Dr May Zune (she/her)

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate In Housing Retrofit Assessment

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m.zune@sheffield.ac.uk
Room E110a, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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Dr May Zune
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room E110a
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

May is a Research Associate in Housing Retrofit Assessment at the University of Sheffield. She joined the RISE (Resources, Infrastructure Systems, and Built Environments) research group to address concerns and generate value for the stakeholders across the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority's housing stock, features application scenarios where retrofitting options and cost are optimised considering what individual home needs and how to reach the net zero target by 2050, facilitates housing performance assessment, but also integrate both passive, renewable and low-carbon HVAC options, through energy-balance/free-running strategies.

May graduated from the University of Nottingham with an MSc in Sustainable Building Design in 2016 and completed her Ph.D. in Building Technology in 2021. She is a ‘Certified Passive House Designer’. She worked as a Research Fellow in Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings and contributed to the development of the PRELUDE project at Brunel University London. During her PhD years, she worked as a part-time research associate/assistant for the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, also co-founded the ‘AzuraBIM’ solutions for BIM consultation and BIM outsourcing services in Singapore and Myanmar.

Research interests

Building performance design, Comfort and indoor air quality, Climate resilience in building, Digital technology, Building information modelling (BIM), Building energy modelling, Retrofitting

Publications

Journal articles

  • Zune M, Tun TP, de Kerchove d’Exaerde T & Kolokotroni M (2025) . Building Services Engineering Research & Technology.
  • Kolokotroni M, Zune M, Gratton P, Tun TP, Christantoni I & Tsakanika D (2025) . Energies, 18(8).
  • Chalal ML, Medjdoub B, Bezai N, Bull R & Zune M (2022) . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 162, 112447-112447.
  • Zune M, Tubelo R, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2021) . Energy and Buildings, 253, 111521-111521.
  • Zune M, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2020) . Energy and Buildings, 223, 110201-110201.
  • Zune M, Pantua CAJ, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2020) . Sustainable Cities and Society, 60, 102240-102240.
  • Zune M, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2020) . Sustainable Cities and Society, 54, 101992-101992.
  • Tubelo R, Rodrigues L, Gillott M & Zune M () . Sustainability, 13(6), 3054-3054.

Conference proceedings

  • Zune M & Kolokotroni M (2022) Climate correlation model to forecast thermal comfort and IAQ in naturally ventilated residential buildings. Ventilation Challenges in a Changing World (Book of Proceedings)
  • Zune M, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2020) The Overheating Risks in Myanmar Vernacular Dwellings: Indoor Thermal Environment Study from Measured and Simulated Data. PLEA 2020 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Planning Post Carbon Cities Proceedings, Vol. 2 (pp 1304-1309)
  • Zune M, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2019) . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 609(3) (pp 032004-032004)
  • Zune M, Pantua C, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2019) . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 609(3) (pp 032011-032011)
  • Zune M, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2018) The sensitivity of roof surface and envelope insulation in naturally ventilated tropical housing: Case study across three climate zones in Myanmar.. 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies for Eco Cities and Environment
  • Zune M, Vi Le TH, Rodrigues L & Gillott M (2018) The resilience of natural ventilation techniques in Myanmar’s vernacular housing. PLEA 2018 Smart and Healthy within the Two Degree Limit Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Vol. 2 (pp 513-519)
  • Zune M & Kolokotroni M () Correlation model to evaluate climate effect on indoor air quality and thermal comfort in houses. CATE 22 – Proceedings. UK, 5 September 2022 - 6 September 2022.
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