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Staff profile / John Littlewood

I have two main research areas which have overlapped into applied research/consultancy activities:

•The design, modelling and development of buildings to improve their thermal performance, increase comfort conditions and reduce their carbon emissions, with a particular focus on residential development.

•The use of computer aided building information modelling and visualisation (BIM) software applications for urban/rural re-generation projects.

Research Awards

Current: Integrated Decision Support System for Sustainable Urban Regeneration (SURegen), funded by EPSRC SUE II in collaboration with University of Salford (Lead Institution) and a cohort of 65 academics
Current: MPHil/PhD Adviser (Director of Studies October 2004 to June 2007) EPSRC CASE funded award in collaboration with Highbury Builders Collective ‘An evaluation of beehive design to identify improvements in thermal and environmental performance, handling utility and production’ registered at the University of Glamorgan.
Current: MPhil/PhD Third Supervisor Great Western Research funded award in collaboration with the University of Bath ‘Investigating moisture content problems in non-food crop building materials’ registered at the University of Plymouth.
Current: Academic Leader KTP Outline approved (full application in preparation) for United Welsh Housing Association ‘Evaluating, Investigating and Implementing low carbon design and construction principles and renewable energy techniques to the new development programme
2001: PhD - A study of the design and thermal performance of two-storey earth sheltered houses for the UK climate.
2004-2005: GROW project, funded by Rhondda Cynon Taff Unitary Authority (RCT) Parks Department, Education Department and Pontypridd Parish Council. In collaboration with Robin Cook.
2002: Earth Sheltered housing research, funded by the Science and Research Initiative Fund, in collaboration with Professor Stan Wild and Dr Andrew Geens.

Journal Articles:

Turner, D. A. Cook, R. Littlewood, J. R. 2006. Dynamic Benchmarking: A local project on national benchmarks. New Era in Education, Vol. 86, No.3, pp. 13-14, 2006.
Geens, A.J. Snelson, D. G. Littlewood, J. R. Ryan, J. Ventilation performance for spaces where smoking is permitted – a review of previous work and field study results. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. Vol. 27, September 2006, No. 3, pp. 235-248.
George, M. Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A.J. Is insulation a blanket approach. Building For a Future. Winter 2005/2006, pp. 62-65.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. The thermal performance results for a family occupied earth sheltered house in the UK. International Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology. No 2 June 2004, pp. 37-55.
George, M. Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A. J. Better insulate than never? Architectural Technology, Issue 60: July/August 2005, pp 25-26.
George, M. Geens, A, J. Littlewood, J. R. Ever decreasing circles. Building Services Journal, pp 49-51. February 2005.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. The computer modelling methodology for the dynamic thermal simulation of a two-storey earth sheltered house. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT) - Special Issue on Special issue in "Product and Process Modelling in the building and related industries. Vol.3 No. 1/2/3 2004, pp. 57-69.
Littlewood, J. R. Smallwood, I. Cook, R, I. Sticking up for CIB. Building for a Future, Vol 12, No. 4, Spring 2003, pp.23.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. A New Multidisciplinary Professional For The UK’s 21st Century Homes. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol.2 No.1/2/3, 2002, pp. 267-278.

Conference Contributions

(2007), ‘International Building Performance Simulation Association’, One day Symposium, in collaboration with the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter (Co-organiser)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Devany, L. Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A. J. (2006), Urban beekeeping schemes for sustainable food production and biodiversity, Presented: 2006 COBRA Conference at UCL, the Bartlett, 7-8th September:
Devany, L. Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A. J. (2006), Urban beekeeping schemes for young people in the UK, Presented:1st international conference for planning and designing healthy public outdoor spaces for young people in the 21st century, UWE, 3rd to 5th July 2006.
Devany, L. Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A. J. (2006), Urban vertical food production schemes for young people in the UK, Presented: 1st international conference for planning and designing healthy public outdoor spaces for young people in the 21st century, UWE, 3rd to 5th July 2006.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A. J. Packham, G. Miller, C. J. (2006), Sustainability and Supply Chain opportunites for residential development in Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, February 2006.
Littlewood, J. R. (2006), Sustainability opportunities. Presented: INTEGRATE consortia Spring 2006, Development Directors Committee, Cardiff.
Littlewood, J. R. (2006), Sustainability opportunities, Presented: MOD, Whitehall, July 2006.
Devany, L. Littlewood, J. R. Curry, N. Geens, A, J. (2006), Prototype horizontal beehives for field study sites in the UK – methodology, Presented: UWE’s Faculty of the Built Environment Annual Post-Graduate Conference, July 2006.
Devany, L. Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. Wiles, P, R. (2005), An evaluation of beehive design to identify improvements in thermal and environmental performance, handling utility and production, Presented: University of Glamorgan’s Doctorial Student Conference, April 2005. Awarded first prize.
Mantle, E.J. Littlewood, J. R. Jenkins, D.H. (2005), A pilot study illustrating the use of CAD packages by building design professionals in the UK, Presented: 3rd International Conference on Innovation in AEC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 15-17 June 2005.
Littlewood, J. R. (2003), Summary of research findings on earth sheltered housing to date, University of Glamorgan’s 1st Sustainability Conference, June 2003.
Littlewood, J. R. Smith, D. Geens. A. J. (2002), Public evaluation of a pair of two-storey earth sheltered houses for sustainable communities in Wales, UK, Paper number 329, presented and published in the proceedings (CD) for the 3rd International Sustainable Building Conference, 23-25 September 2002, Oslo, Norway.
Littlewood, J. R. Cook, R, I. Smallwood, I. (2002), Community based sustainable and organic food crop production, in the UK, a solution for the 21st century, Paper number 330, presented and published in the proceedings (CD) for the 3rd International Sustainable Building Conference, 23-25 September 2002, Oslo, Norway.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. (2002), The thermal performance of a two-storey earth sheltered house with single adult occupancy, for a temperate climate, Paper presented and published in the proceedings of the First International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC2002) “Challenges and Opportunities in Management and Technology”, Miami, Florida, USA, pp. 771-778, ISBN: 1-884342-01-9, 25-26 April 2002.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens. A.J. (2001), The simulated thermal performance of two storey earth sheltered houses, Paper presented and published in the proceedings of the CIBSE National Conference on Leading Technologies for Real Building Services (part 2), Regents Park College, London, Britain, 18 October July 2001.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. Harrall, J, M. (2001), The monitoring of the thermal performance for a single-storey earth sheltered house in the Lincolnshire Fenlands, Poster paper presented and published in the proceedings of the CIBSE National Conference on Leading Technologies for Real Building Services (part 1), Regents Park College, London, Britain , 2nd July 2001.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. (2001), A niche market for Building Surveyors and Building Engineers in the new homes sector, Paper presented and published in the proceedings of the RICS Foundation Construction and Building Research Conference, 3rd to 5th September 2001, Volume 2, pp. 587-596. School of the Built and Natural Environment Glasgow Caledonian University.
Littlewood, J. R. Geens, A, J. (2001), The simulated thermal performance of a pair of two-storey earth sheltered houses for the UK climate, Paper presented and published in the proceedings of the RICS Foundation Construction and Building Research Conference, 3rd to 5th September 2001, Volume 1, pp. 128-138. School of the Built and Natural Environment Glasgow Caledonian University.

Knowledge Transfer

2007: KTP with the Two Rivers Housing Association, in the Forest of Dean

Enterprise / Consultancy

2007: United Welsh Housing Association

Membership of Professional Bodies

Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) Climate Change Taskforce)
British Earth Sheltering Association
Association of Energy Conscious Builders

Gaynor Kavanagh At Cardiff School of Art & Design, we believe in being at the top of our game and that includes being able to deliver programmes that really make a difference. We give our students every opportunity to explore all kinds of creative and professional possibilities, in an environment that recognises the importance of taking risks and seizing the initiative. We are interested in ideas and how these are examined through practice.