Low energy buildings: Delivering theory in practice
(2017)
Book Chapter
Outputs (155)
Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
While behaviour-based safety (BBS) is not new and is even becoming increasingly common, particularly among large construction organisations, research on BBS and hence its implementation has paid limited attention to the role of innate drivers of beha... Read More about Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety.
With the emergence of Building Information Modelling (BIM), a critical criterion for the qualification of a suitable Construction Supply Chain (CSC) for projects is the ability of individual organisations to deliver through the use of BIM. Despite em... Read More about Development of a decision support framework to aid selection of construction supply chain organisations for BIM-enabled projects.
Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison (2017)
Report
Commentators have increasingly raised concern over the impact of flood risk on commercial property insurability, maintenance and recovery, property utility and, ultimately, property value.
'Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: an... Read More about Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison.
Analysis of residents' approaches to heat(ing) in their homes (allowable solutions Hanham Hall report of key findings) (2017)
Report
Household energy use accounts for almost 60% across the EU and more than a quarter of all energy used in the UK (Palmer and Cooper, 2013). Space heating accounts for almost 67% of energy consumption across average European homes (Odyssee-Mure 2015) a... Read More about Analysis of residents' approaches to heat(ing) in their homes (allowable solutions Hanham Hall report of key findings).
Menstruation and public toilets (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper investigates the reasons for the unequal and impractical nature of women’s public toilets. Men have twice the level of provision as women, resulting in long toilet queues for the Ladies. Although women have fewer facilities than men their... Read More about Menstruation and public toilets.
Mayoral governance in Bristol: Has it made a difference? (2017)
Book Chapter
This chapter provides an assessment of the impact of introducing a mayoral model of governance into the City of Bristol, UK in 2012. It situates the Bristol reform in context, introduces a conceptual framework for understanding urban leadership and... Read More about Mayoral governance in Bristol: Has it made a difference?.
Directly elected mayors: A route to progressive urban leadership? (2017)
Book Chapter
This chapter explores whether the directly elected mayor model of governance can contribute to progressive policy making, meaning actively implementing policies and practices designed to move away from exploitation of people and the planet. A concep... Read More about Directly elected mayors: A route to progressive urban leadership?.
Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection (2017)
Journal Article
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite emerging research on Building Information Modelling (BIM) capability, there remain no studies that specifically look at criteria for the pre-qualification and selection of constr... Read More about Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection.
How do we create attractive personalised and customised care? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This position paper contends that care can only be useful when it understands the personal context of care and can be shaped to accommodate individual needs. To design with care and to care through design we need to develop a designerly empathic atti... Read More about How do we create attractive personalised and customised care?.