Phil Banfill
Professor
sustainable building design
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
Biography
Phil Banfill is a materials scientist, with 30 years experience of research and education in a university environment. He was appointed Professor of Construction Materials at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, in 1995 and has published two books and over 130 papers on construction materials. Most of his work has been concerned with materials, but the sustainability theme brought him into the research community concerned with energy in buildings.
Research Interest
Sustainability, energy use and CO2 emissions from buildings. Building conservation and education. Rheology of cement based materials. Processing of concrete. Chemistry of admixtures and their interactions with cement. Special cements and cement blending agents. Traditional and modern limes.
Publications
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Electrochemical re-alkalisation, chloride extraction and alkali-silica reaction in concrete Banfill, P. F. G. 17 Oct 2016 Concrete Solutions 2016. Grantham, M., Papayianni, I. & Sideris, K. (eds.). CRC Press, p. 113-119 7 p.
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Deterioration of natural hydraulic lime mortars, II: Effects of chemically accelerated leaching on physical and mechanical properties of carbonated materials Banfill, P. F. G., Szadurski, E. M. & Forster, A. M. 15 May 2016 In : Construction and Building Materials. 111, p. 182-190 9 p., JCBM_7783
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Energy-led refurbishment of non-domestic buildings: Ranking measures by attributes Strachan, M. E. & Banfill, P. F. G. 20 Apr 2017 In : Facilities. 35, 5/6, p. 286-302 17 p.
