FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE RSEARCH GROUPS
- Name: Sustainable Building Research Group
Goal: To promote holistic research that will address the challenges of making buildings sustainable and effective places in which to live and work. The aim is to help achieve sustainability and reduction of carbon emissions in our built environment.
Focus: Four basic areas of focus; in-depth experimental and theoretical analysis of the thermal design of buildings; develop architectural design tools to facilitate the inclusion of energy efficiency throughout the design phase of buildings that will lead to reduction of water use, energy and carbon emissions; investigation of day to day behaviour of building occupants in-order to improve the effectiveness of building use and design and improvement of environmentally sustainable technologies; development of prototype and test sustainable building technologies and design for both commercial and residential buildings.
Coordinator: Arc. Dr F. O. Uzuegbunam
Email: francis.uzuegbunam@unn.edu.ng Phone: 08037093582
Brief CV of Members:
Arc. Dr. Uzuegbunam, Francis Onyechi is a senior lecturer in the department of Architecture. His research interests include; passive architecture design and sustainable design in architecture. He has attended several conferences where he presented papers and has several publications. His research work include;
Design Strategies for Effectiveness Passive Ventilation in the Hot-Humid Tropical Environment.
Construction Management for Architects and Builders in Nigeria: Efficient cost management system.
Email: francis.uzuegbunam@unn.edu.ng Phone: 08037093582
Arc. Mba, Emeka Joseph, is a lecturer I in the department of Architecture. He is currently a PhD student in the department of Architecure. His research interests include; thermal comfort in buildings, sustainable architecture and climate change mitigation. He has attended several conferences where he presented papers and has several publications including:
Mba, E.J. (2011). Principles of Building Maintenance and Management in the Hot Humid Tropics: Fundamentals in Architecture. Published by Cheston Ltd. Enugu, 349-361.
Mba E.J. (2011). Areas of Collaboration between the Estate Surveyor and Valuer and Architect. Journal of Environmental Studies and Research, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. ISSN 1596-1052.
Phone:+234 08036684827 e-mail: emeka.mba@unn.edu.ng
Arc. Dr. Nwalusi, Dickson Madukwe, is a senior lecturer in the department of Architecture. His research interests include; traditional architecture, thermal comfort in buildings, landscape and design with nature, sustainable architecture.He has attended several conferences and his publications include:
Nwalusi, D.M. (2011). Principles of Visual Communication in Architecture: Fundamentals in Architecture. Published by Cheston Ltd. Enugu, 271 – 286
Nwalusi, D.M. (2011). Landscape Design and High Quality Urban Environment: Urban Planning and Environmental Issues in Nigerian Context – From Theory to Practice. Azubuike Printing and Publishing Co Ltd. 155 – 166.
Phone: +2348064714448 e-mail: dickson.nwalusi@unn.edu.ng
Arc. Obi, Nicholas Iheanacho is a lecturer I in the department of Architecture. He is currently a PhD research student. His research interests include; housing, climate change and mitigation, environmental management and tropical environment. He has attended several conferences where he presented papers and has several publications including:
Obi, N. I. and Ubani, O. (2014). Dynamics of housing affordability in Nigeria. Journal of Civil and Environmental Resaerch. Vol. 6 No 4 pp79-84. March 2014
Obi N.I (2012): Climate Change and its Implication on Global Security: Journal of Environmental Management and Safety (JEMS) Vol.3. No.4. pp17-27. ISSN1241-1824. Centre for Environment and Population Activities (CEPA) CEPA Journal Sept, 2012.
Phone: +2348033182343 E-Mail: nicholas.obi@unn.edu.ng
Arc. Chineme, Louis Chinwuba is a senior lecturer in the department of Architecture. His research interests include; sustainable design, green buildings and computer applications in architecture. He has attended several conferences where he presented papers and has several publications including:
Chineme, L.C. (2011) Fundamentals of Architectural Structures. In C.O. Odum & C.B. Chukwuali (eds.), Basic Architectural Structures: A Non Quantitative Approach ( pp. 143- 179). Enugu, Nigeria : Cheston Ltd.
2.) Chineme, L.C. (2000) Some Aspects of Environmental Considerations Required in Architectural Practice. AARCHES JOURNAL Vol. 1 No.5 pp.37-41
Phone:+23407060784445 E-Mail: Louis.chineme@unn.edu.ng
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