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Cardiff University, PhD, Building Construction

 United Kingdom
Research areas of particular strength: Design for sustainable housing; urban planning for sustainability; adaptation to climate change; health and comfort in buildings and settlements; responsive facades; passive design; naturally ventilated buildings; efficient building services; alternative and renewable energy supplies; low energy and passive cooling; indoor air quality; waste minimisation; development of modelling and simulation methods: daylight and sunlight; dynamic building energy modelling; regional and settlement modelling; computational fluid dynamics; Physical scale modelling; development of design tools and guidance; energy and environmental assessment methodologies; building construction process; research application in the design process; design for deconstruction and closed loop; integrating air conditioning use with buildings; integrating combined heat and power use with buildings; energy performance studies of buildings in use.

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Cardiff is located on the coast of South Wales, which has beautiful national parks and beaches only 30 minutes away. Cardiff is approximately 230km (145 miles) west of London and is easily accessed by train in about 2 hours. Cardiff has excellent transport links (ranked 1st in the UK for the most transport friendly city) with an international airport that has flights to many cities in Europe.