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I am a Building Services Engineering Lecturer. Prior to this role, I worked as a Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh undertaking interdisciplinary studies covering energy evaluation and multicriteria assessment of smart local energy systems, in addition to supporting energy engineering learning and teaching disciplines.
I am also a certified project management professional (PMP) with core experiences in sustainable energy systems having worked as an Energy Engineer for over 5 years retrofitting air conditioning and water heating systems for hospitals and schools as part of the Caribbean Energy Efficiency Initiative sponsored through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Research work entails:
Whole Systems Understanding
Energy Evaluation & Multi-criteria Assessments
Local Energy Systems
Sustainable Energy Systems
Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Heat Pump Systems
Transport Refrigeration Systems
Courses taught
Building Services Engineering - HND
Building Services Engineering - BEng (Hons)
Building Services Engineering - MSc
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Miss Bukola Grace Ekpeti | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
London South Bank University
London South Bank University
University of Technology, Jamaica
Advance HE
Project Management Institute
Undertaking research related to the development of a multicriteria assessment framework for Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER) demonstration projects and other local energy systems.
o Disseminating of research findings through internal reports, conference proceedings and journal publications
o Contributing to writing bids to win on-going research grants
o Help supervise PhD and Master project students
o Working collaboratively with other RA’s, industrial and academic partners
o Contributing to the engineering learning and teaching disciplines as appropriate such as preparing, marking, assessing, and coordinating developments of specialized
courses. Namely:
*Tutorials and Hybrid Seminars - Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (100% UG Level)
*Tutorials and Hybrid Seminars - Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering for Renewable Energy 3 (100% UG Level)
*Guest Lecture - Sustainability, Society and Ethics (<5% UG Level)
*Guest Lecture - Solar Energy Conversion (<10% PG Level)
*Guest Lecture - EPSRC and NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) (<5% PG Level)
o Worked on government and multi-lateral funded projects such as UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and CDB (Caribbean Development Bank).
o Worked with the Energy Efficiency Unit conducting energy management, assessment, and evaluation on hospitals and schools
o Developed and managed renewable energy/energy efficiency projects from the concept stage through to implementation until the closing of the project using PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge) principles.
o Energy projects include power factor correction, retrofitting lights and air conditioning systems with more efficient ones, installing solar water heaters and solar
electricity systems etc
o Organized and conducted educational energy seminars, presentations and exhibitions.
| Funder | Year won | Project | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovate UK | 2024 | StegoSolar v2 – enhanced solar PV performance through passive cooling | Co-Investigator |
| Proposal | Project | Role | Funder | Status | Status last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSL2425-0092 - Thermal Mass Energy Systems | Thermal Mass Energy Systems | Co-Investigator | Innovate UK | OPEN In preparation | Oct 2024 |
Support the dissemination of findings from the interdisciplinary research developing multi-criteria assessment for Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) with the EnergyREV Consortium for the UK Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER) demonstration
and design projects.
Energy Evaluation
Multi-Criteria Assessment
Smart Local Energy Systems
Rne
Sustainable Development Goals
Be a visible female role model in STEM by delivering and engaging in online STEMAZINGKids session aimed at inspiring and promoting diversity and inclusion and changing outdated perceptions.
Carbon accounting in the context of multi-criteria assessment for SLES: challenges and opportunities
Gudlaugsson, B., Francis, C., Ingram, D. and Thomson, C. (2023). Carbon accounting in the context of multi-criteria assessment for SLES: challenges and opportunities. ICARB 2023 Conference Measuring Net Zero: Carbon Accounting for Buildings and Communities:. Edinburgh ICARB.
Emerging business models in local energy markets: A systematic review of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption, and transactive energy models
Schwidtal, J.M, Proadpran, P, Troncia, M, Chitchyan, R, Montakhabi, M.,, Francis, C., Gorbatcheva, A, Capper, T., Mustafa, M,A, Andoni, M., Robu, V, Bahloul, M, Scott, I, Mbavarira, T., Espana J.M. and Kiesling, L. (2023). Emerging business models in local energy markets: A systematic review of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption, and transactive energy models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 179 (113273). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113273
Weighting Key Performance Indicators of Smart Local Energy Systems: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Francis, C., Hansen, P., Guðlaugsson, B., Ingram, D.M. and Thomson, C.R. (2022). Weighting Key Performance Indicators of Smart Local Energy Systems: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Energies. 15 (24), p. 9305. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249305
Exploring the challenges in developing a multi-criteria assessment for smart local energy systems
Francis, C., Guðlaugsson, B., Thomson, R. C. and Ingram, D.M. (2022). Exploring the challenges in developing a multi-criteria assessment for smart local energy systems. energy evaluation europe.
Peer-to-peer, community self-consumption, and transactive energy: A systematic literature review of local energy market models
Capper, T., Gorbatcheva, A., Mustafa A. M., Bahloul M., Schwidtal J.M., Ruzanna C., Andoni M., Robu V., Montakhabi M., Scott Ian J., Francis, C., Tanaka M., Espana Juan M. and Kiesling L. (2022). Peer-to-peer, community self-consumption, and transactive energy: A systematic literature review of local energy market models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 162 (2022), p. 112403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112403
Impact of local energy markets integration in power systems layer: A comprehensive review
Dudjak, V., Neves, D., Alskaif, T., Khadem, S., Pena-Bello, A., Saggese, P., Bowler, B., Andoni, M., Bertolini, M., Zhou, Y., Lormeteau, B., Mustafa, M.A., Wang, Y., Francis, C., Zobiri, F., Parra, D. and Papaemmanouila, A. (2021). Impact of local energy markets integration in power systems layer: A comprehensive review. Applied Energy. 301 (2021), p. 117434. https://doi.org//10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117434
Developing the framework for multi-criteria assessment of smart local energy systems
Francis, C., Sierra Costa, A., Thomson, R. C. and Ingram, D.M. (2020). Developing the framework for multi-criteria assessment of smart local energy systems. energy evaluation europe.
Sustainable Refrigerated Road Transport – Investigating the Scale of Carbon Emissions from Direct- Drive Last Mile Refrigerated Vehicles
Evans, J, Francis, C., Davies, G., Maidment, G, Hammond, E and Gigiel, A (2019). Sustainable Refrigerated Road Transport – Investigating the Scale of Carbon Emissions from Direct- Drive Last Mile Refrigerated Vehicles. IOR proceedings. London 07 - 07 Mar 2019
Overview of Sustainable Refrigerated Road Transport Systems
Davies, GF, Francis, C., Evans, JA and Maidment, GG (2017). Overview of Sustainable Refrigerated Road Transport Systems. in: Smithers, G, Day, L, Ferranti, P, Fischer, A, Glibetic, M, Knoezer, K, Lee, A, McSweeney, P, Robertson, G, Schasteen, C, Smith, N, Tanner, D and Varelis, P (ed.) Reference Module in Food Science Elsevier.