Timothy O. Adekunle, Ph.D. (he/his)
Associate Professor, Interim Chair
email: timothy.adekunle@utah.edu
ARCH 6352 Sustainable Design
ARCH 6015 Graduate Design Studio
ARCH 6760 Architectural Internship
ARCH 6975 M.S. Project
Timothy Adekunle holds a Ph.D. in Architecture with a specialization in sustainable architecture from the University of Kent, UK. He also holds a professional postgraduate degree in higher education (PGCHE) from the University of Kent. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (now, Advance Higher Education - HE) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
Dr. Adekunle has published several peer-reviewed articles in highly preferred journals such as Building and Environment, Building Research & Information, Building Engineering, Intelligent Building International, Sustainability, Energies, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Frontiers in Built Environment, etc. He co-edited a book titled “ICSDEMS 2019”, a collection of peer-reviewed chapters from the field of architecture, sustainable design, and engineering. Dr. Adekunle has presented at several international conferences and is a reviewer for many journals. He is also a reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Adekunle has served as an evaluator for the New England Higher Education Commission (NECHE). He serves on the Editorial Board of TAD (Technology | Architecture + Design) Journal. He also serves on the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Research & Scholarship Committee. Prior to joining the University of Utah, Dr. Adekunle was an Associate Professor at the University of Hartford. His teaching and research interests include architectural design, sustainable architecture, integrated building technology, building performance, post-occupancy evaluation, materials, building and environmental systems integration, energy, and thermal comfort.
Ph.D. Architecture, The University of Kent, UK
MArch Architecture, The University of Nottingham, UK
BArch Architecture, The Federal University of Technology, Akure
Sustainable Architecture
Building Performance
Building Assemblies and Materials
Construction Methods
Post-occupancy Evaluation
Thermal Comfort
Resilient Buildings
Building and Environmental Systems Integration
Book
Emamian, S.S., Adekunle, T.O., Nangkula, U., Awang, M. (Eds.) (2020). Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management and Sciences (ICSDEMS 2019). Springer Nature Ltd. ISBN: 978-981-15-3764-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3765-3
Book Chapters
Adaji, M.U., Adekunle T.O., Wakins R. (2022). Overheating and passive cooling strategies in low-income residential buildings in Abuja, Nigeria. In: Nicol, F., Rijal, H.B., Roaf, S (Eds). Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort. Routledge, London. ISBN: 9781003244929
Adekunle T.O. (2020). A field survey on thermal comfort of occupants and cold stress in CLT school buildings. In: Roggema R., Roggema A. (Eds), Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings. Springer, Cham. pp 481-496. ISBN: 978-3-030-37634-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37635-2_34
Odeyale, T.O., Adekunle, T.O. (2008). Innovative and sustainable local material in traditional African architecture – Socio-cultural dimension. In Dina D’yala & E. Fodde (Eds), Structural Analysis of Historic Construction: Preserving Safety and Significance, Two Volume Set. Taylor & Francis Group, London. pp. 991-998 ISBN: 978-0-415-46872-5
Monograph
Adekunle, T.O., Nikolopoulou, M. (2016). Evaluation of prefabricated structural timber housing. Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-659-97787-9.
Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Adekunle, T.O. (2021). Indoor comfort, thermal indices, and energy assessment of multi-family Colonial Revival style buildings. Energies, 14, 7468. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227468
Adekunle, T.O. (2021). Developing resilience to emergencies: evaluation of thermal indices and outdoor comfort before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, 765752. https://
Adekunle, T.O. (2021). Thermal performance and apparent temperature in school buildings: a case of cross-laminated timber (CLT) school development. Journal of Building Engineering, 33, 101731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101731
Adekunle, T.O. (2020). Occupant’s comfort and stress indices in a structural timber school building in the Northeast US. Building Research & Information, 48(3), pp. 331-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2019.1662714
Adekunle, T.O., Nikolopoulou, M. (2020). Post-occupancy evaluation on people’s perception of comfort, adaptation and seasonal performance of sustainable housing: a case study of three prefabricated structural timber housing developments. Intelligent Buildings International, 12(2), pp. 71-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2018.1493677.
Adekunle, T.O. (2019). Field measurements of comfort, seasonal performance, and cold stress in cross-laminated timber (CLT) school buildings. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 9(4), pp. 655-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-05-2019-0064
Adaji, M. U., Adekunle, T.O., Watkins, R., Adler, G. (2019). Indoor comfort and adaptation in low-income and middle-income residential buildings in a Nigerian city during a dry season. Building and Environment, 162, 106276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106276
Adekunle, T.O., Nikolopoulou, M. (2019). Winter performance, occupants’ comfort and cold stress in prefabricated timber buildings. Building and Environment, 149, pp 220-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.12.019
Adekunle, T.O. (2019). Summer performance, comfort, and heat stress in structural timber buildings under moderate weather conditions. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 8(3), pp 220-242. https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-11-2018-0059
Attoye, D.E., Adekunle, T.O., Tabet Aoul, K.A., Hassan, A., Attoye, S.O. (2018). A conceptual framework for a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) educative-communication approach. Sustainability, 10(10), pp. 3781. doi:10.3390/su10103781.
Adekunle, T.O. (2018). Learning from Gothic Cathedrals. Faith and Form, 51(2).
Adekunle, T.O., Nikolopoulou, M. (2016). Thermal comfort, summertime temperatures and overheating in prefabricated timber housing. Building and Environment, 103, pp. 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.04.001
Adekunle, T.O. (2015). Autonomous living: an eco-social perspective. The International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 6(4), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v06i04/37454
Peer-reviewed Conference Keynote Presentations
Adekunle, T.O. (2021). Academic and research paper publication: lessons learned. The 2021 AUA and ICSGS Academic Conference Writing Coaching Clinic (AUA and ICSGS 2021), The University of Indonesia and Asian Universities Alliance (AUA), Indonesia. September 7
Adekunle, T.O. (2020). Preparing the resilient built environment in the post-pandemic era - Lessons from the industry and assessment of indoor thermal environment. The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management and Sciences (ICSDEMS 2020), The University of Indonesia, Indonesia. December 8-9.
Peer-reviewed Conference Session Call for Papers
Adekunle, T.O. (2017). The conference session on occupants’ adaptation in naturally ventilated buildings. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advanced Building Skins, Bern, Switzerland. October 2-3. Conference Section D1, pp. 10.
Peer-reviewed Conference Publications
Adaji, M.U., Adekunle, T.O. (2022). Thermal indices and comfort in low- and middle-income residences during dry seasons: A case study of Dutse Alhaji and Lugbe in Abuja, Nigeria. The 3rd International Conference on Comfort at the Extremes (CATE 2022), Edinburgh, UK. 5-6 September (Accepted).
Adekunle, T.O. (2021). Developing resilience to emergencies: assessments of outdoor comfort and thermal indices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 International Conference on Pathways to Resilient Zero Carbon Cities (RZCC-2021), Hertfordshire, UK. 12-13 July.
Adekunle T.O., Sawruk, T., Tuscano-Moss, R., Hegenauer J. (2020). Indoor comfort within social spaces: a case of LEED-certified college-preparatory school. Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA 2020), La Coruna, Spain. 1-3 September.
Adaji, M.U., Adekunle T.O., Wakins R. (2020). Overheating and passive cooling intervention on low-income residential houses in Abuja, Nigeria. In Proceedings of Windsor Conference 2020: Resilient Comfort in a Heating World, Windsor, UK. 16-19 April, pp. 702-731
Adekunle, T.O. (2019). Stress indexes and occupants’ comfort in structural timber school buildings during cold and warm seasons. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Comfort at the Extremes 2019 (CATE). Dubai, UAE. 10-11 April.
Adekunle, T.O. (2019). Indoor air quality, cold stress, and thermal comfort in multi-family timber-frame buildings. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Comfort at the Extremes 2019 (CATE). Dubai, UAE. 10-11 April.
Adekunle, T.O. (2018). Summertime overheating and heat stress in multi-family Colonial Revival style timber-frame buildings. In Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA). Hong Kong. 10-12 December.
Adekunle T.O. (2018). A field study on occupants’ comfort and cold stress in CLT school buildings. In Proceedings of the 2018 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment Conference, Sydney, Australia. 4-7 December.
Sawruk, T., Adekunle T.O., Hegenauer J. (2018). How Sustainable was Connecticut’s Historic Saltbox House? In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (EEHB 2018), Visby, Sweden. 26-27 September.
Adekunle, T.O., Holmes, S.H., Nikolopoulou, M. (2018). A comparative simulation of the thermal performance of high-rise structural timber buildings. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference for Sustainable Design of the Built Environment (SDBE), London, UK. 12-13 September. London, UK.
Attoye, D.E., Adekunle, T.O., Tabet Aoul, K., Hassan, A. (2018). Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) adoption: A conceptual communication model for research and market proposal. In Proceedings of the ASEE NorthEast 2018 Conference, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. 27-28 April.
Adekunle, T.O. (2018). Thermal comfort and heat stress in cross-laminated timber (CLT) school buildings during occupied and unoccupied periods in summer. In Proceedings of the 10th Windsor Conference, Windsor Great Park, UK. 12-15 April, pp. 1086 - 1101
Adekunle, T.O. (2017). Predicting current and future performance of sustainable lightweight buildings. In Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference for Sustainable Design of the Built Environment (SDBE), London, UK. 20-21 December, pp. 229-240. ISBN: 978-1-999797-1-0-2.
Adekunle, T.O., Bjarnadottir, S., Oloyede, S. (2017). Occupants’ adaptation and design parameters influencing behavioral actions of occupants in naturally ventilated sustainable timber buildings. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advanced Building Skins (ABS), Bern, Switzerland. 2-3 October, pp. 888-896.
Adekunle, T.O., Nikolopoulou, M. (2017). A study on the evaluation of thermal comfort of occupants, summertime and wintertime temperatures in a single prefabricated structural timber dwelling. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), Volume I. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 3-5 July, pp. 575-582. ISBN: 978-0-9928957-5-4
Adekunle, T. O., Nikolopoulou, M. (2016). Thermal performance of indoor spaces of prefabricated timber houses during summertime. In Proceedings of the 9th International Windsor Conference: Making Comfort Relevant, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK. 7-10 April. London: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings (NCEUB), pp.1227-1241. ISBN: 978-0-9928957-3-0.
Adekunle, T., Nikolopoulou, M. (2014). Post-occupancy and indoor monitoring surveys to investigate the potential of summertime overheating in UK prefabricated timber houses. In Proceedings of 8th International Windsor Conference: Counting the Cost of Comfort in a Changing World, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK. 10-13 April. London: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings (NCEUB), pp.1170-1188. ISBN 978-0-9928957-0-9.