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Sustainable energy decision-making with an RAG-LLM system (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To reach the ambition of a net-zero economy by 2050, the UK aims to improve energy efficiency in all homes by 2035, targeting reductions in energy consumption and household expenses. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a critical part in t... Read More about Sustainable energy decision-making with an RAG-LLM system.

Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Staff expenses can account for up to 70% of business costs, with indoor conditions playing a critical role in employee health, behavior, and productivity. Optimal thermal comfort, typically around 21°C with 40-70% humidity, maximizes productivity. Ho... Read More about Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system.

Sustainable urban water decisions using Generative Artificial Intelligence (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Urban water systems are increasingly strained by the impacts of climate change, growing populations, and resource constraints, driving the need for more integrated and sustainable management solutions. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are ce... Read More about Sustainable urban water decisions using Generative Artificial Intelligence.

Towards a computational approach for integrating photovoltaics and street art (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building facades play an essential social role in cities by serving as media for communication and providing a canvas for cultural expression and debate. This is particularly evident in street art which uses architectural surfaces to display large im... Read More about Towards a computational approach for integrating photovoltaics and street art.

Connecting environment and community: Teaching and learning for a sustainable future (2025)
Book Chapter

Lifecourse commoning: Retirement and de-alienation in urban gardens (2025)
Journal Article

Despite being a unique aspect of ageing in capitalist societies, retirement has been neglected within critical research. As a disruption in people’s relation to the capitalist political economy, retirement can be framed through a productivist lens of... Read More about Lifecourse commoning: Retirement and de-alienation in urban gardens.

Teaching essentials for responsible land administration: Considerations for future education and training (2025)
Report

The Teaching Essentials for Responsible Land Administration (TERLA), developed between 2015 and 2018 under the patronage of the Global Land Tools Network (GLTN), marked a pivotal step in advancing the understanding, unity, and practice of land admini... Read More about Teaching essentials for responsible land administration: Considerations for future education and training.

Evaluation of four gridded climate products in streamflow and drought simulations in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia (2025)
Journal Article

The availability of meteorological stations is generally limited and sparsely dispersed in many regions. Gridded climate products (GCPs) are commonly utilized in hydro-climatic modelling due to their wide spatial and temporal coverage. This study aim... Read More about Evaluation of four gridded climate products in streamflow and drought simulations in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia.

Engineering living materials: Development of functional hybrid living materials with advanced capabilities (2025)
Thesis

The field of materials is constantly evolving. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the development of advanced materials that upon exposure to environmental, chemical, mechanical and electrical stimulation, they exhibit capabilities such a... Read More about Engineering living materials: Development of functional hybrid living materials with advanced capabilities.

Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

School libraries contribute to student learning through accommodating the student self-directed activities (e.g. reading, studying, revising, drawing, etc) and interactions, all taking place during break-times. This research explores the design of sc... Read More about Student interactions and self-directed activities in School Libraries: The design potentiality vs operational actuality.

Solar street art for a participatory energy transition (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Greenspaces are recognised as important features of an urban environment which are visited by residents for different purposes. This paper investigates the relationship between residents in the West of England and their surrounding greenspaces, by st... Read More about An exploration of greenspace metric proximity and NDVI vs configurational accessibility from residential postcodes in the West of England.

Designing a master degree program in building information modeling (BIM) using national professional standards: A case studyin Kazakhstan (2024)
Journal Article

This article presents the design of a master degree program focused on "Building Information Modeling (BIM) Technologies in Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)" in Kazakhstan. The demand for such a program arises from the scarcity of quali... Read More about Designing a master degree program in building information modeling (BIM) using national professional standards: A case studyin Kazakhstan.

Air pollution and environmental justice in the UK (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

Jo Barnes draws on a forthcoming Air Quality Expert Group report, looking at the links between exposure to pollutants and social inequalities.

Climate–water crises: Critically engaging relational, spatial, and temporal dimensions (2024)
Journal Article

Declarations of water crises have been ubiquitous in water policy and practice for decades. In the face of unprecedented human-caused climate change, the circulation of water crisis discourses has increased in frequency. How crises are defined and ma... Read More about Climate–water crises: Critically engaging relational, spatial, and temporal dimensions.

Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing (2024)
Book

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management s... Read More about Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing.

Safer motorcycle taxis as part of Nepal’s public transport system - Final report (2024)
Report

The study sought to understand the nature and operation of motorcycle taxi (MCT) operations in Nepal and identify potential changes in policy and regulation that could improve safety for riders and passengers. A mixed methods approach was used which... Read More about Safer motorcycle taxis as part of Nepal’s public transport system - Final report.

Evaluating microplastic and macroplastic presence in the ephemeral fluvial systems (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To our knowledge this is the first study that looks at macro- and microplastics in ephemeral fluvial systems in deserts worldwide. By necessity, where formal waste disposal systems cannot be implemented, informal waste disposal takes place. Here, we... Read More about Evaluating microplastic and macroplastic presence in the ephemeral fluvial systems.

Build it and they will come? - A case study of a ‘softer landings’ approach in creating a low-carbon community (2024)
Journal Article

This paper explores an emerging low-carbon construction business model through a case study of a low-carbon community supported by a private Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) in Lincolnshire. The study highlights the developer’s extended aftercare and... Read More about Build it and they will come? - A case study of a ‘softer landings’ approach in creating a low-carbon community.

Building a framework for dynamic organisational capabilities in Design for Safety (DfS) for Malaysian construction organisations (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose – Despite the growing construction subject of Design for Safety (DfS) in Malaysia, little effort has been made to understand the construction organisational DfS capability in a dynamic environment. This study aims to propose a framework for d... Read More about Building a framework for dynamic organisational capabilities in Design for Safety (DfS) for Malaysian construction organisations.