OUTPUTS

Academic Outputs

2026

Oikonomou, E., Jain, N., Petrou, G., Tsoulou, I., Mavrogianni, A., Gupta, R., Howard, A., Milojevic, A., & Davies, M. (2026). Adapting care homes to heat: A comparison of building retrofit interventions in London, UK. Energy and Buildings, 353, 116928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116928

2025

Gupta, R., Howard, A., Davies, M., Mavrogianni, A., Oikonomou, E. and Petrou, G. (2025). Nationwide longitudinal study on summertime overheating risk in English care homes. Building Simulation 2025. 24-27 August 2025, Brisbane, Australia.

Ibbetson, A., Cairns, J., Oikonomou, E., Petrou, G., Mavrogianni, A., Howard, A., Gupta, R., Davies, M., & Milojevic, A. (2025). Cost-benefit analysis of interventions to protect care home residents in England against heat risks. Environmental Research: Health, 3(4), 045014. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ae25c8

2024

Gupta, R., Howard, A., Davies, M., Mavrogianni, A., & Oikonomou, E. (2024). Monitoring the prevalence and intensity of overheating in English care homes during summer 2022. PLEA 2024. https://doi.org/10.37190/PLEA_2024

McNicholas, O. C., Jiménez-Jiménez, D., Oliveira, J. F. A., Ferguson, L., Bellampalli, R., McLaughlin, C., Chowdhury, F. A., Martins Custodio, H., Moloney, P., Mavrogianni, A., Diehl, B., & Sisodiya, S. M. (2024). The influence of temperature and genomic variation on intracranial EEG measures in people with epilepsy. Brain Communications, 6(5), fcae269. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae269

2023

Razo, C., Davies, M., Gupta, R., Oikonomou, E., Howard, A., Jain, N., Mavrogianni, A., & Tsoulou, I. (2023). Passive strategies to improve thermal comfort in a care home in London, UK. In Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings (Vol. 15, pp. 601-610). ASHRAE Conference.

2022

Mavrogianni, A., Taylor, J., Milojevic, A., Oikonomou, E., Heavinside, C., Tsoulou, I., Petrou, G., Symonds, P., Davies, M., & Wilkinson, P. (2022). Heat-related mortality in London. In Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology (pp. 171-180). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4707-0_8

Mavrogianni, A., Tsoulou, I., Heaviside, C., Oikonomou, E., Petrou, G., Symonds, P., Davies, M., Taylor, J., Milojevic, A., & Wilkinson, P. (2022). Urban Overheating and Impact on Health: An Introduction. In Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology (pp. 1-20). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4707-0_1

Tsoulou, I., Jain, N., Oikonomou, E., Petrou, G., Mavrogianni, A., Gupta, R., Howard, A., Milojevic, A., & Davies, M. (2022). Indoor environmental quality trade-offs due to summertime natural ventilation in London care homes. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (CIBSAT 2023 Special Issue).

Tsoulou, I., Jain, N., Oikonomou, E., Petrou, G., Howard, A., Gupta, R., Mavrogianni, A., Milojevic, A., Wilkinson, P., & Davies, M. (2022). Assessing the current and future risk of overhearing in London's care homes: The effect of passive ventilation. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2021: 17th Conference of IBPSA (pp. 2650-2657). IBPSA.

2021

Gupta, R. (2021, October 24-26). Do old people only feel the cold? Summertime overheating in UK Care homes [Keynote address]. Comfort at the Extremes (CATE) 2021 Conference, Muscat, Oman.

Gupta, R., Howard, A., Davies, M., Mavrogianni, A., Tsoulou, I., Oikonomou, E., & Wilkinson, P. (2021). Examining the magnitude and perception of summertime overheating in London care homes. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 42(6), pp.653-675 https://doi.org/101177/01436244211013645

Gupta, R., Howard, A., Davies, M., Mavrogianni, A., Tsoulou, I., Jain, N., Oikonomou, E., & Wilkinson, P. (2021). Monitoring and modelling the risk of summertime overheating and passive solutions to avoid active cooling in London care homes. Energy and Buildings, 252, p. 111418.

Ibbetson, A., Milojevic, A., Mavrogianni, A., Oikonomou, E., Jain, N., Tsoulou, I., Petrou, G., Gupta, R., Davies, M., & Wilkinson, P. (2021). Mortality benefit of building adaptations to protect care home residents against heat risks in the context of uncertainty over loss of life expectancy from heat. Climate Risk Management, 32, p.100307.

Mavrogianni, A., Oikonomou, E., Tsoulou, I., Petrou, G., Davies, M., Howard, A., Gupta, R., Milojevic, A., & Wilkinson, P. (2021). Indoor overheating, climate resilience, and adaptation of care settings. In The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_12-1

Mavrogianni, A., Taylor, J., Phil Symonds, P., Oikonomou, E., Pineo, H., Zimmermann, N., & Davies, M. (2021). Cool cities by design: Shaping a healthy and equitable London in a warming climate. In G. McGregor & C. Ren (Eds.), Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities. Springer.

Tsoulou, I., Petrou, G., Jain, N., Oikonomou, E., Mavrogianni, A., Gupta, R., Milojevic, A., Howard, A., Wilkinson, P., & Davies, M. (2021). Assessing the current and future risk of overheating in London's care homes: The effect of passive ventilation. In Building Simulation 2021 Conference.

2020

Gupta, R., & Howard, A. (2020). Monitoring the risk of summertime overheating in modern and older care settings in London. CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium, Glasgow, 16-17 April 2020.

Gupta, R., & Howard, A. (2020). Summertime indoor temperatures and thermal comfort in nursing care homes in London. 11th Windsor Conference: Resilient Comfort, Windsor, 17-19 April 2020.

Oikonomou, E., Mavrogianni, A., Jain, N., Gupta, R., Wilkinson, P., Howard, A., Milojevic, A., & Davies, M. (2020). Assessing heat vulnerability in London care settings: Case studies of adaptation to climate change. 5th Building Simulation and Optimisation Virtual Conference, London, 21-22 September 2020.

Non-academic Outputs & Engagement

2023

UKCR Conference Presentation (2023, March 8-9).
DHSC Stakeholder Group Presentation (2023, February 24). Climate Change and Social Care Roundtable.

2022

UKCR Showcase (2022, September 12-13). Participation in the SPF UK Climate Resilience Programme Showcase.
The Guardian Interview (2022). Prof. Mike Davies: Why is the UK so unprepared for extreme heat and what can be done?
Presentation to Hoare Lea (2022). Cost-benefit analysis presentation regarding care home overheating risks.
SPF Insight Article (2022). Garry, F. K., et al. Putting climate resilience in its place: developing spatially literate climate adaptation initiatives. (ClimaCare Team acknowledged).

2021

Epilepsy Society Collaboration (2021-2022). Conference presentation and pilot study analysis of monitoring data.
CCRA3 Government Response (2021). The ClimaCare project was cited in the Government's response to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
COP26 Virtual Exhibition (2021). Showcase of the ClimaCare project at the COP26 exhibition.
GLA Presentation to Barcelona G40 Team (2021). Knowledge exchange on reducing overheating risks in care homes.

2020

CCRA3 Call for Evidence (2020). Evidence provided on the impact of climate change risks on UK care homes.
CIBSE Research Insights (2020). Publication of a Research Insights document and associated #GrowYourKnowledge webinar.
GLA Pilot Reports (2020). Care Home Overheating Audit Pilot Reports: evidence and recommendations.
Futurebuild Event (2020). Brief overview of project findings presented at the built environment event.
MHCLG/BEIS/DHSC Seminar (2020). Presentation of ClimaCare project findings to government stakeholders