Dr David Chow
Senior Lecturer, BSc (architecture), BEng (Building Services Engineering), PhD, CEng, MCIBSE, MASHRAE
Subject area
Architecture, Environmental Design
Contact details
Department of Architecture
Sheffield Hallam University
Telephone: 0114 225 5343
E-mail: d.chow@shu.ac.uk
Profile
David Chow's first degree was in Architecture and he subsequently spent several years working in architects' offices and also a year in France. He then undertook a second undergraduate degree in building services engineering in 2001 and was awarded a number of student prizes.
In 2005 he completed his PhD with a thesis on the Effects of Future Climate Change and Near-Extreme Weather on Office Buildings in the UK. His work included the analyses of future weather data under various scenarios in order to support computer modelling of office building heating and cooling demand.
After his PhD, David continued to research on topics relating to climate change and the built environment, as well as running the distance learning MSc programme in Sustainable Electrical Building Services Engineering at the University of Manchester. He was awarded CEng status in 2006 from the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).
David joined Sheffield Hallam University in July 2006 as Senior Lecturer, teaching environmental modules and brings an almost unique combination of knowledge and understanding that crosses the architecture-engineering boundary.
Research interests
- environmental design in buildings
- effects of climate change on built environment
- computation simulation for building performance
Research centres/institutes associated with
- CIB Member: Secretary for Commission W108 on Climate Change and the Built Environment
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Teaching interests
- environmental design
- building science
- building services engineering
- advanced environmental theory, strategies and design
Publications
- DHC Chow, G Levermore 'New Algorithm for Generating Hourly Temperature Values Using Daily Maximum, Minimum and Average Values from Climate Models' Building Services. Eng. Res. Technol., Volume 28, 3 (2007), pp. 237-248
- DHC Chow, G Levermore, P Jones, D Lister, PJ Laycock and J Page 'Extreme and near-extreme climate change data in relation to building and plant design' Building Services. Eng. Res. Technol., Volume 23, 4 (2002), pp. 233-242
- DHC Chow, G Levermore 'Building Simulation For Comfort Analysis in a Climate Change Scenario' Energy Efficiency Conference 2003 Proceedings, (4th –6th June 2003, Gyor, Hungary), pp. 199-206
- G Levermore, DHC Chow 'Solar irradiation and coincident dry bulb temperature selection for load calculations' Transactions - ASHRAE, Vol 112 Part 2 (2006), pp. 690-696
- G Levermore, DHC Chow, P Jones and D Lister 'Accuracy of modelled extremes of temperature and climate change and its implications for the built environment in the UK' Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Technical Report 14.
