Dr Kishor Zingre

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

https://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/researchers/kishor-zingre(3545336f-67ef-4025-85a9-a8e08e60411e)/publications.html
Dr. Zingre's research focuses on decarbonisation of built environment using cool materials and bio-inspired designs, and employs experimental methods (measurements, thermography, laser scanning) and computational simulations.

International impact of Zingre's work includes: i) Development of novel heat transfer models and thermal comfort analysis for pedestrians in street canyons (5 first authored articles in Energy and Renewable Energy with IF: 9.0) and ii) Contribution to the housing policies of Singapore (for cooling the city by 2^oC), California’s Title 24 and India’s GRIHA building standards.

National impact includes: i) Submission of four (3*) outputs to REF2021, ii) Working with National Trust on achieving their sustainability goals for Coleshill and Cambo villages, iii) Carrying out energy assessment of Newcastle City Council schools, and iv) Contribution towards development of North of Tyne Combined Authority’s Green Growth Skills programme (£236k funding, and article in Energy and Buildings with IF: 6.7) which will have a real-world impact for Northeast in terms of: a) skills development, b) job creations and c) achieve central government’s sustainability goals.

University level impact includes: assisting Carbon managers to decarbonise city campus buildings by diagnosing various building defects (air leakage through envelops, thermal bridges, etc) and providing recommendations on energy saving measures.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Net Zero Energy Buildings
Retrofitting
Bio-inspiration for built environment
Urban Heat Island Effect
BIM Modelling
Gender, Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (GEDI)

Key Publications

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Designing bio-inspired weather adaptive envelope, Shashwat, S., Zingre, K., Thurairajah, N. 15 Jan 2025, Interdisciplinary Research Themes Conference
Enhancing Success in GEDI across the higher education sector, Zingre, K. 10 Feb 2025
Residential Heritage Buildings in the Low Carbon Transition: Policy and Practice Challenges, Forster, F., Zingre, K., Shashwat, S. 26 Aug 2025, In: Buildings
The Effect of Building Façade Materials in Mitigating UHI Effect: An urban city centre study, Shashwat, S., Zingre, K., Thurairajah, N. 29 Apr 2025, Sustainable Communities through Digital Transformation, London, Routledge
Understanding barriers & enhancing success in GEDI across the HEIs of SEA & the UK, Zingre, K. 30 Oct 2025, SEA–UK Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (GEDI) Leadership Forum
Understanding challenges and opportunities for AI integration within built environment curriculum, Zingre, K., Dawson, S. 12 Sep 2025, iBEE & RICS Accredited Providers Conference 2025
An Investigation of Globe Temperature in Street Canyons: A Scaled Model Study Implementing Cool Materials, Kumar Donthu, E., Shashwat, S., Zingre, K., Srinivasan, S., Wan, M. 25 Sep 2024, In: Buildings
Challenges to carbon reduction policies upon residential heritage buildings (RHB): a Low Carbon Village study, Zingre, K. 20 Nov 2024
Development of a simplified cool coating thermal model for predicting street canyon air temperature, Donthu, E., Shashwat, S., Zingre, K., Wan, M. 1 Mar 2024, In: Building and Environment
A conceptual framework for analysing bio-inspired weather adaptive envelope’s properties through simulations, Shashwat, S., Zingre, K., Thurairajah, N. 11 Jan 2023, Interdisciplinary Research Themes (IDRTs) Conference

Current and Recent Projects

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Understanding Barriers and Measuring Success in GEDI across the HEIs of Malaysia and the UK, Zingre, K. (Principal Investigator), British Council, 10/02/25 - 10/10/25, £15,000.00
AI Integration in Built Environment Higher Education: A Community of Practice Approach, Zingre, K. (Principal Investigator), Council of Heads of the Built Environment (CHOBE), 01/02/25 - 31/12/26, £1,500.00
Green growth skills, Watson, R. (Principal Investigator), Zingre, K. (Co Investigator), North of Tyne Combined Authority, 01/04/23 - 31/03/26, £463,160.00

Professional Activity

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Organising a conference, workshop, ...: GEDI SEA-UK event in Kuala lumpur, Malaysia 2025
Visiting an external academic institution: Monash University Malaysia 2025
Other: York Study trip 2025
Examination: Otobong Obot: Chair of PhD Examination 2025
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Net Zero North East England Summit 2024 2024
Examination: Salma Elbahy AP2: Subject expert 2024
Editorial work: Journal of Modern Mechanical Engineering and Technology (Journal) 2024
Examination: Salma Elbahy AP1: Subject expert 2024
Editorial work: Buildings (Journal) 2023
Editorial work: Atmosphere (Journal) 2021