All Outputs (40)

Globalised climate precarity: Environmental degradation, disasters and the international brick trade (2024)
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Parsons, L., de Campos, R. S., Moncaster, A., Cook, I., Siddiqui, T., Abenyake, C., …Billah, T. (2024). Globalised climate precarity: Environmental degradation, disasters and the international brick trade. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 114(3), 520-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2280666

Climate-linked disasters result when natural hazards meet socioeconomic precarity. Recognizing this, scholarship in recent years has emphasized how the precarity that turns climate-linked hazards into disasters is produced within the same global poli... Read More about Globalised climate precarity: Environmental degradation, disasters and the international brick trade.

Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution (2023)
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Mabon, L., Connor, B., Moncaster, A., Pearce, C., Pratt, E., Shih, W., …Wolstenholme, R. (2023). Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution. Urban Transformations, 5(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00057-9

Increased extreme heat events draw attention to the potential of urban nature as a heat adaptation strategy for cities. This is reflected in multiple scientific perspective pieces, policy documents and science media publications advocating for urban... Read More about Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution.

Demolition or retention of buildings: Drivers at the masterplan scale (2023)
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Baker, H., Moncaster, A., Wilkinson, S., & Remøy, H. (2023). Demolition or retention of buildings: Drivers at the masterplan scale. Buildings and Cities, 4(1), 488-506. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.308

Current adaptation theory tends to consider individual buildings or the city level, which cannot address decisions related to masterplan developments on large brownfield sites. This paper investigates the drivers for building demolition or retention... Read More about Demolition or retention of buildings: Drivers at the masterplan scale.

Demands, default options and definitions: How artefacts mediate sustainability in public housing projects in Sweden and Cyprus (2022)
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Francart, N., Polycarpou, K., Malmqvist, T., & Moncaster, A. (2022). Demands, default options and definitions: How artefacts mediate sustainability in public housing projects in Sweden and Cyprus. Energy Research and Social Science, 92, Article 102765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102765

Sustainable building design practices are influenced by requirements, guidelines, criteria for green procurement and certification, assessment tools such as life cycle assessment, etc. This study investigates how such artefacts support or define aspi... Read More about Demands, default options and definitions: How artefacts mediate sustainability in public housing projects in Sweden and Cyprus.

Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: A review of Environmental Product Declarations (2022)
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Anderson, J., & Moncaster, A. (2023). Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: A review of Environmental Product Declarations. Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, 176(12), 986-997. https://doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.21.00160

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to EN 15804 provide information about embodied carbon of construction products - their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions - alongside reporting use of renewable and non-renewable primary energy and secondary... Read More about Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: A review of Environmental Product Declarations.

Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: Are the messages accurate? (2022)
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Moncaster, A., Malmqvist, T., Forman, T., Pomponi, F., & Anderson, J. (2022). Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: Are the messages accurate?. Buildings and Cities, 3(1), 334-355. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.199

This paper is the second output of a project that examines the embodied greenhouse gas emissions (‘embodied carbon’) from the use of concrete in buildings. In the current absence of either regulation or widespread industry practice in quantified carb... Read More about Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: Are the messages accurate?.

Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity (2022)
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Parsons, L., Safra de Campos, R., Moncaster, A., Cook, I., Siddiqui, T., Abenayake, C., …Billah, T. (2022). Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 47(4), 990-1008. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12545

This paper examines how global trade shapes and intensifies disasters. Juxtaposing three basic, everyday consumer goods – a t-shirt, a brick, and a tea bag – with disasters manifesting in their respective global supply chains, it highlights how clima... Read More about Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity.

Modelling future trends of annual embodied energy of urban residential building stock in China (2022)
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Zhou, W., Moncaster, A., O'Neill, E., Reiner, D. M., Wang, X., & Guthrie, P. (2022). Modelling future trends of annual embodied energy of urban residential building stock in China. Energy Policy, 165, Article 112932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112932

China is the largest driver of growth in the global building sector. The longstanding construction boom across China has generated a massive flow of materials with significant associated embodied energy consumption and carbon emissions. Despite the s... Read More about Modelling future trends of annual embodied energy of urban residential building stock in China.

Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings (2022)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2022). Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1085, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012024

Reducing energy and associated carbon emissions from the existing built environment is critically important to meet our climate goals. Heritage buildings are often presented in the literature as energy inefficient, and uncomfortable to inhabit. There... Read More about Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings.

Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle (2021)
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Fitton, S., & Moncaster, A. (2022). Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 175(4), 194-201. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.21.00030

Infrastructure is critical for the economic and social prosperity of society. Some large infrastructure projects are also critical for the future of society due to their intergenerational nature and long lifespan. Understanding the social value of in... Read More about Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle.

Retention not demolition: How heritage thinking can inform carbon reduction (2021)
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Baker, H., Moncaster, A., Remøy, H., & Wilkinson, S. (2021). Retention not demolition: How heritage thinking can inform carbon reduction. Journal of Architectural Conservation, 27(3), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556207.2021.1948239

Two key benefits of building retention and adaptation, over demolition and new build are identified in the academic literature as: the conservation of heritage, and reductions in embodied greenhouse gas emissions from construction materials. A four-y... Read More about Retention not demolition: How heritage thinking can inform carbon reduction.

Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours (2021)
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Wise, F., Jones, D., & Moncaster, A. (2021). Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours. Journal of Architectural Conservation, 27(1-2), 117-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556207.2021.1933342

Significant energy and carbon originate in the existing built environment and retrofit is therefore a key carbon reduction strategy. However heritage buildings -comprising around 20% of UK buildings- are challenging to retrofit appropriately due to t... Read More about Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours.

Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings (2021)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2021). Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings. Buildings & Cities, 2(1), 495-517. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.94

What are the opportunities and challenges for upscaling the energy retrofit of heritage buildings? Heritage buildings comprise approximately 20% of the UK building stock and are challenging to retrofit sensitively because of their heritage values and... Read More about Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings.

Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72 (2020)
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Soust-Verdaguer, B., García Martínez, A., Llatas, C., Gómez de Cózar, J. C., Allacker, K., Trigaux, D., …Passer, A. (2020). Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022008

Introduction: The application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique to a building requires the collection and organization of a large amount of data over its life cycle. The systematic decomposition method can be used to classify building comp... Read More about Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72.

Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden (2020)
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Moncaster, A. M., & Malmqvist, T. (2020). Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/3/032047

With one of the highest carbon footprints, the construction sector should be at the forefront of climate action. Reducing embodied impacts of construction also means ensuring that buildings are durable, low maintenance, and fit for purpose, while max... Read More about Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden.

Developing a generic System Dynamics model for building stock transformation towards energy efficiency and low-carbon development (2020)
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Zhou, W., Moncaster, A., Reiner, D. M., & Guthrie, P. (2020). Developing a generic System Dynamics model for building stock transformation towards energy efficiency and low-carbon development. Energy and Buildings, 224, Article 110246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110246

Promoting the decarbonisation of buildings requires effective policy measures. An integral part of policy design is ex-ante evaluation of possible policy options and effects. System Dynamics, one of a range of potential modelling paradigms, emphasise... Read More about Developing a generic System Dynamics model for building stock transformation towards energy efficiency and low-carbon development.

Forecasting urban residential stock turnover dynamics using system dynamics and Bayesian model averaging (2020)
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Zhou, W., O'Neill, E., Moncaster, A., Reiner, D., & Guthrie, P. (2020). Forecasting urban residential stock turnover dynamics using system dynamics and Bayesian model averaging. Applied Energy, 275, Article 115388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115388

Knowing the size of building stock is perhaps the most basic determinant in assessing energy use in buildings. However, official statistics on urban residential stock for many countries are piecemeal at best. Previous studies estimating stock size an... Read More about Forecasting urban residential stock turnover dynamics using system dynamics and Bayesian model averaging.

Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 1: Analysis of published EPD (2020)
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Anderson, J., & Moncaster, A. (2020). Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 1: Analysis of published EPD. Buildings and Cities, 1(1), 198-217. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.59

Cement is responsible for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is predicted to grow with increasing development. The majority is used in concrete, globally the most common material in buildings. Reducing emissions from the use of cement and con... Read More about Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 1: Analysis of published EPD.

Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: Comfort, energy, and carbon (2019)
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Mifsud, L., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. M. (2020). Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: Comfort, energy, and carbon. Renewable Energy, 149, 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.12.072

In the Mediterranean region façade shading systems are used to reduce operational energy, particularly cooling loads. However, operational savings do not necessarily translate into net energy savings unless they outweigh the embodied energy/carbon re... Read More about Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: Comfort, energy, and carbon.

Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review (2019)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., Jones, D., & Dewberry, E. (2019). Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 329(1), Article 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/329/1/012002

Approximately 20% of UK buildings can be defined as ‘heritage buildings’, offering unique values that should be preserved. They tend to use more energy than newer buildings, creating a strong case for energy retrofits to reduce energy use, greenhouse... Read More about Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review.