Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship (2024)
Book Chapter
Parkhurst, G., Cabanelas, P., & Paddeu, D. (2024). Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship. In N. Thomopoulos, M. Attard, & Y. Shiftan (Eds.), Sustainable Automated and Connected Transport (161-185). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2044-994120240000019009

Rapid technological change in the transport sector is leading to a growing range of potential and actual ‘business models’ deployable for the movement of goods and people. Two key uncertainties arise from this proliferation: first, concerning which o... Read More about Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship.

The role of GBGI in levelling up in Bristol (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bray, I., Sinnett, D., & West, H. (2024, May). The role of GBGI in levelling up in Bristol. Paper presented at RECLAIM Conference 2024, London

We examined the association between provision and experience of a range of green-blue-grey infrastructure and neighbourhood satisfaction, life satisfaction, wellbeing and general health. We found that satisfaction with greenspace was the most consist... Read More about The role of GBGI in levelling up in Bristol.

Building height and density effects related to winter and summer temperature and precipitation simulation based on Local Climate Zones in a coastal city: A case study of Istanbul (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Chun, K., Ezber, Y., Toker, E., Octavianti, T., & Danaila, L. (2024, May). Building height and density effects related to winter and summer temperature and precipitation simulation based on Local Climate Zones in a coastal city: A case study of Istanbul. Presented at 8th international Med-CORDEX Workshop, Rome

The temperature and precipitation extremes of coastal cities are modulated by land-atmospheric interactions and modified land surfaces. Local climate zones are used as land use representations in a convection-permitting model to simulate precipitatio... Read More about Building height and density effects related to winter and summer temperature and precipitation simulation based on Local Climate Zones in a coastal city: A case study of Istanbul.

Realizing NetZero in social housing: Strategic public procurement and internal stakeholder engagement (2024)
Journal Article
Duong, L., Phillips, W., Roehrich, J. K., & Cook, C. (in press). Realizing NetZero in social housing: Strategic public procurement and internal stakeholder engagement. Public Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2352546

Energy costs and fuel poverty are major concerns for social housing tenants, many of whom are vulnerable citizens. To meet challenging NetZero targets, public organizations have used strategic public procurement (SPP) in decarbonizing social housing... Read More about Realizing NetZero in social housing: Strategic public procurement and internal stakeholder engagement.

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Brooks, I., Harrison, L., Reeves, M., Simpson, M., & Wallis, R. (in press). History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

his research explores the use of History to enhance education in the field of ICT For Sustainability (ICT4S) in response to a challenge from the ICT4S 2023 conference. No previous studies were found in ICT4S but the literature on History and Educatio... Read More about History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

Kind Materials Research (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Morgan, L. Kind Materials Research. [Textiles]. Exhibited at The Future is a Work in Progress, Festival of Futures, Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University, UK. 7 March 2024 - 15 March 2024. (Unpublished)

Kind Materials Research explores sustainable alternatives to conventional dyeing and finishing by innovatively integrating bio-dyeing with laser technology. Linen textiles are transformed by combining these processes, reimagining traditional textile... Read More about Kind Materials Research.

The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges (2024)
Book Chapter
Opoku, A., Umar, T., & Amudjie, J. (2024). The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges. In The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals (44-57). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300037.00011

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda (NUA), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), are the global frameworks and policies that are now in use in relation to disaster risk... Read More about The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges.

The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals (2024)
Book Chapter
Umar, T., Opoku, A., Umeokafor, N., & Ahmed, S. (2024). The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals. In A. Opoku (Ed.), The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals. Edward Elgar Publishing

It is now more than six years since the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed to be achieved by all member countries by 2030. While the deadline is approaching fast, still much of the counties are not on track to achiev... Read More about The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals.

Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (2023)
Journal Article
Rincón, C. E., Montoya, J. A., & Archila, H. F. (2023). Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Sustainability, 15(24), Article 16893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416893

Whilst upcoming innovations on digital technology and renewable energy can have a significant impact on the reduction of operational carbon emissions in the construction industry, readily available fast-growing building materials like bamboo are alre... Read More about Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

Strategies used for decolonising the conservation curriculum: A systematic review (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Jaggon, K., & Adukwu, E. (2023, December). Strategies used for decolonising the conservation curriculum: A systematic review. Poster presented at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023, Belfast

Decolonisation is the process of undoing the effects of colonialism and the conservation industry, along with university institutions, have identified a need for decolonisation. However, with a lack of clarity on how to decolonise, many in the conser... Read More about Strategies used for decolonising the conservation curriculum: A systematic review.

Solar street art for a participatory energy transition (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Nicoletti, E. (2023, December). Solar street art for a participatory energy transition. Paper presented at Local Cultures – Global Spaces: Communities, People and Place, Virtual: New York, Hong Kong, Melbourne

The need to reduce global carbon emissions drives the renewable energy transition which can deeply transform cities. Façade retrofit plays an important role in improving the energy performance of the existing building stock. In renovation projects, t... Read More about Solar street art for a participatory energy transition.

Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Al Barazi, R., & Kishk, M. (2023, December). Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA'23), Lisbon, Portugal

The environmental, social, and financial sustainability around projects is currently one of the most serious alarming concerns. However, the progress made in developing contemporary methods for the evaluation and adoption of sustainable project manag... Read More about Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability.

Let’s play together (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Lovesmith, G., & Rasbash, Z. (2023, November). Let’s play together. Presented at Sustainability and health: the nexus of carbon-neutral architecture and well-being. The 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

Throughout 2022-23 Watershed (cultural cinema & creative technology centre) have been working with an architect & socially-engaged artist on plans to adapt their building for the Climate Emergency. Watershed leads within its communities with a proud... Read More about Let’s play together.

Remaking local food systems. Progress and prospects for UK local food partnerships (2023)
Report
Jones, M., & Hills, S. (2023). Remaking local food systems. Progress and prospects for UK local food partnerships. Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and National Lottery Community Fund

Listening to all the stakeholders? The UN Sustainable Development Goals as requirements in Systems Engineering (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Brooks, I. (2023, September). Listening to all the stakeholders? The UN Sustainable Development Goals as requirements in Systems Engineering. Presented at SustainabilITy2030: 2 Internationale Konferenz Für Digitalisierung Und Nachhaltigkeit, Brugg, Switzerland

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a global agreement on 'the world we want' by 2030. Many businesses have identified SDGs that they contribute towards. Can we also use them as requirements in Systems Engineering? This talk will... Read More about Listening to all the stakeholders? The UN Sustainable Development Goals as requirements in Systems Engineering.

Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wiejak-Roy, G., & Mazur, R. (2023, August). Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts. Presented at Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society - 2023 Conference, Ipswich, UK

Allotment gardens are a well-established phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe. Their users, predominantly in towns, through cultivation of land and care for the green space, create green oases in now busy urban areas. As such these locations now... Read More about Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts.

Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers? (2023)
Journal Article
Hageman, E., Kumar, V., Duong, L., Kumari, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2024). Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2), 1081-1098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3545

In recent years, the fashion and textile industries have come under pressure to manage customer expectations. Previous research has shown that female consumers tend to buy more clothing than male consumers and are understood to care more about fashio... Read More about Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?.

Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art (2023)
Journal Article
Mouraz, C. P., Ferreira, T. M., & Silva, J. M. (in press). Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03664-5

The quality of life in rural housing settlements is at the heart of territorial cohesion concerns across Europe and the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. However, the gap between urban and rural developments remains substantial, stressin... Read More about Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art.

Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?. In Proceedings of the 11th World Construction Symposium (634-644). https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2023.52

Adversarialism is an endemic feature of the construction industry, resulting in devasting effects on productivity, cost, performance and client satisfaction within the industry. This can be explained by various factors of which adversarial ‘tradition... Read More about Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?.

Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps (2023)
Journal Article
Wiejak-Roy, G., & Hunter, G. (in press). Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps. Journal of European Real Estate Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/JERER-01-2023-0002

Purpose: Many town centres in England exhibit high retail property vacancies and require regeneration. Several alternatives for the replacement of town centre retail (TCR) have been suggested, one of which is healthcare. The healthcare sector in Engl... Read More about Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps.