Dr Stefán Thor Smith

Email:
s.t.smith@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 8569
Job title:
Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

Research Division Lead

Office

143

Building location

Chancellor's Building

Areas of interest

- Integration of social and technical aspects of energy demand

- Urban energy system modelling (socio-technical and physical drivers of demand)

- Technology and energy demand

- Energy-environment system interactions

- Complexity in energy system modelling

Postgraduate supervision

-Josephine Gwen Lloyd-Papworth: Managing effects of weather through advanced analytics

-Christina Bristow: Urban typologies for understanding infrastructural dynamics of UK heat supply

-Oluwaafemi Faleye: Energy demand flexibility

-Isabella Capel-Timms: Modelling dynamics of urban anthropogenic heat emissions

-Mitchell Curtis: Development of a profile-based electricity demand response estimation method

-Alan Halford: Weather impact forecasting on the telecommunication networks

-Ana Rodriguez-Arguelles: Improving small power energy estimations for energy audits in offices

-Thomas Chung: The radiative performance of urban trees

Teaching

Convenorship:

CE1NMP – Introduction to Numerical Modelling and Programming (UG Year1)

CE2NMP – Numerical Modelling and Programming (UG Year 2)

Contributing to:

CEM10A - Research Skills (MSc)

CEM10/18/19B - Dissertation Supervision (MSc)

CEM220 - Urban Sustainability (MSc)

CEM107 - Management and Design of Sustainable Built Environments (MSc)

CE1EMA - Engineering Mathematics (UG)

CE3CCD - Dissertation Supervision (UG)

Research centres and groups

- Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Group

- Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions

Research projects

- ASSURE: Across-Scale processeS in URban Environments

-Versatile PCM: A versatile PCM energy storage system for building applications

- SMaRT: Sustainable heavy duty truck, Marine And Rail Transport

- APEx: An Air Pollution Exposure model to integrate protection of vulnerable groups into the UK Clean Air Programme

- CREDS: Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions

Background

Dr. Smith's research addresses questions on energy system dynamics, energy demand, and associated environmental impacts. Through his work, Dr. Smith has had significant involvement in the development, use, and evaluation of models for the purpose of understanding energy demand in the context of socio-technical systems and physical (environmental) system processes. His work has been applied to issues of energy demand-side management, building environmental control systems, urban heat fluxes, pollution exposure modelling, and climate change resilience and adaptation studies.

Academic qualifications

- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice 2016 (University of Reading)

- PhD 2009 (University of Nottingham, Built Environment)

- MSc 2002 (University of Glasgow, Computer Science)

- BSc in Physics (Hons) 2001 (University of Nottingham, Physics)

Professional bodies/affiliations

- Member of the Institute of Physics

- Member of the Energy Institute

- Member of the International Association of Urban Climatology

- Fellow of the Higher Education Association

Websites/blogs

https://gtr.ukri.org/person/1195A336-D9F9-48DB-934C-5C74EA9007BA

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RYTQf_0AAAAJ&hl=en

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5053-4639

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stefán-smith-68711182

Publications

Saltelli, A. , Kuc-Czarnecka, M. , Lo Piano, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2625-483X , Lőrincz, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-3853-0918 , Olczyk, M. , Puy, A. , Reinert, E. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , van der Sluijs, J. (2023) Impact assessment culture in the European Union: time for something new?. Environmental Science & Policy , 142 pp. 99-111. ISSN: 1462-9011 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.02.005

Shariati, O. , Coker, P. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Potter, B. (2022) Semi-stochastic load model for heavy goods electric vehicles depot charging considering the potential for demand side management. 2022 International Conference on Communications, Information, Electronic and Energy Systems (CIEES) | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CIEES55704.2022.9990821 (9781665491495)
Kutlu, C. , Tapia-Brito, E. , Agbonaye, O. , Su, Y. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Hughes, B. , Riffat, S. (2022) Incorporation of controllable supercooled phase change material heat storage with a solar assisted heat pump: testing of crystallization triggering and heating demand-based modelling study. Journal of Energy Storage , 55 (D). ISSN: 2352-152X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.105744
Lo Piano, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2625-483X and Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 (2022) Energy demand and its temporal flexibility: approaches, criticalities and ways forward. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , 160 ISSN: 1364-0321 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112249
White, C. , Domeisen, D. , Acharya, N. , Adefisan, E. , Anderson, M. , Aura, S. , Balogun, A. , Bertram, D. , Bluhm, S. , Brayshaw, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-3927-4362 , Browell, J. , Büeler, D. , Charlton-Perez, A. , Chourio, X. , Christel, I. , Coelho, C. , DeFlorio, M. , Monache, L. , García-Solórzano, A. , Giuseppe, F. , Goddard, L. , Gibson, P. , González, C. , Graham, R. , Graham, R. , Grams, C. , Halford, A. , Huang, W. , Jensen, K. , Kilavi, M. , Lawal, K. , Lee, R. , MacLeod, D. , Manrique-Suñén, A. , Martins, E. , Maxwell, C. , Merryfield, W. , Muñoz, Á. , Olaniyan, E. , Otieno, G. , Oyedepo, J. , Palma, L. , Pechlivanidis, I. , Pons, D. , Ralph, F. , Reis, D. , Remenyi, T. , Risbey, J. , Robertson, D. , Robertson, A. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Soret, A. , Sun, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-2486-6146 , Todd, M. , Tozer, C. , Vasconcelos, F. , Vigo, I. , Waliser, D. , Wetterhall, F. , Wilson, R. (2022) Advances in the application and utility of subseasonal-to-seasonal predictions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 103 (6). pp. 1448-1472. ISSN: 1520-0477 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0224.1
Rodriguez, A. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Potter, B. (2022) Sensitivity analysis for building energy audit calculation methods: handling the uncertainties in small power load estimation. Energy , 238 (Part A). ISSN: 0360-5442 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121511
Looby, K. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Shahrestani, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-8741-0912 (2022) Attitudes towards offsite prefabrication: a fuzzy approach to examining uncertainty within U.K. industry perception. Intelligent Buildings International Journal , 14 (6). pp. 738-752. ISSN: 1750-8975 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2021.2004385

Curtis, M. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Torriti, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0569-039X (2021) Development of a profile-based electricity demand response estimation method: an application based on UK hotel chillers. Energy and Buildings , 246 ISSN: 0378-7788 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111071
Razavi, S. , Jakeman, A. , Saltelli, A. , Prieur, C. , Bertrand, L. , Borgonovo, E. , Plischke, E. , Lo Piano, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2625-483X , Iwanga, T. , Becker, W. , Tarantola, S. , Guillaume, J. , Jakeman, J. , Gupta, H. , Melillo, N. , Rabitti, G. , Chabridon, V. , Duan, Q. , Sun, X. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Sheikholeslami, R. , Hosseini, N. , Asadzadeh, M. , Puy, A. , Kucherenko, S. , Maier, H. (2021) The future of sensitivity analysis: an essential discipline for systems modeling and policy support. Environmental Modelling & Software , 137 ISSN: 1364-8152 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104954

Capel-Timms, I. , Smith, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5053-4639 , Sun, T. , Grimmond, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3166-9415 (2020) Dynamic anthropogenic activitieS impacting heat emissions (DASHv1.0): development and evaluation. Geoscientific Model Development , 13 (10). pp. 4891-4924. ISSN: 1991-9603 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4891-2020
Deng, J. , Pickles, B. , Smith, S. , Shao, L. (2020) Infrared radiative performance of urban trees: spatial distribution and interspecific comparison among ten species in the UK by in-situ spectroscopy. Building and Environment , 172 ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106682
Brayshaw, D. , Halford, A. , Smith, S. , Kjeld, J. (2020) Quantifying the potential for improved management of weather risk using subseasonal forecasting: the case of UK telecommunications infrastructure. Meteorological Applications , 27 (1). ISSN: 1469-8080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.1849
Habitzreuter, L. , Smith, S. , Keeling, T. (2020) Modelling the overheating risk in an uniform high-rise building design with a consideration of urban context and heatwaves. Indoor and Built Environment , 29 (5). pp. 671-688. ISSN: 1423-0070 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326X19856400

Deng, J. , Pickles, B. , Kavakopoulos, A. , Blanusa, T. , Halios, C. , Smith, S. , Shao, L. (2019) Concept and methodology of characterising infrared radiative performance of urban trees using tree crown spectroscopy. Building and Environment , 157 pp. 380-390. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.04.056
Moss, J. , Doick, K. , Smith, S. , Shahrestani, M. (2019) Influence of evaporative cooling by urban forests on cooling demand in cities. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening , 37 pp. 65-73. ISSN: 1618-8667 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.07.023

Curtis, M. , Torriti, J. , Smith, S. (2018) A comparative analysis of building energy estimation methods in the context of demand response. Energy and Buildings , 174 pp. 13-25. ISSN: 0378-7788 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.06.004
Ballesteros-Pérez, P. , Smith, S. , Lloyd-Papworth, J. , Cooke, P. (2018) Incorporating the effect of weather in construction scheduling and management with sine wave curves: application in the United Kingdom. Construction Management and Economics , 36 (12). pp. 666-682. ISSN: 0144-6193 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2018.1478109
Barlow, J. , Shao, L. , Smith, S. (2018) Climate change, resilience and the built environment. In: Dixon, T. , Connaughton, J. , Green, S. , (eds.) Sustainable Future in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development. Wiley ISBN: 9781119063827
Curtis, M. , Torriti, J. , Smith, S. (2018) Demand side flexibility and responsiveness: moving demand in time through technology. In: Hui, A. , Day, R. , Walker, G. , (eds.) Demanding Energy. Palgrave pp. 283-312. ISBN: 9783319619903 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61991-0_13

Rodriguez, A. , Kiff, A. , Smith, S. , Potter, B. (2017) Sensitivity analysis of calculation approaches for post occupancy estimation of small power loads in office buildings under the TM22 energy assessment methodology umbrella.
Barlow, J. , Best, M. , Bohnenstengel, S. , Clark, P. , Grimmond, S. , Lean, H. , Christen, A. , Emeis, S. , Haeffelin, M. , Harman, I. , Lemonsu, A. , Martilli, A. , Pardyjak, E. , Rotach, M. , Ballard, S. , Boutle, I. , Brown, A. , Cai, X. , Carpentieri, M. , Coceal, O. , Crawford, B. , Di Sabatino, S. , Dou, J. , Drew, D. , Edwards, J. , Fallmann, J. , Fortuniak, K. , Gornall, J. , Gronemeier, T. , Halios, C. , Hertwig, D. , Hirano, K. , Holtslag, A. , Luo, Z. , Mills, G. , Nakayoshi, M. , Pain, K. , Schlünzen, K. , Smith, S. , Soulhac, L. , Steeneveld, G. , Sun, T. , Theeuwes, N. , Thomson, D. , Voogt, J. , Ward, H. , Xie, Z. , Zhong, J. (2017) Developing a research strategy to better understand, observe, and simulate urban atmospheric processes at kilometer to subkilometer scales. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 98 (10). pp. ES261-ES264. ISSN: 1520-0477 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0106.1
Ballesteros-Pérez, P. , Kabiri, S. , Smith, S. , Hughes, W. (2017) Dealing with weather-related claims in construction contracts: a new approach. In: Pellicer, E. , Adam, J. , Yepes, V. , Singh, A. , Yazdani, S. , (eds.) Resilient Structures and Sustainable Construction. ISEC Press pp. 1-6. ISBN: 9780996043748 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.14455/ISEC.res.2017.221

Rodriguez, A. , Smith, S. , Kiff, A. , Potter, B. (2016) Small power load disaggregation in office buildings based on electrical signature classification. pp. 1-6.
Rylatt, R. , Snape, J. , Allen, P. , Ardestani, B. , Boait, P. , Boggasch, E. , Fan, D. , Fletcher, G. , Gammon, R. , Lemon, M. , Pakka, V. , Rynikiewicz, C. , Savill, M. , Smith, S. , Strathern, M. , Varga, L. (2016) Exploring smart grid possibilities: a complex systems modelling approach. Smart Grid , 1 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN: 2299-1107 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sgrid-2015-0001

Chung, T. , Smith, S. , Shao, L. , Doick, K. (2015) Understanding the radiative performance of urban trees.

Rylatt, M. , Gammon, R. , Boait, P. , Varga, L. , Allen, P. , Savill, M. , Snape, R. , Lemon, M. , Ardestani, B. , Pakka, V. , Fletcher, G. , Smith, S. , Fan, D. , Strathern, M. (2013) CASCADE: An Agent Based Framework For Modeling The Dynamics Of Smart Electricity Systems. Emergence: Complexity and Organization , 15 (2). pp. 1-13. ISSN: 1521-3250 (Special Issue: Complexity and the Smart Electricity Grid)

Zhang, X. , Zhao, X. , Smith, S. , Xu, J. , Yu, X. (2012) Review of R&D progress and practical application of the solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , 16 (1). pp. 599 - 617. ISSN: 1364-0321 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2011.08.026
Smith, S. and Hanby, V. (2012) Methodologies for the generation of design summer years for building energy simulation using UKCP09 probabilitic climate projections. Building Service Engineering Research and Technology , 33 (1). pp. 9 - 17. ISSN: 1477-0849 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624411429183
Hanby, V. and Smith, S. (2012) Simulation of the future performance of low-energy evaporative cooling systems using UKCP09 climate projections. Building and Environment , 55 (1). pp. 110 - 116. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.12.018

Smith, S. , Hanby, V. , Harpham, C. (2011) A probabilistic analysis of the future potential of evaporative cooling systems in a temperate climate. Energy and Buildings , 43 (2-3). pp. 507 - 516. ISSN: 0378-7788 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.10.016
Zhan, C. , Duan, Z. , Xudong, Z. , Smith, S. , Jin, H. , Riffat, S. (2011) Comparative study of the performance of the M-cycle counter-flow and cross-flow heat exchangers for indirect evaporative cooling - paving the path towards sustainable cooling of buildings. Energy , 36 (12). pp. 6790 - 6805. ISSN: 0360-5442 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.019
Zhan, C. , Zhao, X. , Smith, S. , Riffat, S. (2011) Numerical study of a M-cycle cross-flow heat exchanger for indirect evaporative cooling. Building and Environment , 46 (3). pp. 657 - 668. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.09.011

Hanby, V. , Smith, S. , Harpham, C. (2010) The potential for the use of evaporative cooling in the context of a changing maritime climate.

Smith, S. , Goodess, C. , Hacker, J. , Hanby, V. , Harpham, C. , Jones, P. , Wright, A. (2009) Influence of probabilistic climate projections on building energy simulation.

Dr Stefán Thor Smith

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Areas of interest

Postgraduate supervision

Teaching

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Research projects

Background

Academic qualifications

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Publications

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