performance analysis of deep energy retrofit of residential buildings.

Designing Resilience of the Built Environment to Extreme Weather Events (2018)
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Jankovic, L. (2018). Designing Resilience of the Built Environment to Extreme Weather Events. Sustainability, 10(1), Article 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10010141

Built environment comprises of a multitude of complex networks of buildings and processes in and between buildings. The paper looks at resilience design on three different levels: the building, the site, and the region. The building resilience design... Read More about Designing Resilience of the Built Environment to Extreme Weather Events.

Reducing simulation performance gap in hemp-lime buildings using fourier filtering (2016)
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Jankovic, L. (2016). Reducing simulation performance gap in hemp-lime buildings using fourier filtering. Sustainability, 8(9), Article 864. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090864

Mainstream dynamic simulation tools used by designers do not have a built-in capability to accurately simulate the effect of hemp-lime on building temperature and relative humidity. Due to the specific structure of hemp-lime, heat travels via a maze... Read More about Reducing simulation performance gap in hemp-lime buildings using fourier filtering.

A scenario-based analysis of building energy performance (2013)
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Caputo, S., Caserio, M., Coles, R., Jankovic, L., & Gaterell, M. (2013). A scenario-based analysis of building energy performance. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 166, 326--348. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.12.00008

Inherent to the sustainability discourse is concern about the long-term future. If sustainable, cities must deliver positive benefits over their possibly long lifetime. Yet in formulating guidance and negotiating design choices for urban development,... Read More about A scenario-based analysis of building energy performance.