Dr Charles Gillott (he/him)

Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Postdoctoral Research Associate

c.gillott@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

Full contact details

Dr Charles Gillott
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

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

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

Journal articles

Mihkelson W, Gillott C & Densley Tingley D (2023) How circular is your building?. The Structural Engineer, 101(3), 22-23.
Gillott C, Davison B & Densley Tingley D (2022) Drivers, barriers and enablers: construction sector views on vertical extensions. Building Research & Information, 50(8), 909-923.
Gillott C, Densley‐Tingley D & Davison B (2021) Sustainable housing provision: a case for the vertical extension of steel framed buildings. ce/papers, 4(2-4), 2425-2433.
Gillott C, Mihkelson W, Lanau M, Cheshire D & Densley Tingley D () Developing regenerate: a circular economy engagement tool for the assessment of new and existing buildings. Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Conference proceedings papers

Gillott C, Davison J & Densley Tingley D (2022) 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.
Abbey D, Arbabi H, Gillott C, Ward W & Densley Tingley D (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.
Gillott C, Densley Tingley D & Davison JB (2022) The Potential of Vertical Extensions: A Case Study Analysis. CENTRAL EUROPE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE BUILDING 2022 (CESB22)

Research group: Resources, Infrastructure Systems & Built Environment