Oxford Brookes UniversityProfessor Rajat Gupta
BArch MSc PhD FRSA
Professor of Architecture and Climate Change
Director of OISD:Low Carbon Building Group
Module leader, MSc Sustainable Building: Performance and Design
Profile
Rajat Gupta is a Professor of Architecture and Climate Change in the Department of Architecture, where he is also Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development: Low Carbon Building Unit. He qualified as an Architect in India, and gained an MSc in Energy Efficient Building (2001) and a Doctorate (2005) from Oxford Brookes University. Prof Gupta is recipient of the 2006 RIBA President's award for outstanding research related to DECoRuM® , a GIS-based software model, which has been also funded as a 'proof of concept' to help planners and policy-makers measure, model, map and reduce domestic carbon emissions on an urban scale. Prof Gupta has also received 2005 and 2007 awards for 'outstanding research in sustainable architecture' from Oxford Brookes University.
Prof Gupta is engaged in teaching, research and consultancy activities focussing on carbon counting, low/zero carbon buildings, building performance evaluation and occupant feedback, and adapting buildings and neighbourhoods to climate change. He has won close to £3.5 million in research and consultancy grants to investigate these subjects across UK, USA and India. Currently Prof Gupta is Principal investigator (PI) on: a £1.14 million 3-year UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded EVALOC project on Evaluating the impacts, effectiveness and success of DECC-funded low carbon communities on localised energy behaviours (Grant Reference: RES-627-25-0012); a 3-year UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)-funded SNACC project on suburban neighbourhood level adaptation for a changing climate (EP/G060959/1); a 3.5-year EPSRC CASE-funded project assessing the actual performance of heat pumps in reducing domestic carbon emissions in a changing climate (CASE/CNA/06/82). He is also PI on a series of projects funded under the Technology Strategy Board's (TSB's) Retrofit for the Future Programme (Phases 1 and 2) to reduce energy use and carbon emissions by 80% for a range of social housing dwellings in UK which includes pre-retrofit and post-retrofit monitoring and POE over two years. Recently Prof Gupta won three projects under the TSB's Design for future climate: adapting buildings competition to develop for the first time, climate change adaptation strategies for live building projects (hospital, eco-town and school) in collaboration with nationally-leading architectural firms such as BDP Architects, Farrells and MAAP Architects. In 2009 Prof Gupta led a World Bank-funded study on 'decarbonising building stocks in UK, USA and India: a critical evaluation of measurements, benchmarks and strategies'.
Prof Gupta leads the teaching on post-occupancy evaluation of buildings and has undertaken about 50 building performance and post-occupancy evaluation (POE) studies of domestic and non-domestic buildings. Currently he is project leader of an innovative HEIF-funded 'Counting the 'real' carbon' project which is about developing protocols for measurement and monitoring the performance of low and zero carbon buildings. Prof Gupta has guest-edited a special issue of the International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies on sustainable energy technologies and low carbon buildings: the case of UK and India, published by the Oxford University Press in September 2009. He is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development (Taylor and Francis) and Sustainable Cities and Society Journal (Elsevier).
Prof Gupta sits on the BSI's Shadow Committee for energy efficiency and savings calculation. He was also member of the steering group which developed the world's first BSI's UK PAS 2060 standard on carbon neutrality. Presently Prof Gupta is as an expert member of the Energy and Greenhouse gas Technical Advisory committee and peer-reviewer of the Global Common Carbon Metric project run by the United Nations Environment Programme-Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI) based in Paris. He is also an invited member of the Zero Carbon Hub's task group on Ventilation and Indoor Air quality (VIAQ).
Prof Gupta has chaired British Council-funded international conferences on Sustainable energy technologies and low carbon buildings (February 2008) and Greening Events and Energy-efficient Cities for lasting legacies (February 2007) held in New Delhi; as well as the Science Forum of the 2nd International Solar Cities Congress 2006 held in Oxford (April 2006). More recently he was conference chair of a major UK-India conference on Urban sustainability and Green buildings (May 2009) held in Delhi, in partnership with RICS India. Prof Gupta has lectured widely, including University of California, Berkeley, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas in USA, as well a number of academic institutions in India. He is a Visiting Fellow in Arizona State University (USA), and a Faculty Associate in the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford.
Teaching interests
Post-occupancy building evaluation; low carbon building technologies; building energy and environmental modelling.
Research interests and consultancy expertise
Prof Gupta's research interests and expertise focus on carbon-counting and low-carbon building; urban energy modelling using Geographical Information Systems; building performance feedback and post-occupancy evaluation (POE); low carbon communities; and adapting buildings and neighbourhoods for a changing climate.
DECoRuM carbon counting research is being applied and further advanced in the projects mentioned in the profile above. For example, as a web-based community-led carbon mapping and monitoring toolkit for encouraging localised energy behaviours in the EVALOC project; as an adaption tool to conceptualise and evaluate the exposure, vulnerability and adaptive capacity of existing homes in the SNACC project; and for modelling and validating the energy and CO2 savings from deploying heat pumps in a range of UK dwellings for current and future climate, as part of the heat pump project.
Examples of current projects
Since 2005, as Principal Investigator, Dr Gupta has won a portfolio (35 to date) of: research grants from UK Research Councils (ESRC, EPSRC), European Commission and UK Government Technology Strategy Board; as well as knowledge transfer and consultancy projects from British council, UK Higher Education Innovation Fund, Energy Saving Trust and Industry, totalling close to £3.4 million (£2 million to Oxford Brookes, the remainder to collaborators).
| Funder and grant scheme | Title | Amount awarded and duration of grant |
|---|---|---|
| RCUK/ESRC | Evaluating the impact, effectiveness and success of DECC-funded low carbon communities on localised energy behaviours (EVALOC) | £1,14 millionEnvironmental Change Institute of the University of Oxford is a partner institution in the project January 2011 - December 2013 (3 years) |
| EPSRC | Suburban neighbourhood adaption for a changing climate (SNACC) | £186,901Total project value: £645,000 (with University of West of England and Herriot-Watt University) September 2009 - August 2012 (3 years) |
| EPSRC CASE award for new academics | Assessing the potential of ground source heat pumps to reduce energy-related carbon emissions from UK housing in a changing climate. | £85,500September 2009 - August 2012 (3 years) |
| Technology Strategy Board Building Performance Evaluation Programme, via Penoyre & Prasad LLP | Building performance evaluation and post-occupancy evaluation of Crawley Library building | 69,720Total project value: £81,000 January 2011 - December 2012 (2 years) |
| TSB Building Performance Evaluation Programme, via NPS North East Ltd | Post-construction and early occupancy study of Code Level 5 Homes in Swindon | £77,196Total project value: £88,692 January 2011 – May 2011 (5 months) |
| TSB Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings programme, Hyder Consulting | Developing a risk-based adaptation strategy for an eco-town development in NW Bicester | £45,000Total project value: £100,000 November 2010 - February 2012 (16 months) |
| TSB Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings programme, via BDP Architects | Developing a risk-based adaptation strategy for a secondary school in Ebbw Vale | £50,000Total project value: £100,000 October 2010 - September 2011 (12 months) |
| TSB Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings programme, via MAAP Architects | Developing a risk-based adaptation strategy for a hospital in Liverpool | £50,000Total project value: £100,000 February 2011 - July 2012 (18 months) |
| TSB Retrofit for Future Programme Phase 2, via Ridge & Partners | The Oxford Whole House Carbon Reduction Project | £37,077Total project value: £150,000 March 2011 - February 2013 (2 years) |
| TSB Retrofit for Future Programme Phase 2, via Roland Hill Ltd. | Low-carbon and deep retrofitting of a 1930's Semi-Detached house in Whitehaven | £41,032Total project value: £150,000 March 2010 - February 2013 (3 years) |
| TSB Retrofit for Future Programme Phase 2, via Home Group Ltd. | Low-carbon retrofitting of a post-Decent Home/Scottish Housing Quality Standard, concrete no-fines property to reach one-eighth of the existing energy use and carbon emissions. | £41,032Total project value: £150,000 March 2010 - February 2013 (3 years) |
| UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford | Expert advice for UKERC energy demand programme and co-supervision of doctoral student | £10,000March 2010 - February 2013 (3 years) |
| Higher Education Innovation Fund 4 (HEIF4) | Counting the 'real' carbon: Measurement and monitoring of low/zero carbon buildings | £99,028March 2010 - July 2011 (17 months) |
| Gifford Ltd. | Post occupancy evaluation of University of Portsmouth Library building | £16,920November 2008 - May 2010 (7 months) |
| TSB Retrofit for Future Programme Phase 1, via Home Group Ltd. | Low-carbon retrofitting of 1930's Semi-Detached house in Whitehaven and Cleator Moor | £21,150Total project value: £40,000 October 2009 - December 2009 (3 months) |
| TSB Retrofit for Future Programme Phase 1, via Home Group Ltd. | Retrofitting of a post-decent mid-terraced home to reach one-eighth of existing energy use and CO2 emissions in Scotland | £18,917Total project value: £20,000 October 2009 - December 2009 (3 months) |
| TSB Retrofit for Future Programme Phase 1, via Ridge & Partners | The Oxford whole house carbon reduction project | £10,817Total project value: £20,000 October 2009 - December 2009 (3 months) |
Memberships of research councils, learned organisations and advisory boards
| Sep 2010 - present | Member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Energy and Communities collaborative network |
| Sep 2010 - present | Invited member of the Zero Carbon Hub (ZCH) Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality (VIAQ) Task Group |
| Mar 2010 - Jun 2010 | Member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Advisory Group for studying the learning and Impact from Technology Strategy Board’s Retrofit for the Future programme |
| Sep 2009 - present | Member of EPSRC's and UK Climate Impact Programme's (UKCIP's) Adaptation and Resilience to Changing Climate (ARCC) research network |
| Apr 2010 - present | Invited to be an expert member of the UNEP-Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative Energy and Greenhouse gas Technical Advisory committee and the Global Common Carbon Metric project |
| Jun 2010 - present | Invited expert member of the Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation task group of the Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability, London |
| Mar 2010 - present | Member of European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) Research Committee |
| Aug 2009 - Aug 2010 | Member of the steering group responsible for developing the BSI's UK PAS 2060 standard on carbon neutrality |
| Apr 2008 - Apr 2010 | Invited member of the London 2012 Carbon Management Strategy Advisory Group run by London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games |
| Mar 2008 - present | Invited to sit on the Environmental Policy Sub-Group of Oxford Brookes |
| Mar 2008 - present | Nominated to be an academic member of BSI's Shadow Committee for CEN TF-190: Energy Efficiency and Savings Calculations |
| Aug 2007 - present | Invited to be an academic member of the UK Green Building Council |
| Jun 2007 - Dec 2008 | Member of the 'International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE)' 2008 Conference local organising committee |
| Aug 2006 - present | Chair of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI's) Adaptation Working Group, Freiberg, Germany |
| Oct 2005 - present | Founder member of the Westminster Carbon Counting Working Group, London |
| Jan 2006 - present | Member of the EDGE network sponsored by the Carbon Trust, London |
| Oct 2005 - present | Invited Member of Climate Outreach Information Network (COIN) Advisory Board Oxford, UK |
| Jan 2005 - May 2006 | Member of the 2006 Solar Cities Congress Advisory Board, Oxford, UK |
| Sep 2004 | Judge for international ecohouse competition 2004, Oxford |
| Sep 2003 - present | Member of the UK Solar Energy Society, UK |
| Jul 2003 | Judge for Ecohouse Student Design Competition, Oxford |
| Sep 2002 | Judge for Teachers in Architecture Design Competition, Yazd, Iran |
| Aug 2002 - present | Member of the Association for Environment Conscious Building, UK |
Examples of recent publications and conference papers
Books and Chapters in Books:
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2010). A critical and comparative evaluation of CO2 emissions from national building stocks of developed and rapidly-developing countries - case studies of UK, USA, and India. Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an urgent agenda. The World Bank, Washington, USA.
Gupta, R. and Roaf, S. (2008). Counting carbon from buildings and cities: models and methodologies. In: Roaf, S and Bairstow, A. eds. The Oxford Conference: a re-evaluation of education in architecture. WIT Press. pp 83-86. ISBN 978-1-84564-206-8
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2008). Building for the future: making the UK further education colleges sustainable. In: Roaf, S and Bairstow, A. eds. The Oxford Conference: a re-evaluation of education in architecture. WIT Press. pp 165-169. ISBN 978-1-84564-206-8
Gupta, R. (2008). Reducing carbon emissions from Oxford city: plans and tools. In: Droege, P. ed. Urban Energy Transition. Elsevier. pp 491-505. ISBN 978-0-08-045341-5
Roaf, S. & Gupta, R. (2007). Safe as Solar Houses: No Need to go Nuclear. In: Day, L., ed. Nuclear power: unnecessary, dangerous and expensive: the case for a non-nuclear energy strategy in the UK. Based on material presented by a group of experts to an audience gathered at Portcullis House, Westminster on 28 November 2006. Norwich: Hussey Knights, pp.5-7.
Roaf, S., and Gupta, R. (2007). Solar power: energy from the sun. In: Elliott, D. ed. Sustainable energy: opportunities and limitations. Palgrave McMillan. pp 84-107. ISBN 978–0–2300–2002–3
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2005). Solar Cities: The Oxford Solar Initiative. In: Jenks, M. and Dempsey, N. ed. Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities. Oxford, Architectural Press, pp. 355-369. ISBN: 978-0750663090
Roaf, S., Horsley, A. and Gupta, R. (2004). Closing the Loop: benchmarks for sustainable buildings. 1st edition. RIBA publications Ltd. London. ISBN 978-1859461181 (BOOK)
Recent refereed journal papers
Gupta, R and Gregg, M (in press) Adapting UK suburban neighbourhoods and dwellings for a changing climate, Advances in Building Energy Research.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2010). Understanding occupants: feedback techniques for large-scale low-carbon domestic refurbishments, Building Research & Information, 38: 5, 530 - 548
Gupta, R. (2009). Sustainable energy technologies and low-carbon buildings: the case of UK and India. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies (4), pp.132 -133.
Gupta, R. (2009). Moving towards low-carbon buildings and cities: experiences from Oxford, UK. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies (4), pp.159 -168.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Achieving low carbon buildings using Code for Sustainable Homes in the UK. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies (4), pp.187-196.
Gupta, R. (2006) Applying CO2 reduction strategies to existing UK dwellings using GIS-based modelling: a case study in Oxford. Findings in Built and Rural Environment (FiBRE). RICS journal.
Published peer-reviewed papers in conference proceedings
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2010). Integrating an occupant-centred building performance evaluation approach to achieve whole-house and low-carbon retrofitting of UK homes. Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK, 9-11 April 2010.
Gupta, R. (2009) A new GIS-based approach to map and reduce energy-related CO2 emissions from UK dwellings. IN STRACHAN, P., KELLY, N. & KUMMERT, M. (Eds.) Building Simulation 2009: Proceedings of the 11th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference (IBPSA), 27-30 July 2009, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, pp. 2114-2121 . ISBN: 978–0–947649–40–1.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009) Investigating the potential for achieving low and zero carbon homes in the UK using an interactive Code for Sustainable Homes based toolkit, Peer-reviewed paper. IN STRACHAN, P., KELLY, N. & KUMMERT, M. (Eds.) Building Simulation 2009: Proceedings of the 11th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference (IBPSA), 27-30 July 2009, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, pp. 1-8. ISBN: 978–0–947649–40–1.
Gupta, R. & Chandiwala, S. (2009) Using a learning-by-doing post-occupancy evaluation approach to provide evidence-based feedback on the sustainability performance of buildings. IN DEEMERS, C. & POTVIN, A. (Eds.) Architecture, Energy and the Occupant's Perspective: Proceedings of the 26th conference on Passive and Low Energy in Architecture (PLEA). 22-24 June 2009, Quebec City, Canada, Les Presses de I'Universite Laval, pp. 222-227. ISBN 978-2-7637-8939-2
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009) A solutions-based simulation approach to test the technical and economical feasibility of achieving low and zero carbon homes in the UK, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) 2009 Summer study proceedings, Côte d'Azur, France, 1-6 June, 2009. Volume 4, pp. 1607-1620. ISBN 978-91-633-4454-1
Gupta, R. and Irving, B. (2008). Assessing the potential of ground source heat pumps to provide low-carbon heating and cooling in UK dwellings in a changing climate. Technical paper. Proceedings of Windsor Conference: Air conditioning and the low carbon cooling challenge. 27-29 July 2008, Windsor, UK.
Gupta, R. (2008). Tackling climate change: moving towards low carbon buildings and cities. Proceedings of Sustainable energy technologies and low carbon buildings conference. Proceedings of UK-India-Srilanka Young Scientists' Networking Conference. 6-8 February 2008. New Delhi, India.
Gupta, R. (2007). Leading by example: post-occupancy evaluation studies of city council-owned non-domestic buildings in Oxford to assess the potential for reducing CO2 emissions. Peer-reviewed paper. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA). 22-24 November 2007, Singapore, pp. 726-733.
Gupta, R. (2007). A review of initiatives to reduce energy-related CO2 emissions from the city of Oxford: Past, Present and Future. Peer-reviewed paper. ECEEE 2007 Summer study proceedings volume 1. 4-9 June 2007, Côte D'azur, France. pp. 437-447. ISBN 978-91-633-0899-4
Gupta, R. (2006). Carbon emission reduction planning for cities: developing a climate change action plan for the city of Oxford, UK. Peer-reviewed technical paper. Proceedings of Solar 2006. 8-13 July 2006, Denver, USA. ISBN 0-89553-178-X
Gupta, R. (2006). Learning by doing: a post-occupancy building evaluation module for postgraduate architecture students. Peer-reviewed technical paper. Proceedings of Solar 2006. 8-13 July 2006, Denver, USA. ISBN 0-89553-178-X
Gupta, R. (2005). Investigating the potential for local carbon emission reductions: Developing a GIS-based Domestic Energy, Carbon counting and Reduction Model (DECoRuM). Peer-reviewed technical paper. Proceedings of the 2005 Solar World Congress. 6-12 August 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Technical research reports and working papers
Gupta, R., and Gregg, M. (2010). Developing climate change scenarios at the suburban neighbourhood scale: Work Package 1. Working Paper. Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate (SNACC). EPSRC-funded project part of the Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARCC) research network.
Gupta, R., and Gregg, M. (2010). Developing the existing modelling and visualisation capacities of DECoRuM: Work Package 5. Working Paper. Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate (SNACC). EPSRC-funded project part of the Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate (ARCC) research network.
Gupta, R., Chandiwala, S and Gregg, M. (2010). Monitoring and post-occupancy evaluation of University of Portsmouth Library building. Submitted to Gifford Ltd, Southampton.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). The Oxford whole-house carbon reduction project. Phase 1 report Technology Strategy Board Retrofit for Future Competition, Swindon.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Retrofitting of a post-decent mid-terraced home to reach one-eighth of the existing energy use and carbon emissions. Phase 1 report Technology Strategy Board Retrofit for Future Competition, Swindon.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Improvement to a 1930's semi-detached property in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Phase 1 report Technology Strategy Board Retrofit for Future Competition, Swindon.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Retrofitting of a flat-roofed mid-terraced property in Cleator Moor, Cumbria. Phase 1 report Technology Strategy Board Retrofit for Future Competition, Swindon.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Decarbonising national building stocks of developed and rapidly-developing countries: case studies of UK, USA, and India. The World Bank. Washington, USA.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Carbon Mapping of Headington Campus of Oxford Brookes University. Oxford: Directorate of Estates & Facilities Management, Oxford Brookes University.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2008). Developing a Sustainability Appraisal Toolkit. Submitted to Home Group Housing Association, Newcastle.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2007). How to commission sustainable construction in further education colleges. Seacourt Publishers, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-873640-58-6
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2007). How to conserve energy in further education colleges. Seacourt Publishers, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-873640-59-3
Gupta, R., Sant'ana, D and Chandiwala, S. (2007). How to conserve water in further education colleges. Seacourt Publishers, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-873640-60-9
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2007). A case study of an Academy building: City of London Academy. Seacourt Publishers, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-873640-61-6
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2007). A case study of a FE building: Merton College, London. Seacourt Publishers, Oxford.
Land Use Consultants, Wilson, E. and Gupta, R. (2006) Adapting to climate change impacts: a good practice guide for sustainable communities. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London.
Gupta, R. and Santana, D. (2006). Ecohouses: principles for design and teaching. Sustainable Habitat Design Adviser, European Commission funded project.
Roaf, S. and Gupta, R. (2006). Solar Cities: the fundamental documents on carbon counting. Submitted to Colin Challen MP, Leader of All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group, House of Commons, London.
Gupta, R. (2005). Oxford Climate Change Action Plan. Submitted to Oxford City Council, Oxford, UK.
Gupta, R. and Roaf, S. (2004). An investigation into the potential for local carbon emission reductions from existing UK dwellings: a case study of Oxford. Submitted to Pilkington Energy Efficiency Trust, Merseyside. Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Gupta, R., Roaf, S. and Raftery, J (2004). Applying carbon reduction strategies to existing UK dwellings using GIS-based modelling. Submitted to Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Education Trust, London. Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2003). Feasibility study report on the Oxford Solar Initiative. Submitted to the Energy Saving Trust. Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Roaf, S and Gupta, R. (2002). Final report of the CEBE SIG for Professional Training Advisers in the Schools of Architecture in UK. Submitted to the Centre for Education in the Built Environment, Cardiff. Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Conference keynotes
Gupta, R. (2010). Modelling, monitoring and occupant feedback techniques for large-scale low-carbon domestic refurbishments. KEYNOTE. Mass Retrofit: green measures on a larger scale. A Construction Industry Council Southeast Conference, in association with Gateway to SusCon. 11 March 2010, DARTFORD.
Gupta, R. (2010). Building performance evaluation for low-carbon refurbishment of a Victorian house in Oxford. KEYNOTE. Retrofit for the future. Constructing Excellence Oxford. 27 January 2010, Said Business School, University of Oxford, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2009). Applying carbon-reduction strategies to existing UK homes on an urban-scale using GIS-based modelling. KEYNOTE. Tackling Climate Change Through Renewable Energy: Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Inside Government conference. 24 September 2009, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2009). A critical and comparative evaluation of approaches and policies to measure, benchmark, reduce and manage CO2 emissions from energy use in the existing building stock in cities of developed and rapidly-developing countries - case studies of UK, USA, and India. KEYNOTE. 5th Urban Research Symposium on Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent Agenda, World Bank Conference, June 28 - 30, 2009, Palais du Pharo, MARSEILLE, France.
Gupta, R. (2009). Post-occupancy evaluation of non-domestic buildings. KEYNOTE How to make non-domestic buildings green. RIBA Southeast conference. 21 May 2009, BRIGHTON.
Gupta, R. (2009). Moving towards low carbon buildings: new-build and existing stock. KEYNOTE. Urban sustainability and Green Buildings for the 21st Century. UK-India conference, 15 May 2009 India International Centre, DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S (2008). Building for the future: making the UK further education colleges sustainable. KEYNOTE. The Oxford Conference 2008: 50 years on - Resetting the Agenda for Architectural Education. 22-23 July 2008, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2008). Energy efficiency and savings calculation. KEYNOTE Efficient Energy Management conference. BSI conference. June 25 2008, ICO Conference Centre, LONDON. Gupta, R. (2008). Moving towards low carbon cities: a review of initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions from the City of Oxford, England. KEYNOTE. 3rd International Solar Cities Congress 2008. 17-21 February 2008. ADELAIDE, Australia.
Gupta, R. (2008). Opening speech in plenary. Sustainable energy technologies and low carbon buildings. UK-India-Srilanka Young Scientists' Networking Conference. 6-8 February 2008. NEW DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. (2008). Carbon counting for cities and neighbourhoods. KEYNOTE Westminster carbon counting conference. 24 January 2008, House of Commons, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2008). Tackling climate change: the importance of low carbon buildings. KEYNOTE. Change to Survive: Creating a 21st Century Sustainable Built Environment. 15 January 2008, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2007). The importance of carbon footprint of buildings. KEYNOTE. Achieving low carbon buildings: essential to tackling climate change. 10-11 July 2007, Mayfair Centre, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2007). Sustainable buildings: a reality. KEYNOTE Local Renewables 2007: powerful local action for secure and sustainable energy. 13-15 June 2007, FREIBURG, Germany.
Gupta, R. (2007). Opening speech in plenary. Greening Events and Energy-efficient Cities for Lasting Legacies. 7-8 February 2007, NEW DELHI, India.
Roaf, S and Gupta, R. (2002). Solar cities: Oxford Solar Initiative. KEYNOTE Speaker at the International Symposium. Buildings Research and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Tropics. 14-16 October 2002. Tarumanagara University, JAKARTA, Indonesia.
Conference presentations (national and international)
Gupta, R. (2010). Monitoring for large-scale retrofitting of UK housing. Oxford Energy Futures. Conference organised by University of Oxford Continuing Professional Development Centre and Future Energy Group. 11 June 2010, University of Oxford, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2010). Urban energy modelling for large-scale low-carbon building retrofits. The Comparative Genetics of Cities. Conference organised by Arizona State University, UCL and University of New Castle with support from British Council at Los Angeles. 21-23 May 2010, UCL, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2009). How does the built environment operate sustainably in a low-carbon economy? World Forum on Enterprise and Environment. Organised by Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford. 5-7 July 2009. Keble College, University of Oxford, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2009). Carbon mapping existing buildings on an urban scale. Urban sustainability and Green Buildings for the 21st Century. UK-India conference. India International Centre. 15 May 2009, DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. (2009). Real stories from real buildings: the role of post-occupancy building evaluation. Urban sustainability and Green Buildings for the 21st Century UK-India conference. India International Centre. 15 May 2009, DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. and Chandiwala, S. (2009). Decarbonising national building stocks: measurement, strategies and barrier - case studies of UK, USA, and India. World Bank workshop on Cities and Climate Change. 5 March 2009, WASHINGTON, USA.
Dixon, T and Gupta, R. (2009). How can we retrofit whole communities? Institute for Sustainability conference on Sustainability in the Built Environment. 23 February 2009, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2008). Appraising packages for cost-effective and technically-feasible carbon reductions. Workshop 6. Green retrofit for housing: make the most of what you've got. RIBA Southeast conference. 11 November 2008, BRIGHTON.
Gupta, R. (2008). Carbon mapping for UK homes. Carbon mapping workshop. RIBA Southeast conference. 3 November 2008, LONDON.
Gupta, R. and Roaf, S (2008). Counting carbon from buildings and cities: models and methodologies. Technical paper. Proceedings of the Oxford Conference 2008: 50 years on - Resetting the Agenda for Architectural Education. 22-23 July 2008, OXFORD, UK.
Gupta, R. (2008). Climate change and carbon reduction from cities. Climate change and Cities briefing. Organised by the Commonwealth Foundation and British Council. 23 April 2008, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2008). Passive solar design. Achieving level 6: practical ways to design for the Code for Sustainable Homes. RIBA event. 22 April 2008, BRIGHTON.
Gupta, R. (2008). ISCI Carbon and Cities Workshop. 3rd International Solar Cities Congress 2008. 17-21 February 2008. ADELAIDE, Australia.
Gupta, R and Chandiwala, S. (2008). DECoRuM carbon-counting model. Change to Survive: Creating a 21st Century Sustainable Built Environment. 15 January 2008, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Fuentes, M, Gupta, R and Roaf, S. (2007). Solar cities and sustainable buildings to reduce CO2 emissions. Enviro-Pro. 16-18 October 2007. MEXICO CITY, Mexico.
Gupta, R and Chandiwala, S. (2007). Sustainable construction in FE colleges. Building for the Future - Sustainable Construction for Professionals. 11 October 2007. Reading Town Hall, READING.
Gupta, R. (2007). Back to the future: lessons from vernacular architecture. Invited paper. The Vernacular: A Critical Examination of a Concept. 3 July 2007. Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2007). DECoRuM®: a GIS-based carbon counting and carbon-reduction model. Invited paper. Venturefest 2007. 2 July 2007. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, DIDCOT, Oxfordshire.
Gupta, R. (2007). DECoRuM® tool to track energy use and carbon emissions from residential buildings. Invited paper. Local Renewables 2007: powerful local action for secure and sustainable energy. 13-15 June 2007, ICLEI. FREIBURG, Germany.
Gupta, R. (2007). Carbon-counting and carbon-reduction from buildings and Cities. Invited paper. CORUS Architectural Academics Conference. 19-20 February 2007, BIRMINGHAM.
Gupta, R. (2007). Development and application of the DECoRuM model. Greening Events and Energy-efficient Cities for Lasting Legacies. 7-8 February 2007, NEW DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. (2007). Oxford climate change action plan. Greening Events and Energy-efficient Cities for Lasting Legacies. 7-8 February 2007, NEW DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. (2007). The Oxford Solar Initiative project. 3rd International Conference on Solar Radiation and Day Lighting. 7-8 February 2007, Indian Institute of Technology, NEW DELHI, India.
Roaf, S and Gupta, R. (2006). Oxford Solar Initiative and the Climate Change Action Plan. Invited Key lecture. A Future with Zero CO2 Emissions. 15-17 May 2006, STOCKHOLM, Sweden.
Gupta, R. (2006). Reducing carbon emissions from cities: developing a Climate Change Action Plan for the city of Oxford. Peer-reviewed science forum paper. Solar Cities Congress 2006. 3-6 April 2006, OXFORD, UK.
Gupta, R. (2006). Using a GIS-based model for counting, costing and reducing domestic carbon emissions from UK cities: a case study in Oxford. Peer-reviewed science forum paper. Solar Cities Congress 2006. 3-6 April 2006, OXFORD, UK.
Roaf, S and Gupta, R. (2006). Oxford Solar Cities Initiative. Peer-reviewed science forum paper. Solar Cities Congress 2006. 3-6 April 2006, OXFORD, UK.
Gupta, R. (2006). Carbon counting: cutting carbon emissions from houses. Carbon Counting Workshop for Educators for Sustainable Architecture. 3 April 2006, OXORD, UK.
Gupta, R. (2006). Counting Carbon from Cities: Developing a route map for Solar Cities. 2nd Carbon Counting Workshop. 7 February 2006, House of Parliament, LONDON, UK.
Gupta, R. (2005). Emergence of Solar Cities in UK. Green buildings: Sustainable design, Energy efficiency and Best Practices. 21-23 December 2005. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), NEW DELHI, India.
Gupta, R. (2005). Strategies for Low Carbon Cities. Youth Summit on Climate Change and Cities. 21-25 November 2005. BERNE, Switzerland.
Gupta, R. (2005). Counting carbon from UK cities: top-down inventory or bottom-up modelling. 1st Carbon Counting Workshop. 20 October 2005. Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2005). Solar Cities. First International Conference: Environmentally Sustainable Development. 26-28 June, COMSATS Institute of Information ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan
Roaf, S and Gupta, R. (2005). Emergence of solar cities. 20th European Solar PV conference. 6-10 June 2005, BARCELONA, Spain.
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2004). The Oxford Solar Initiative: Progress to Date. International Solar Cities Congress 2004. 14-18 November, DAEGU, Korea.
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2004). The Oxford Solar Initiative. Towards zero carbon: sustainability in practice. Joint meeting of the Energy Institute and the Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES). 21 September 2004, LONDON.
Roaf, S., and Gupta, R. (2004). Closing the Loop: in search of a sustainable building process. Virtuous Circles: Affordable Buildings. 29 January 2004. Royal Institute of British Architects, LONDON.
Meir, I., Roaf, S. and Gupta, R. (2003). Back to the future: the role of historic design paradigms in future cities. Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation. 7-11 December, DEAD SEA, Jordan.
Meir, I., Roaf, S. and Gupta, R. (2003). Thermal mass: the key ingredient of housing in hot dry climates. Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation. 7-11 December, DEAD SEA, Jordan.
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2002). Solar Cities: The Solar Oxford Initiative. Creating Sustainable Urban Environments: future forms for city living. 23-26 September, Christ Church College, OXFORD.
Invited public lectures and seminars (international and national)
Gupta, R. (2009). Carbon reduction from existing housing: a GIS-based approach. Sustainability event for the community. 17 October 2009. OXFORD
Gupta, R. (2009). Carbon emission reduction model: a new GIS-based approach. Tempe Sustainability Committee, City of Tempe. 17 April 2009. TEMPE, USA
Gupta, R. (2009). Counting and reducing energy-related CO2 emissions from buildings and cities. Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University. 13 April 2009. TEMPE, USA
Gupta, R. (2009). Importance of counting and reducing energy-related CO2 emissions from buildings. CORNET lecture. 8 April 2009. PHOENIX, USA
Dixon, T and Gupta, R. (2008). A low carbon built environment for the 21st century. Invited lecture by Sir David King. 9 March 2009. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2008). Carbon counting and carbon reduction from buildings and cities. Invited public lecture. 11 December 2008. Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, DELHI.
Gupta, R. (2008). Towards a low carbon world. Invited lecture. 21 November 2008. ARUP office, CARDIFF.
Gupta, R. (2008). Climate change and carbon reduction from cities. Climate change and Cities briefing. Organised by the Commonwealth Foundation and British Council. 23 April 2008, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2007). Managing energy-related carbon emissions from the existing building stock using GIS-based modelling. Workshop for Iranian Mayors on Real Estate Management and Urban Development. 27-18 December 2007. Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2007). Incorporating low carbon technologies in buildings: carbon emissions reduction planning. 22 October 2007. Invited public lecture. School of Architecture, University of Nevada, LAS VEGAS, USA.
Gupta, R. (2007). Workshop on carbon-counting and carbon-reduction from buildings and cities. 23 October 2007. Natural Energies Advanced Technologies Laboratory, University of Nevada, LAS VEGAS, USA.
Gupta, R. (2007). Using GIS-based modelling to asses the carbon impacts of urban developments. 19 April 2007. Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, TEMPE, USA.
Gupta, R. (2007). Learning-by-doing: A post-occupancy building evaluation module for postgraduate architecture students. 6 March 2007. College of Design, Arizona State University, TEMPE, USA.
Roaf, S and Gupta, R. (2006). Invited to give evidence on Energy efficiency and solar energy systems versus nuclear energy to reduce UK carbon emissions. 28 November 2006. Portcullis House, House of Commons, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2006). Developing the DECoRuM model and Oxford Climate Change Action Plan. Presented to Pilkington Energy Efficiency Trust. 24 October 2006. Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2006). Carbon counting and carbon reduction from buildings and cities. Invited special lecture. 14 July 2006. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, BERKELEY, USA.
Gupta, R. (2006). Reducing carbon emissions from buildings and cities. 9 June 2006. Penoyre and Prasad Architects, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2006). Modelling domestic carbon emissions using DECoRuM. 9 June 2006. The Energy Saving Trust, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2006). Completing the PhD, Research Seminar. 8 March 2006. School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2005). Emergence of Solar Cities in UK. 21 December 2005. Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), AHMEDABAD, India.
Gupta, R. (2005). DECoRuM: a GIS-based model for counting, costing and reducing domestic CO2 emissions from UK cities. Research Seminar. 20 October 2005. Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2005). Developing a Climate Change Action Plan for Oxford city. Oxford City Council Environmental Scrutiny Committee. 17 October 2005. Oxford City Council, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2005). DECoRuM: a GIS-based domestic energy, carbon-counting and carbon-reduction model. 13 July 2005. Institute for Energy and Sustainable Development, DeMontfort University, LEICESTER.
Gupta, R. (2005). Developing a domestic energy, carbon-counting and carbon-reduction model. Presentation to the Carbon Trust and EPSRC. 13 April 2005. The Carbon Trust, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2005). DECoRuM: a domestic energy, carbon-counting and carbon-reduction model. Launch of the model. 16 March 2005. Town Hall, OXFORD.
Roaf, S., and Gupta, R. (2004). Recent works of Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development: Architecture Unit. Kick-off meeting, Sustainable Habitat Design Adviser. 15 June 2004. ICAEN, BARCELONA, Spain.
Roaf, S., and Gupta, R. (2004). In search of sustainable buildings. 3 March 2004. Friends of the Earth, CHINNOR.
Roaf, S., and Gupta, R. (2004). Closing the Loop. Research Seminar. 3 February 2004. School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, OXFORD.
Roaf, S., and Gupta, R. (2003). Environmental performance of Poundbury. Learning from Poundbury. 16 October 2003. POUNDBURY.
Gupta, R. (2003). Oxford Solar Initiative. Oxford Climate Round Table. 6 May 2003. Wolfson College. University of Oxford, OXFORD.
Gupta, R. (2003). Climate change and carbon dioxide emissions from buildings. British Council Seminar on Local solutions to climate change. 20 March 2003. Møller Centre. CAMBRIDGE.
Gupta, R. (2002). Quantifying and minimizing the energy-related CO2 emission from the UK domestic stock. Research Seminar. 21 November 2002. Oxford Brookes University. OXFORD.
Roaf, S., Fuentes, M. and Gupta, R. (2002). Solar Cities. Daphne Jackson Memorial Lecture. 19 November 2002. Institution of Electrical Engineers, LONDON.
Gupta, R. (2002). An investigation into the potential of local carbon emission reductions to minimise the CO2 impact of UK settlements. Housing and Energy Network. University College London, LONDON.
