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A decision-making framework for early-stage design of positive energy blocks (2025)
Journal Article

Positive Energy Block (PEBlock) is an emerging energy paradigm described as a mesoscale model distinct from building and district scale models. The paper's novel methodology introduces a first-of-its-kind three-level early-stage design framework for... Read More about A decision-making framework for early-stage design of positive energy blocks.

A new politics of welfare? The origins and strategies of India’s gig and platform workers’ unions in the era of digital capitalism (2025)
Journal Article

During and after the months of pandemic control measures, newly formed unions of platform and gig workers in India started leveraging electoral contests, campaigns and politics to advocate for and with laws that would regulate platform work and provi... Read More about A new politics of welfare? The origins and strategies of India’s gig and platform workers’ unions in the era of digital capitalism.

Applications of Immersive Technology in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: A Handbook (2025)
Book

This edited book addresses a gap in literature by advancing current understandings of the applications of immersive technology within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector.

Globally, the architecture, engineering and construc... Read More about Applications of Immersive Technology in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: A Handbook.

Challenges of Egypt’s North Coast in the absence of landscape architects (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

IFLA EUROPE NED_NET GROUP

The IFLA Europe Med_net Group unites countries that either border the Mediterranean or share similar climatic and environmental conditions. While primarily composed of members from the IFLA European Region, the group also... Read More about Challenges of Egypt’s North Coast in the absence of landscape architects.

Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering, and construction - An introduction (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors make an enormous contribution to the socio-economic development of nations, which is primarily evidenced by its creation/provision of the built environment. The sector has, howev... Read More about Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering, and construction - An introduction.

Negotiated, approved … ignored? Regulating development after approval in England and Germany (2025)
Journal Article

Delivery and enforcement have received comparatively less attention in planning practice and research than plan making and the granting of development rights. Once planning permission has been granted or a binding land use plan has been approved, th... Read More about Negotiated, approved … ignored? Regulating development after approval in England and Germany.

Estimating household water storage from images: A machine learning approach (2025)
Journal Article

Whilst much research focusses on challenges related to achieving SDG 6.1 (universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water), there has been less attention to challenges of safe transport, storage and use of collected water. In par... Read More about Estimating household water storage from images: A machine learning approach.

Vision led planning - How to plan development and transport infrastructure more sustainably (2025)
Report

This guide is intended to help plan development and transport infrastructure by using an approach that limits road construction and car travel – an approach that helps grow prosperity; meets decarbonisation objectives; and delivers more sustainable,... Read More about Vision led planning - How to plan development and transport infrastructure more sustainably.

Interrogating technological leapfrogging in Asian development and growth models: Toward a critical postcolonial political economy approach (2025)
Journal Article

This article examines the discourse of technological leapfrogging within dominant Asian development models—namely, the earlier manufacturing-led development (MLD) and the more recent services-led development (SLD)—which posit that developing nations... Read More about Interrogating technological leapfrogging in Asian development and growth models: Toward a critical postcolonial political economy approach.

The adoption of UAVs for enhancing safety in construction industry: A systematic literature review (2025)
Journal Article

The nexus between sustainability and safety in construction is crucial for improving a resilient and responsible built environment. By adhering to sustainable principles, construction practices can not only mitigate the environmental impact but also... Read More about The adoption of UAVs for enhancing safety in construction industry: A systematic literature review.

Political ecology: Deconstruction & sustainable architecture (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The prevailing discourse on sustainable architecture remains largely constrained by techno-scientific determinism and reductive materialism that reduce sustainability to metrics of efficiency and carbon performance. This paper challenges such reducti... Read More about Political ecology: Deconstruction & sustainable architecture.

Homes under the microscope: Results from a pilot community science approach to measure airborne microfibres in the home (2025)
Journal Article

Non-natural airborne microfibres are an emerging concern in indoor air pollution, yet relatively little is known about their sources or concentrations. This is particularly relevant in home environments, where individuals spend significant amounts of... Read More about Homes under the microscope: Results from a pilot community science approach to measure airborne microfibres in the home.

A ‘passive’ approach to Net Zero for New Zealand social housing – preliminary findings (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

New Zealand's first emissions reduction plan sets out goals to achieve Net Zero for all GHG and a 24-47% reduction in biogenic methane by 2050. Buildings contribute to 10-15% of overall domestic emissions in New Zea-land (NZ). Reducing operational em... Read More about A ‘passive’ approach to Net Zero for New Zealand social housing – preliminary findings.

2 Degrees Enough (2025)
Digital Artefact

"Daragten We Bas" Is the Arabic words for: (Two Degrees Are Enough), a podcast produced by the Middle East Program of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In this Arabic language podcast, host Amr Hamzawy joins Amir Gohar, Programme Leader for... Read More about 2 Degrees Enough.

Implementing environmental management systems (ISO14001) in the construction sector of Ghana (2025)
Journal Article

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) enable organisations to manage their environmental impacts. Globalisation has resulted in more organisations needing to engage in environmental sustainability. In developed nations ISO 14001 provides the key gui... Read More about Implementing environmental management systems (ISO14001) in the construction sector of Ghana.

Hive mind for Net Zero: Towards a social engagement model for collective home energy behaviour change (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A Critical Success Factor (CSF) framework for implementing net-positive housing in the Water, Energy, Food, Environment (WEFE) Nexus: Insights from Jordan and South Africa (2025)
Journal Article

Addressing the specific challenges faced by low-income communities, such as poor housing conditions, is crucial while simultaneously working toward global sustainability goals, including net-zero emissions and climate change mitigation. This study ex... Read More about A Critical Success Factor (CSF) framework for implementing net-positive housing in the Water, Energy, Food, Environment (WEFE) Nexus: Insights from Jordan and South Africa.

Transforming disaster risk reduction with AI and Big Data: Legal and interdisciplinary perspectives (2025)
Journal Article

Managing complex disaster risks requires interdisciplinary efforts. Breaking down silos between law, social sciences, and natural sciences is critical for all processes of disaster risk reduction. It is essential to explore how AI enhances understand... Read More about Transforming disaster risk reduction with AI and Big Data: Legal and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Pedestrian experiences of rental e-scooter use and parking (2025)
Journal Article

The study explores pedestrian experiences of shared e-scooters in relation to safety and comfort, and issues of discrimination, considering disability as an important dimension. It differentiates between the views of those who have ridden e-scooters... Read More about Pedestrian experiences of rental e-scooter use and parking.

Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype (2025)
Journal Article

To reduce the significant environmental impact of the construction industry, building floors designed as concrete shells that work mainly in compression and that are segmented for prefabrication and disassembly offer a promising alternative to reinfo... Read More about Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype.