Nomination ceremony of Professor Matthew Santamouris to Honorary Doctor – 30th October 2024

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cyprus is organizing a ceremony for the conferral of an honorary doctorate of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cyprus to Matthew Santamouris, Professor of High- Performance Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Australia. The ceremony is a special public event, the opening and closing of which will be announced by the Rector of the University of Cyprus himself.

Ο Καθηγητής Ματθαίος Σανταμούρης στην εκπομπή “Πάρε τον Χρόνο σου” | 11.10.2024

Τον διακεκριμένο καθηγητή στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Νέας Νότιας Ουαλίας Ματθαίο Σανταμούρη από το Σίδνεϊ, φιλοξένησε σήμερα η εκπομπή ”Πάρε τον Χρόνο σου” με τον Προκόπη Αγγελόπουλο, ο οποίος αναγορεύεται, σε Επίτιμο Διδάκτορα της Πολυτεχνικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου UCY Faculty of Engineering| Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | University Of Cyprus.

Η τελετή θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Τετάρτη 30 Οκτωβρίου στις 7μμ, Το θέμα της ομιλίας του είναι : ” Η Αστική Κλιματική Μεταβολή ως απειλή για την Κοινωνική Συνοχή, την Οικονομική Ευημερία, την Περιβαλλοντική Ποιότητα και την Αστική Ανθεκτικότητα”.

Rooftop solar panels impact temperatures during the day and night in cities: modelling

A simulation shows city-wide installation of photovoltaic solar panels on roofs could raise temperatures during the daytime and lower them at nighttime.

Widespread coverage of building rooftops with conventional photovoltaic solar panels may increase temperatures on hot days and lower them at night, says new modelling.

The research led by Dr Ansar Khan from the University of Calcutta and co-authored by UNSW Sydney Scientia Professor Mattheos (Mat) Santamouris used mesoscale (weather system) simulations due to the absence of available observational data for rooftop photovoltaic solar panels (RPVSPs) to model their impact on local climate conditions at the city-scale.

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Stanford University - List of the more influential researchers in the world for 2024

Stanford University has published today the list of the more influential researchers in the world for 2024 and for almost all scientific disciplines. 

The list includes almost 220.000 researchers that are among the 2 % of the most recognised researchers in the world 

https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7

I am so happy to be listed as no 451  in the world!!!!

Cooling ability of trees during heatwaves overestimated

Australian cities are among many through the world to implement large scale tree planting in the belief it will combat climate-related urban heating. 

But new research confirms that if not managed properly, trees aren’t as effective in combatting heat during heatwaves as may be thought, and could even be increasing temperature and adding to pollution.

A UNSW study published in Sustainable Cities and Society shows that conventional climate models overestimate the ability of trees to cool during heat waves by 60 per cent.

This is related to a process known as transpiration, where trees release water vapour through their leaves, absorbing heat and reducing the surrounding air temperature.

While this is fine in normal summer conditions, where trees can lower temperatures by up to 2C during the day, once the mercury hits 34C trees begin to protect themselves by reducing their sap circulation, which in turn reduces transpiration.