Current Position

Associate Professor, School of Architecture

Education

Ph.D., Architecture, University of Glasgow
M.Arch., University of Notre Dame
B.Arch., University of Nairobi

Research Interests

Prof. Onyango's research focuses primarily on sustainability in the broad sense that takes holistic approaches to the creative practices at the building and urban design levels that is both interdisciplinary as well as multidisciplinary in collaboration with other colleagues in the allied fields (engineering, sociology, healthcare, and IT communications). The CIB working paper for “W108: Climate Change and the Built Environment” suggested future research should focus on two main hazards: floods and heat waves. These two areas continue to be active research areas. His published work focuses on user awareness and energy conservation measures, the potential of recovering waste energy from everyday activities such as cooking and laundry work, passive ground cooling/heating systems as a mean to reduce energy use among others that will easily create synergies with researchers working on green architecture, emerging technologies and materials, sustainable environments, measuring green building performance,building indoor environment quality, thermal comfort and indoor air qualitym, on dementia care and climate change adaptation, and community engagement at the environmental studies programs. He is a founding member of the Zero Energy Mass Customization Network (ZEMCH).

Key Words

Renewable Energy, Environmental, Land and Natural Resources, Ethics and Social Responsibility

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Onyango, J.; & Ciaran, R. “Study of user awareness to energy conservation measures in non-domestic buildings in Ireland” Journal of Innovative Energy Policy, Vol. (3) 112, (2014) 
2. Onyango, J. McGeough, C., & Obonyo, E., O. “Waste to Worth: Evaluation of the potential of waste heat recovery technology, within the Commercial Kitchen Environment in Northern Ireland” Journal of Green Building, Vol. 7(4), (2012); pp. 62-69
3. Onyango, J. “Simulation of passive ground-cooling system for a room in hot humid climate” WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, Vol. 160, (2012); pp. 257-267
4. Hadjri, K and Onyango, J. “Dubai Revisited: Are new planned communities more sustainable?” In ICE Journal on Sustainable Urban Design and Planning, Vol. 165(1); (2012); pp.1-11
5. Onyango, J.; Noguchi, H. & Firley, E. (Eds.) “Visibility of Zero-Energy Buildings” e-Proceedings of the ZEMCH2013 International Conference, Miami: ZEMCH Network; (2013); 267 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9910608-0-1