Dr Holly Castleton
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Summary
Holly's research has predominantly focused on building energy and renewable technology performance evaluation and how evidence found from case study buildings can inform future design process/design energy predictions. Her background is in building services design and lighting research.
About
Prior to joining Sheffield Hallam University, Holly was a post-doctoral researcher in the lighting research group and teaching fellow in environmental design at the Sheffield School of Architecture (SSoA, The University of Sheffield).
Holly obtained her PhD and MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Sheffield (UK). Her PhD was conducted as part of the EPSRC Energy-Futures Doctoral Training Centre, which included an additional year of research/study in a variety of Energy related topics. Her PhD research was undertaken in collaboration with international building and infrastructure consultancy Mott MacDonald, and the Technology Strategy Board (Innovate UK) Building Performance Evaluation Programme.
Holly's research contributed to the Best Building Operation award at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards (2013), as well as the Enterprise Award, and highly commended for the Field & Laboratory Research Award at the Leeds Sustainability Institute RISE (Research, Innovation, Sustainability, Enterprise) Awards 2015.
Holly also worked as a building services design engineer for international building consultancy Buro Happold prior to completing her PhD.
Building energy management
Renewable energy technologies
Energy demand reduction
Building energy performance evaluation
Lighting and cycling
Teaching
Department of Engineering and Mathematics
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Predicted vs actual energy consumption of new 'low carbon' office buildings (2010-2013). Funded by EPSRC.
Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Engineering MSc Courses
BEng Energy Engineering
BEng Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Energy Management
Renewable Energy
Fundamentals of Thermofluids
Engineering Principles
Environment and Society
Sports Equipment Design
Research
Mott MacDonald
Publications
Journal articles
Fotios, S., Castleton, H., & Yang, B. (2018). Does expression choice affect the analysis of light spectrum and facial emotion recognition? Lighting Research and Technology, 50 (2), 294-302. http://doi.org/10.1177/1477153516651923
Fotios, S., & Castleton, H. (2017). Lighting for cycling in the UK : a review. Lighting Research and Technology, 49 (3), 381-395. http://doi.org/10.1177/1477153515609391
Fotios, S., Castleton, H., Cheal, C., & Yang, B. (2017). Investigating the chromatic contribution to recognition of facial expression. Lighting Research and Technology, 49 (2), 243-258. http://doi.org/10.1177/1477153515616166
Fotios, S., & Castleton, H. (2016). Specifying enough light to feel reassured on pedestrian footpaths. Leukos: The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 12 (4), 235-243. http://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2016.1169931
Castleton, H.F., Hathway, E.A., Murphy, E., & Beck, S.B.M. (2014). Monitoring performance of a combined water recycling system. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 167 (3), 108-117. http://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.13.00017
Castleton, H.V., Stovin, V., Beck, S.B.M., & Davison, J.B. (2010). Green roofs; building energy savings and the potential for retrofit. Energy and Buildings, 42, 1582-1591. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.05.004
Other activities
Guest Lecturer at SSoA