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How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Zhao, J. (2023, June). How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour. Presented at Un/Building the Future: The Country and The City in the Anthropocene, University of Warwick

Buildings are the UK’s second-largest source of emissions. The household sector in particular, contributes to more than a quarter of the overall energy consumption and GHG emission, with space heating contributing to 63% of household energy consumpti... Read More about How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour.

Passivhaus standard as a social housing model in the UK: Barriers and opportunities (2023)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. (2023). Passivhaus standard as a social housing model in the UK: Barriers and opportunities. In W. Leal Filho, M. Alzira Pimenta Dinis, S. Moggi, E. Price, & A. Hope (Eds.), SDGs in the European Region. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_87-1

The reliance on fossil fuels and the high amount of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions remain to be the most critical barriers for the European region to achieve its net-zero targets. Energy used in the household sector contributes to more than a quarte... Read More about Passivhaus standard as a social housing model in the UK: Barriers and opportunities.

Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Zhao, J. (2022). Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building. In P. Izadpanahi, & F. Perugia (Eds.), Architectural Science and User Experience: How can Design Enhance the Quality of Life: 55th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2022 (493–503)

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building.

A brief review of the development of Passivhaus in the UK social housing sector (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2022, September). A brief review of the development of Passivhaus in the UK social housing sector. Paper presented at Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB-22), Split, Croatia

The social housing sector is lacking in both quantity and quality of new build and existing homes. The existing design and development of social housing are also in urgent need of review in terms of energy efficiency as the cost of living crisis deep... Read More about A brief review of the development of Passivhaus in the UK social housing sector.

Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, S., Zhao, J., Xu, M., & Ahmadian, E. (2021). Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 73, 103099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103099

This research uses empirical data and supplementary computer simulation result to study the summertime cooling effect of different landscape patterns in urban areas in China. It employs field monitoring to collect hourly air temperatures and relative... Read More about Effects of landscape patterns on the summer microclimate and human comfort in urban squares in China.

The impact of multimedia effect on art learning: Eye movement evidence from traditional Chinese pattern learning (2021)
Journal Article
Ye, L., Su, H., Zhao, J., & Hang, Y. (2021). The impact of multimedia effect on art learning: Eye movement evidence from traditional Chinese pattern learning. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 40(2), 342-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12347

At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic continued to spread and became a global pandemic. Affected by the epidemic, online teaching has become the new normal. As the main form of online education, multimedia learning has attracted more and mo... Read More about The impact of multimedia effect on art learning: Eye movement evidence from traditional Chinese pattern learning.

Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games (2020)
Journal Article
Ye, L., Wang, R., & Zhao, J. (2021). Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 59(2), 287-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633120963828

In recent years, more serious games are used in different learning areas to improve the process of knowledge acquisition and learning outcomes. This study discusses a game mode based on a jigsaw puzzle with scaffolding-aid for cultural heritage learn... Read More about Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games.

Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2020). Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 64, 101448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101448

The Passivhaus model emphasises a high standard of building fabric insulation and controlled ventilation with heat recovery in order to achieve comfort and reduce energy use. The implication is that environmental control is achieved by the building f... Read More about Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom.

SoundMapp: Participatory design in museum space (2018)
Journal Article
Panourgia, E., & Zhao, J. (2018). SoundMapp: Participatory design in museum space. International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, 11(1), 27-35. https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v11i01/27-35

This article explores the possibility of creating alternative user experience in exhibition spaces while using audience interactivity as medium for generating sonic material. We are investigating participatory art in museum space, ways for redefining... Read More about SoundMapp: Participatory design in museum space.

Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Carter, K., & Zhao, J. (2018, December). Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet. Paper presented at PLEA 2018, Hong Kong

The ideology of Passivhaus is clear. It is a building standard associated with a really well insulated and airtight building that saves energy – in both hot and cold climates. There is evidence from that shows how important this approach to building... Read More about Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet.

Passivhaus: The architectural typology of low energy housing (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2017). Passivhaus: The architectural typology of low energy housing. In L. Brotas, S. Roaf, & F. Nicol (Eds.), DESIGN TO THRIVE - Proceedings Volume I - PLEA 2017 Conference (328-335)

The growing number of Passivhaus buildings in the UK suggests an increasing acceptance of the low energy design methodology. Post occupancy evaluation shows that the energy use in Passivhaus homes are generally very low, and that running costs are co... Read More about Passivhaus: The architectural typology of low energy housing.

Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2016). Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort. In Proceedings of 9th Windsor Conference Making Comfort Relevant. NCEUB - Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings, UK (1052-1332)

This research resides Passivhaus concept under the framework of adaptive comfort, reviews two case studies of social housing Passivhaus communities in Scotland, and explores the occupants’ lived experience and their perception of comfort in Passivhau... Read More about Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort.

Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants' (2015)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2015). Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants'. Energy Procedia, 83, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.12.202

Passivhaus methodology leads to buildings with very high thermal efficiency and high levels of airtightness. The focus of research in Passivhaus is energy performance. The experience of occupying a Passivhaus is often overlooked. This research takes... Read More about Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants'.

The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Zhao, J. (2015, March). The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment. Paper presented at The Second Construction History Society Conference, University of Cambridge Department of Architecture at Queens' College, Cambridge

The project for the new Houses of Parliament in London was commissioned at the beginning of the 19th century, when the boom in science allowed new technologies and associated social groups to be involved in many established industries, forcing a para... Read More about The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment.