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Heat Pumps, Low Carbon Buildings, Air Conditioning, Building Technologies
United Kingdom

Biography

Dr Blaise Mempouo is a Research Fellow/Project Manager within Buildings, Energy & Environment Research Group. He has over 6 year's research experience in low carbon building energy technologies and sustainable building design. His research focuses on various aspects of sustainable building services and envelops with the aim of achieving high efficient low/zero carbon technologies and contributing to the development of effective and low carbon economic and energy systems. He is currently worked in the multidisciplinary consortium working on the Innovate UK funded project: Low-cost Efficient Ground Source Heat Pump Technology with Enhanced Heat Transfer - EfficientGeoTech for space and domestic hot water heating for buildings. He was a Co-Investigator on the Royal Society-DFID funded project: Research Network for Sustainable Cooking, Cooling & Power Generation and Knowledge Transfer between the UK and Africa. He has also worked on a number of projects funded by the EPSRC, iNET Sustainable Construction, EU, DECC and industry including whole building energy modelling, monitoring and evaluation, Ground Source Heat Pumps combine with solar roof/panels for heat ground storage, modelling and physical testing of the suspended PCM-honeycomb tiles and ceiling panels, vacuum tubes windows and Direct Expansion (DX) solar- air source heat pump using PCM storage tank and no frost evaporator.
He has a particular interest in research, techniques and applications those enhancing residential/commercial/industrial buildings energy performances and thermal energy storage (TES). From his working years as researcher, he gained experience on providing “Sustainable Development, eco-city, eco-villages & Eco-Building Training” suitable for all levels, and designed to give community organization, local authorities, industries, planners, private developers, and Housing Associations a complete and methodical understanding of sustainable development related to eco-city, eco-villages & Eco-Building, new and existing buildings and reduction using Low/Zero carbon technologies.
He was awarded a PhD in Heat Pump Technologies and Low Carbon Homes, MSc in Renewable Energy from Newcastle University, and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class honours from Coventry University.

Expertise Summary
Energy Conservation and Sustainability Energy use in the Built Environment Building envelops (High Efficient Window, PCM-Panels) Modelling and Simulation (including heat transfer, heat pump cycle, heat storage) Renewable Energy Systems (Biogas, Gasification, Heat pump) Solar Energy Engineering Solar thermal systems (solar cooling) Solar thermal power Low Carbon Building End User Energy Management Community Energy Strategy and Policy, Sustainable Energy Policy Thermal Storage Systems (Sensible heat storage (solid of liquid), Latent heat storage, Chemical Storage) Ground Heat Storage (Ground, PCM Panels, PCM Tiles) Alternative Buildings Materials

Activities

Employment (2)

Smart Green Shift Ltd: Sheffield, Yorkshire, GB

2020-04-01 to present | Director of Research and Innovations (Smart Green Social Housing Institute)
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University of Nottingham: Nottingham, East Midland , GB

2011-02-01 to present | Research Fellow /Project Manager (Department of Architecture & Built Environm / Architecture, Energy & Environment Research Group)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Nottingham: Nottingham, Nottingham, GB

2008-02-01 to 2011-07-01 | PhD in Heat Pumps and Low Carbon Home (Department of Architecture & Built Environment)
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Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2008-01-01 to 2009-06-01 | MSc Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management Merit (Faculty of Science Agriculture and Engineering )
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University of Central Lancashire: Preston, Lancashire, GB

2006-01-01 to 2007-01-01 | University Certificates in Community Research
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Coventry University: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2003-09-15 to 2006-06-01 | B Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering First-Class Honours (1st) ( Mechanical Engineering)
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Works (13)

Holistic Energy Retrofit Strategies to Achieve Higher Energy-saving for Residential Buildings: A Case Study of 1920s Houses in the UK

SET 2016 - 15th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies
2016-07-23 | Conference paper
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Blaise Mempouo

Experimental study of an adsorption heat storage systems for building applications

Renewable Bioresources
2016-01-01 | Journal article
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Experimental investigation of a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal roof collector combined with a liquid desiccant enhanced indirect evaporative cooling system

Energy Conversion and Management
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930639964

Contributors: Buker, M.S.; Mempouo, B.; Riffat, S.B.
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Phase change material developments: a review

International Journal of Ambient Energy
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928374306

Contributors: Riffat, S.; Mempouo, B.; Fang, W.
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Resource potential and energy efficiency in the buildings of Cameroon: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930660551

Contributors: Modeste, K.N.; Mempouo, B.; René, T.; Costa, Á.M.; Orosa, J.A.; Raminosoa, C.R.R.; Mamiharijaona, R.
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The indispensability of good operation & maintenance (O&M) manuals in the operation and maintenance of low carbon buildings

Sustainable Cities and Society
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84926417725

Contributors: Frank, O.L.; Omer, S.A.; Riffat, S.B.; Mempouo, B.
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The effect of building integrated photovoltaic system (Bipvs) on indoor air temperatures and humidity (Iath) in the tropical region of Cameroon

2015-12-01 | Journal article
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Methodology of Energy Monitoring and Assessment of the Energy Saving due to the Building Retrofit

SET 2015- 14th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies
2015-08-27 | Conference paper
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Paper 159

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The Potential of Efficient Improved Mud-Brick Cookstove in Cameroon: An Exploratory Study

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
2015-01-01 | Journal article
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Performance evaluation and techno-economic analysis of a novel building integrated PV/T roof collector: An experimental validation

Energy and Buildings
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84897396697

Contributors: Buker, M.S.; Mempouo, B.; Riffat, S.B.
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Novel Technologies to Boost Heat Pump Efficiency for Low Carbon Homes

2014-04-09 | Other
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Assessment of The Energy Consumption With Passive Climate Control Methods in Cameroon Buildings

International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering
2014-04-01 | Journal article
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Novel window technologies and the Code for Sustainable Homes in the UK

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79551719124

Contributors: Mempouo, B.; Cooper, E.; Riffat, S.B.
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