My PhD research work focuses on addressing issues around heating and cooling demand in social housing in the UK. I am looking at how new-build social housing could be a potential way to reduce demand on the power grid through better design and exploring further opportunities self-generation. Exploring how commercially viable solutions might exist to allow social housing to be built with high energy performance built-in. I have previously worked in the construction industry as a Sustainability Manager, the public sector as an Energy manager and as a Senior Consultant. I also have an interest in management systems and how these can play a part in improving environmental performance across businesses. As well as my PhD research I am a Teaching Fellow to Level 6 and Level 7 students, where my focus is on housing, energy and sustainability issues and how society can implement change to support global aims such as the Paris Agreement for carbon emissions.
Claire Brown
PhD Researcher
Selected Publications
Other
Selected Publications
Brown, C. (2021) How new social housing can help fight climate change. The Conversation.
Other
2023
Brown, Claire
Solar Shading Design and Implementation in UK Housing as a Tool for Advancing Sustainable Development Book Chapter
In: Walker, Thomas; Cucuzzella, Carmela; Goubran, Sherif; Geith, Rana (Ed.): The Role of Design, Construction, and Real Estate in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, 2023, ISBN: 978-3-031-28738-1.
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Solar Shading Design and Implementation in UK Housing as a Tool for Advancing Sustainable Development Book Chapter
In: Walker, Thomas; Cucuzzella, Carmela; Goubran, Sherif; Geith, Rana (Ed.): The Role of Design, Construction, and Real Estate in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, 2023, ISBN: 978-3-031-28738-1.
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The Role of Design, Construction, and Real Estate in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals Book Chapter
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2021
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Building Utopia Book Chapter
In: building Utopia, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2021.
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