Dr Charles Gillott (he/him)
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Full contact details
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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In 2019, Charles graduated from the University of Sheffield with an MEng in Civil Engineering. He later joined the RISE (Resources, Infrastructure Systems and Built Environments) research group and, in 2023, completed his PhD on the potential for future space provision through the vertical extension of existing buildings.
Charles has previously been involved in a number of additional projects, including the development of 'Regenerate', a circular economy engagement tool for the assessment of new and existing buildings, as well as feasibility studies for transport networks and storage hubs for construction material reuse.
His current project seeks to quantify the circular economic potential of the UK's non-residential building stock. This considers building retention, component reuse and material recycling at the national, sub-national and building level, maintaining the transection of circular economy principles and spatial scales seen throughout Charles' work.
- Research interests
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- Circular economy in the built environment
- Adaptive reuse of existing buildings
- Design of new buildings for future reuse
- Building and material stocks and flows
- Sustainable housing provision
- Urban form and the circular economy
- Construction sector governance and planning policy
- Publications
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Journal articles
- How circular is your building?. The Structural Engineer, 101(3), 22-23.
- Drivers, barriers and enablers: construction sector views on vertical extensions. Building Research & Information, 50(8), 909-923.
- Sustainable housing provision: a case for the vertical extension of steel framed buildings. ce/papers, 4(2-4), 2425-2433.
- Reserve capacity and vertical extension potential in steel framed buildings. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings.
- Developing regenerate: a circular economy engagement tool for the assessment of new and existing buildings. Journal of Industrial Ecology.
Conference proceedings papers
- The potential of vertical extension at the city scale. IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1078. Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2022 - 20 September 2022.
- Demolish or reuse? – The balance between operational and embodied emissions in the retrofit of commercial buildings. IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1078. Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2022 - 20 September 2022.
- The Potential of Vertical Extensions: A Case Study Analysis. CENTRAL EUROPE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE BUILDING 2022 (CESB22)
- How circular is your building?. The Structural Engineer, 101(3), 22-23.
- Research group