Dr Michael Barclay
PhD
Profile
Dr Michael Barclay is a Post-Doctoral Research Officer in Building Physics working as part of the BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials.
Mike studied a BEng in Civil engineering and an MRes in computer modelling in engineering at Swansea University. After spending some time in industry, he started a PhD at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. This was undertaken with Professor Steve Sharples and Professor Jian Kang as part of the COPSE project.
The project focused on linking whole building thermal performance with acoustic simulation and climate change weather data; the aim being to better understand these environmental effects on low energy ventilation systems.
Research
Mike joined the department as a Research Officer in June 2013, working with Dr Andy Shea on an EPSRC project investigating natural fibre insulation materials. His research involves the use of IES and WUFI modelling tools to simulate the performance of plant fibre based construction materials using data collected from field and laboratory testing conducted as part of the same project.
His research interests include:
- Natural fibre materials
- Building thermal performance
- Building ventilation performance
- Numerical modelling
- Acoustics simulation
Publications
Articles
Barclay, M., Kang, J. and Sharples, S., 2012. Combining noise mapping and ventilation performance for non-domestic buildings in an urban area. Building and Environment, 52, pp. 68-76.
Barclay, M., Sharples, S., Kang, J. and Watkins, R., 2012. The natural ventilation performance of buildings under alternative future weather projections. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 33 (1), pp. 35-50.
Reports/Papers
Levermore, G. J., Watkins, R., Cheung, H., Parkinson, J., Laycock, P., Natarajan, S., Nikolopoulou, M.-H., Mcgilligan, C., Muneer, T., Tham, Y. W., Underwood, C., Edge, J., Du, H., Sharples, S., Kang, J., Barclay, M. and Sanderson, M., 2012. Deriving and using future weather data for building design from UK climate change projections: an overview of the COPSE Project. Other. Manchester: University of Manchester.
Conference or Workshop Items
Barclay, M., Kang, J. and Sharples, S., 2011. Exploring acoustic and time-scales issues relating to the thermal physics of buildings. In: 5th International Symposium on Temporal Design (ISTD), 2011, 2011-07-21 - 2011-07-22, Sheffield.
Barclay, M., Sharples, S., Kang, J., Wang, B. and Du, H., 2010. Estimating urban natural ventilation potential by noise mapping and building energy simulation. In: 20th International Congress on Acoustics 2010, ICA 2010, 2010-08-23 - 2010-08-27, Sydney.
Barclay, M., Kang, J., Sharples, S., Wang, B. and Du, H., 2010. The challenge of balancing the demands for a comfortable thermal and acoustic built environment in a sustainable future. In: International Symposium on Sustainability in Acoustics (ISSA), 2010, 2010-08-30 - 2010-08-31, Auckland.
