Professor Lori McElroy
Head Of Department
Architecture
Personal statement
Personal statement
Lori is an engineer with a background spanning the application of simulation in environmental engineering, architecture and sustainable design and has been active in the energy and environment field for over 25 years both in practice and research, working in the private and public sectors. This includes delivery of three state-of-the-art academic/industry collaborative programmes for the UK and Scottish Governments over a period of 20 plus years and the dissemination of this work internationally.
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Prize And Awards
- IBPSA Distinguished Service Award
- Recipient
- 6/9/2023
- Fellowship of the International Building Performance Simulation Association
- Recipient
- 4/9/2019
- Honorary Fellowship of Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
- Recipient
- 15/8/2013
- Member of The Order of The British Empire
- Recipient
- 15/5/2013
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Publications
- Ground-source heating for efficient net-zero retrofit : a Glasgow case study
- Rida Mohamad, Farooq Muhammad Zaeem, Kolo Isa, McElroy Lori Barbara
- All Energy 2026 (2026)
- A scoping review of the impact of environmental design on wayfinding for people with sensory impairment
- Zali Parastoo, McElroy Lori B, Giardini Mario Ettore, Chaiyawat Kullapat, Watson Margaret
- HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal Vol 19, pp. 48-67 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867251391361
- Bridging heritage and performance : monitoring-based retrofit strategies for pre-1919 buildings
- Moreno-Rangel Alejandro, Sharpe Tim, McElroy Lori Barbara, Grandgirard Yann, Battikha Yasser, Farooq Muhammad Zaeem
- International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (CHNT) (2025)
- Exploring the ambiguity associated with the actual magnitude of the energy performance gap in buildings
- Odeh Khaleel, Parvaz Md, Jakkula Jitendra, de Wilde Pieter, McElroy Lori Barbara
- EG-ICE 2025 EG-ICE 2025: International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, pp. 605-614 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00093252
- Human-centred design of healthcare environments : Investigating wayfinding experiences of older people with visual impairments
- Zali Parastoo, Giardini Mario Ettore, McElroy Lori Barbara
- European Healthcare Design 2025 (2025)
- Barriers to healthcare access : A qualitative study of older adults with visual impairment (OAwVI)
- Zali Parastoo, Watson Mags, Giardini Mario Ettore, McElroy Lori Barbara
- 11th Nordic Social Pharmacy Conference (2025)
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Professional Activities
- UKIEG 2026: Retrofitting for Health: Advancing Indoor Environmental Quality in the UK Building Stock
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 24/6/2026
- Low-Carbon Living: Design Pathways for Net Zero Heating in Scottish Homes
- Speaker
- 22/7/2025
- Atmosphere (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 12/7/2025
- Symposium - Healthy, Net Zero Housing and the Role of Digitisation
- Speaker
- 29/4/2025
- Solar radiation models for building performance simulation in mountain areas: development and empirical validation
- External Examiner
- 16/4/2025
- Understanding Indoor Environmental Stressors Influence On Neurodivergent Occupants
- External Examiner
- 16/4/2025
Projects
- Smart Shading and Natural Ventilation for Overheating Reduction and Energy Efficiency
- Rida, Mohamad (Co-investigator) Kelly, Nick (Principal Investigator) McElroy, Lori (Co-investigator) Farooq, Muhammad Zaeem (Co-investigator)
- A CENZ-HDB funded project. This project evaluates the performance of innovative passive cooling strategies, including automated shading, adaptive ventilation, and smart glazing technologies such as electrochromic and thermochromic systems, to mitigate overheating in buildings.
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2027
- Proposed review and update to previously published Building Standards Division research – ‘To identify effective ventilation guidance and practice to mitigate the indoor airborne transmission of infectious diseases in new build non-domestic buildings’
- McElroy, Lori (Principal Investigator) McGill, Grainne (Co-investigator) Sharpe, Tim (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2026 - 28-Jan-2026
- Centre for Net Zero High Density Buildings (UKRI - Accelerating the Green Economy Centres)
- McElroy, Lori (Principal Investigator) Kelly, Nick (Co-investigator) Farooq, Muhammad Zaeem (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2028
- Low Carbon Passport Programme
- McElroy, Lori (Principal Investigator) Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- An integrated typology-based approach to guide the future development of European historic buildingstowards a clean energy transition (FuturHist)
- Sharpe, Tim (Principal Investigator) Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina (Co-investigator) McElroy, Lori (Co-investigator) Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro (Co-investigator) Farooq, Muhammad Zaeem (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- Energy Assessment Tool Development with PropEco and ESRU
- Kelly, Nick (Principal Investigator) McElroy, Lori (Co-investigator) McGhee, Raheal (Co-investigator)
- 22-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
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Contact
Professor
Lori
McElroy
Head Of Department
Architecture
Email: lori.mcelroy@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3105