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 Stephen Porritt
Research Fellow
Queens Building 1.05
tel +44 (0)116 257 7886
Fax +44 (0)116 257 7977
email sporritt@dmu.ac.uk |
Stephen is a Research Fellow at the IESD working on the EPSRC funded project Integration of Active and Passive Indoor Thermal Environment Control Systems to Minimise the Carbon Footprint of Airport Buildings. He is modelling the use of energy storage systems (phase change materials) and their suitability as a retrofit option for airport buildings.
His PhD (currently writing-up) modelled adaptations to reduce overheating in dwellings during heat wave periods, whilst also considering annual energy use and cost. His research formed part of a multi-university EPSRC funded project, Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW).
During the course of his PhD research he developed a prototype web tool to assist in retrofit decision making, which has generated significant interest in national and local government.
Stephen was awarded a BSc in Physics from Manchester University in 1983, before pursuing a career in the television industry. In 2007 he enrolled on the Energy and Sustainable Building Design MSc course at the IESD and transferred to his PhD post in 2008. He joined the Institute in his current role in 2011. |
| Selected Publications |
| Porritt SM, Shao L, Cropper PC and Goodier CI, Occupancy patterns and their effect on interventions to reduce overheating in dwellings during heat waves, Proc: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort,Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK, 9-11 April, (2010), Available from |
| Porritt SM, Shao L, Cropper PC and Goodier CI, Building orientation and occupancy patterns and their effect on interventions to reduce overheating in dwellings during heat waves, Proc IESD PhD Conf: Energy and Sustainable Development, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 21 May, (2010), 978 185 721 4079, Available from |
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