Dr Zhiwen (Vincent) Luo

Email:
z.luo@reading.ac.uk

Responsibilities:

School Director of Postgraduate Research Studies (Admissions)
International Lead/Erasmus Co-ordinator
Module convenor, Building Environmental Systems CE2BES (UG), Healthy Building Project CE1DPR (UG), Urban Microclimates CEM223 and Green Building Assessment CEM229 (PG).

Areas of interest

Dr Luo's research expertise covers building and urban scale environmental design to achieve sustainable, resilient and healthy buildings and cities, in particular:

smart buildings (climate-responsive architectural design, weather forecast-based building energy simulation)
healthy building (indoor air quality, inflectional disease control and ventilation)
urban microclimate (urban heat island, urban air pollution and urban ventilation).

Research centres and groups

Energy and Environmental Engineering
Urban Living
Urban Meteorology

Research projects

2020-23: Air Pollution Solutions for Vulnerable Groups (CleanAir4V) (Co-I, NERC, NE/V002414/1)

2020-22: Artificial Intelligence for Healthy and Productive Workplace (PI, Innovate UK-KTP)

2020-21: Thames Valley Smart City Living Lab (Co-I, £4.5m, responsible for smart city for air pollution and supervising one PDRA)

2020-21: SARs-CoV-2 Virus Transmission in Crowded Indoor Environment (PI, GCRF)

2020-21: Met Office CSSP China: Development of an Improved Urban-Environment Scheme in Global and Regional Models (Co-I. PI - Prof Sue Grimmond, co-supervising a PDRA on Building Heat Emission)

2019–20: Personal air pollution exposure inequality in Rural China (PI. GCRF-Reading)

2018–20: Climate service for resilience to overheating risk in Colombo, Sri Lanka: a multi-scale mapping approach (COSMA) (PI, NERC, NE/S005889/1)

2018–19: A tale of two cities: urban design and air pollution (PI, UoR internal)

2016–17: EPSRC-GCRF: Health benefit and economic cost of prioritising intervention strategies to reduce indoor exposure to outdoor PM2.5 pollutions in Beijing, China (PI, EP/P511018/1)

2014–16: Climate-Kic Smart, Sustainable Districts: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (Co-I, Climate Kic).

Academic qualifications

BSc HIT
PhD UHK

Professional bodies/affiliations

Member, Associate Review College of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Member, International Society of Exposure Science (ISES)
Member, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)
Member, International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC)
Guest Editor, Environmental International
Guest Editor, International Journal of Ventilation.

Reviewer for:

AHRC/EPSRC/MRC Grant review
Indoor Air
Building and Environment
Energy and Buildings
Renewable Energy
Journal of Industrial Wind Aerodynamics Engineering
Building Research Information
Indoor and Built Environment
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Journal of Building Engineering
Journal of Heritage Buildings
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmospheric Environment
Science of Total Environment
Chemosphere
Urban Climate.

Publications

Benjamin, K. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Wang, X. (2021) Crowdsourcing urban air temperature data for estimating urban heat island and building heating/cooling load in London. Energies , 14 (16). ISSN: 1996-1073 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14165208
Tang, Y. , Sun, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-2486-6146 , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Omidvar, H. , Theeuwes, N. , Xie, X. , Xiong, J. , Yao, R. , Grimmond, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3166-9415 (2021) Urban meteorological forcing data for building energy simulation. Building and Environment ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108088
Munir, S. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Dixon, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-4513-6337 (2021) Comparing different approaches for assessing the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air quality in Reading, UK. Atmospheric Research , 261 ISSN: 0169-8059 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105730
Kazakos, V. , Taylor, J. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 (2021) Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 and PM2.5 exposure inequalities in London, UK. Environmental Research ISSN: 0013-9351 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111236
Sun, T. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Chay, T. (2021) An analytical model to predict the temperature in subway-tunnels by coupling thermal mass and ventilation. Journal of Building Engineering , 44 ISSN: 2352-7102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102564
Liu, F. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Li, Y. , Zheng, X. , Zhang, C. , Qian, H. (2021) Revisiting physical distancing threshold in indoor environment using infection-risk-based modeling. Environment International , 153 ISSN: 0160-4120 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106542
Gu, X. , Xie, J. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Liu, J. (2021) Analysis to energy consumption characteristics and influencing factors of terminal building based on airport operating data. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments , 44 ISSN: 2213-1388 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2021.101034
Yang, X. , Yang, H. , Ou, C. , Luo, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-2082-3958 , Hang, J. (2021) Airborne transmission of pathogen-laden expiratory droplets in open outdoor space. Science of the Total Environment ISSN: 0048-9697 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145537
Liu, F. , Qian, H. , Luo, Z. , Zheng, X. (2021) The impact of indoor thermal stratification on the dispersion of human speech droplets. Indoor Air , 31 (2). pp. 369-382. ISSN: 1600-0668 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ina.12737

Liu, F. , Qian, H. , Luo, Z. , Wang, S. , Zheng, X. (2020) A laboratory study of the expiratory airflow and particle dispersion in the stratified indoor environment. Building and Environment , 180 ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106988
Sun, T. , Yang, L. , Jin, L. , Luo, Z. , Zhang, Y. , Liu, Y. , Wang, Z. (2020) A novel solar-assisted ground-source heat pump (SAGSHP) with seasonal heat-storage and heat cascade utilization: field test and performance analysis. Solar Energy , 201 pp. 362-372. ISSN: 0038-092X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.03.030
Kazakos, V. , Luo, Z. , Ewart, I. (2020) Quantifying the health burden misclassification from the use of different PM2.5 exposure tier models: A case study of London. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 17 (3). ISSN: 1660-4601 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031099
Meng, X. , Zhou, J. , Zhang, X. , Luo, Z. , Gong, H. , Gan, T. (2020) Optimization of the thermal environment of a small-scale data center in China. Energy , 196 ISSN: 0360-5442 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117080
Gough, H. , Barlow, J. , Luo, Z. , King, M. , Halios, C. , Grimmond, C. (2020) Evaluating single-sided natural ventilation models against full-scale idealised measurements: impact of wind direction and turbulence. Building and Environment , 170 ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106556
Xiaoxiong, X. , Sahin, O. , Luo, Z. , Yao, R. (2020) Impact of neighbourhood-scale climate characteristics on building heating demand and night ventilation cooling potential. Renewable Energy , 150 pp. 943-956. ISSN: 0960-1481 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.148
Zhang, Y. , Yang, X. , Yang, H. , Zhang, K. , Wang, X. , Hang, J. , Luo, Z. , Zhou, S. (2020) Numerical investigations of reactive pollutant dispersion and personal exposure in 3D urban-like models. Building and Environment , 169 ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106569
Hang, J. , Chen, X. , Chen, G. , Chen, T. , Lin, Y. , Luo, Z. , Zhang, X. , Wang, Q. (2020) The influence of aspect ratios and wall heating conditions on flow and passive pollutant exposure in 2D typical street canyons. Building and Environment , 168 ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106536

Shi, L. , Luo, Z. , Matthews, W. , Wang, Z. , Li, Y. , Liu, J. (2019) Impacts of urban microclimate on summertime sensible and latent energy demand for cooling in residential buildings of Hong Kong. Energy , 189 ISSN: 0360-5442 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116208
Wu, Q. , Luo, Z. , Liu, J. (2019) Research of near-wall thermodynamic state for indoor airflow over the vertical heating unit using TIV/PIV/RTD. Building and Environment , 165 ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106406
Gough, H. , Faulknall-Mills, S. , King, M. , Luo, Z. (2019) Assessment of overheating risk in gynaecology scanning rooms during near-heatwave conditions: a case study of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 16 (18). ISSN: 1660-4601 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183347
Mei, S. , Luo, Z. , Zhao, F. , Wang, H. (2019) Street canyon ventilation and airborne pollution dispersion: 2-D versus 3-D CFD simulations. Sustainable Cities and Society , 50 ISSN: 2210-6707 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101700
Gough, H. , King, M. , Nathan, P. , Grimmond, C. , Robins, A. , Noakes, C. , Luo, Z. , Barlow, J. (2019) Influence of neighbouring structures on building façade pressures: comparison between full-scale, wind-tunnel, CFD and practitioner guidelines. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , 189 pp. 22-33. ISSN: 0167‐6105 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.03.011
Lin, Y. , Chen, G. , Chen, T. , Luo, Z. , Yuan, C. , Gao, P. , Hang, J. (2019) The influence of advertisement boards, street and source layouts on CO dispersion and building intake fraction in three-dimensional urban-like models. Building and Environment , 150 pp. 297-321. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.01.012
Jobli, M. , Yao, R. , Luo, Z. , Shahrestani, M. , Li, N. , Liu, H. (2019) Numerical and experimental studies of a capillary-tube embedded PCM component for improving indoor thermal environment. Applied Thermal Engineering , 148 pp. 466-477. ISSN: 1359-4311 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.10.041
Tong, L. , Gao, J. , Luo, Z. , Wu, L. , Zeng, L. , Liu, G. , Wang, Y. (2019) A novel flow-guide device for uniform exhaust in a central air exhaust ventilation system. Building and Environment , 149 pp. 134-145. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.12.007
Li, B. , Cheng, Z. , Yao, R. , Wang, H. , Yu, W. , Bu, Z. , Xiong, J. , Zhang, T. , Essah, E. , Luo, Z. , Shahrestani, M. , Kipen, H. (2019) An investigation of formaldehyde concentration in residences and the development of a model for the prediction of its emission rates. Building and Environment , 147 pp. 540-550. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.10.045
Duan, S. , Luo, Z. , Li, Y. , Yang, X. (2019) The impact of building operations on urban heat/cool islands under urban densification: a comparison between naturally-ventilated and air-conditioned buildings. Applied Energy , 235 pp. 129-138. ISSN: 0306-2619 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.108
Wu, Q. , Zhu, C. , Liu, L. , Liu, J. , Luo, Z. (2019) Two-dimensional flow visualization and velocity measurement in natural convection near indoor heated surfaces using a thermal image velocimetry method. Applied Thermal Engineering , 146 pp. 556-568. ISSN: 1359-4311 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.10.023

Liu, S. , Luo, Z. , Zhang, k. , Hang, J. (2018) Natural ventilation of a small-scale road tunnel by wind catchers: a CFD simulation study. Atmosphere , 9 (10). ISSN: 2073-4433 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos9100411
Gough, H. , Luo, Z. , Halios, C. , King, M. , Noakes, C. , Grimmond, C. , Barlow, J. , Hoxey, R. , Quinn, A. (2018) Field measurement of natural ventilation rate in an idealised full-scale building located in a staggered urban array: comparison between tracer gas and pressure-based methods. Building and Environment , 137 pp. 246-256. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.03.055
Shi, L. , Zhang, H. , Li, Z. , Luo, Z. , Liu, J. (2018) Optimizing the thermal performance of building envelopes for energy saving in underground office buildings in various climates of China. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology , 77 pp. 26-35. ISSN: 0886-7798 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2018.03.019
Gough, H. , Sato, T. , Halios, C. , Grimmond, C. , Luo, Z. , Barlow, J. , Robertson, A. , Hoxey, R. , Quinn, A. (2018) Effects of variability of local winds on cross ventilation for a simplified building within a full-scale asymmetric array: overview of the Silsoe field campaign. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , 175 pp. 408-418. ISSN: 0167-6105 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2018.02.010
Yuan, Y. , Luo, Z. , Liu, J. , Wang, Y. , Lin, Y. (2018) Health and economic benefits of building ventilation interventions for reducing indoor PM2.5 exposure from both indoor and outdoor origins in urban Beijing, China. Science of the Total Environment , 626 pp. 546-554. ISSN: 0048-9697 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.119
Wang, K. , Li, Y. , Luo, Z. , Yin, S. , Chan, P. (2018) Harmonics analysis of 130-year hourly air temperature in Hong Kong: detecting urban warming from the perspective of annual and daily cycles. Climate Dynamics , 51 (1-2). pp. 613-625. ISSN: 0930-7575 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3944-y

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
Hang, J. , Luo, Z. , Wang, X. , He, L. , Wang, B. , Zhu, W. (2017) The influence of street layouts and viaduct settings on daily carbon monoxide exposure and intake fraction in idealized urban canyons. Environmental Pollution , 220 (Part A). pp. 72-86. ISSN: 0269-7491 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.024
Yang, X. , Li, Y. , Luo, Z. , Chan, P. (2017) The urban cool island phenomenon in a high-rise high-density city and its mechanisms. International Journal of Climatology , 37 (2). pp. 890-904. ISSN: 0899-8418 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4747

Li, B. , Luo, Z. , Sandberg, M. , Liu, J. (2015) Revisiting the ‘Venturi effect’ in passage ventilation between two non-parallel buildings. Building and Environment , 92 (2). pp. 714-722. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.10.023
Luo, Z. and Christina, A. (2015) Subsurface urban heat island and its effects on horizontal ground-source heat pump potential under climate change. Applied Thermal Engineering , 90 pp. 530-537. ISSN: 1359-4311 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.07.025
Luo, Z. , Zhao, J. , Yao, R. , Shu, Z. (2015) Emergy-based sustainability assessment of different energy options for green buildings. Energy Conversion and Management , 100 pp. 97-102. ISSN: 0196-8904 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.072
Shahrestani, M. , Yao, R. , Luo, Z. , Turkbeyler, E. , Davies, H. (2015) A field study of urban microclimates in London. Renewable Energy , 73 pp. 3-9. ISSN: 0960-1481 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.061
Yao, R. , Luo, Q. , Luo, Z. , Jiang, L. , Yang, Y. (2015) An integrated study of urban microclimates in Chongqing, China: historical weather data, transverse measurement and numerical simulation. Sustainable Cities and Society , 14 pp. 187-199. ISSN: 2210-6707 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2014.09.007

Luo, Z. , Li, B. , Sandberg, M. , Liu, J. (2014) Ventilation performance in a passage between two non-parallel buildings.
Lin, M. , Hang, J. , Li, Y. , Luo, Z. , Sandberg, M. (2014) Quantitative ventilation assessments of idealized urban canopy layers with various urban layouts and the same building packing density. Building and Environment , 79 pp. 152-167. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.008

Yao, R. , Luo, Z. , Jiang, L. , Luo, Q. , Yang, Y. , Gao, Y. (2013) Urban microclimates and urban heat island in Chongqing, China. RICS , London.
Luo, Z. and Hang, J. (2013) Wind pressure on a single building immersed in a low-jet wind profile.
Pal, A. , Luo, Z. , Li, B. (2013) Effect of building gap to improve pedestrian comfort levels and ventilation.
Hang, J. , Luo, Z. , Sandberg, M. , Jian, G. (2013) Natural ventilation assessment in typical open an semi-open urban environments under various wind directions. Building and Environment , 70 pp. 318-333. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.09.002
Gao, J. , Cao, C. , Luo, Z. , Zhang, X. (2013) Inhalation exposure to particulate matter in rooms with underfloor air distribution. Indoor and Built Environment , 23 (2). pp. 236-245. ISSN: 1423-0070 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326X13482478
Gao, J. , Cao, C. , Zhang, X. , Luo, Z. (2013) Volume-based size distribution of accumulation and coarse particles (PM0.1–10) from cooking fume during oil heating. Building and Environment , 59 pp. 575-580. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.009

Liu, J. , Luo, Z. , Zhao , J. , Taoyao, S. (2012) Ventilation in a street canyon under diurnal heating conditions . International Journal of Ventilation , 11 (2). pp. 141-154. ISSN: 2044-4044

Luo, Z. and Li, Y. (2011) Passive urban ventilation by combined buoyancy-driven slope flow and wall flow: Parametric CFD studies on idealized city models . Atmospheric Environment , 45 (32). pp. 1352-2310. ISSN: 1352-2310 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.010
Luo, Z. , Yuguo, L. , Wei-Zhen, L. (2011) Effects of urban ventilation patterns on the carbon monoxide concentration in a high-rise mega city . International Journal of Ventilation , 10 (3). pp. 239-250. ISSN: 1473-3315

Wong, B. , Lee, N. , Li, Y. , Chan , P. , Qiu, H. , Luo, Z. , Lai, R. , Ngai, K. , Hui, D. , Choi, K. , Yu, I. (2010) Possible role of aerosol transmission in a hospital outbreak of influenza. . Clinical Infectious Diseases , 51 (10). pp. 1176-1183. ISSN: 1537-6591 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/656743
Luo, Z. , Yuguo, L. , Nazaroff, W. (2010) Intake fraction of nonreactive motor vehicle exhaust in HongKong . Atmospheric Environment , 44 (15). pp. 1913-1918. ISSN: 1352-2310 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.016

Luo, Z. (2007) Predicting natural ventilation in a two-zone building driven by combined forces..
Luo, Z. , Zhao, J. , Gao, J. , He, L. (2007) Estimating natural-ventilation potential considering both thermal comfort and IAQ issues . Building and Environment , 42 (6). pp. 2289-2298. ISSN: 0360-1323 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.04.024

Luo, Z. (2006) Analysis of Direct Outdoor Air Cooling Efficency for Combined Variable Air Volume Air-conditioning System in Stores in Cold Climates of China.

Luo, Z. (2005) Study on indoor thermal environment and air quality of office rooms controlled by personal displacement ventilation using CFD.

Dr Zhiwen (Vincent) Luo

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