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Enhancing water recycling adoption in South African residential properties: a multi-dimensional analysis for sustainable water management (2024)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the challenges and adoption rates of water recycling systems as a sustainable water management strategy within residential properties in South Africa. Employing a quantitative approach, the research incorporates a comprehensiv... Read More about Enhancing water recycling adoption in South African residential properties: a multi-dimensional analysis for sustainable water management.

Sub-national transport bodies: Evaluation of initiatives to support local authority capacity and capability (2024)
Report

During 2021/22 the Department for Transport (DfT) made additional funding available to Sub-national Transport Bodies (STBs). The funding was to enable STBs to support their local authorities (LAs) in delivering transport policies in four priority are... Read More about Sub-national transport bodies: Evaluation of initiatives to support local authority capacity and capability.

A new vision for city centres: Lessons from the Sparks project (2024)
Report

This interim evaluation report delves into the innovative ‘meanwhile use’ of urban spaces, a critical response to the revitalisation challenges faced by high streets, amidst financial austerity and the changing landscape of retail and cultural consum... Read More about A new vision for city centres: Lessons from the Sparks project.

Baseline synthesis: Transforming cities fund national evaluation (2024)
Report

Between 2018/19 and 2022/23, the Department for Transport allocated the £2.45bn Transforming Cities Fund across 18 English city regions – to support delivery of sustainable transport improvements which would enhance intra-city connectivity and boost... Read More about Baseline synthesis: Transforming cities fund national evaluation.

The transformation of mobility in Europe: Technological change and social conditionings (2024)
Journal Article

The mobility of persons is changing due to technological innovation linked to autonomous and electric vehicles or to connectivity and data communication technologies. Furthermore, it is being conditioned by social behaviours. Qualitative research bas... Read More about The transformation of mobility in Europe: Technological change and social conditionings.

Making sense of interlinkages in EU marine environment legislation: Unearthing effectiveness (2024)
Journal Article

Crises such as water quality, pollution, climate change, overfishing, biodiversity, energy, waste, and carbon sequestration mean that legislation protecting the marine environment is under intense pressure to be effective and to demonstrate positive... Read More about Making sense of interlinkages in EU marine environment legislation: Unearthing effectiveness.

A practitioner’s introduction to LCA databases: EPiC and ICE (2024)
Digital Artefact

This short comparative review of two construction material databases explains their potential use for assessing embodied carbon to designers and practitioners not yet expert in the field. It introduces and examines the Australian Environmental Perfor... Read More about A practitioner’s introduction to LCA databases: EPiC and ICE.

The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

Many interventions have been developed by staff to support students in understanding assessment task requirements and summative and formative feedback. However, to various extents, these approaches assume a shared understanding of the, often indeterm... Read More about The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice.

The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

Many interventions have been developed by staff to support students in understanding assessment task requirements and summative and formative feedback. However, to various extents these approaches assume a shared understanding of the, often indetermi... Read More about The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice.

Participatory backcasting towards desirable co-produced mobility futures: A case study of MaaS in Greater Manchester (2024)
Journal Article

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) has emerged as a model supported by popular discourse on achieving greener, more efficient and equitable future mobility. While technological change is a primary driver for models of development, the policy pathways, impl... Read More about Participatory backcasting towards desirable co-produced mobility futures: A case study of MaaS in Greater Manchester.

A ‘passive’ approach to Net Zero for New Zealand social housing – preliminary findings (2024)
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.

Prevention through Design (PtD) educational elements in engineering, architectural and construction domain: A review (2024)
Journal Article

Despite the increasing emphasis on early Prevention through Design (PtD) education, the extent to which educational elements need to be embedded in tertiary education remains unclear. To address these issues, a scoping review of the literature relate... Read More about Prevention through Design (PtD) educational elements in engineering, architectural and construction domain: A review.

Embedding sustainability in built environment curricula: Opportunities and challenges (2024)
Book Chapter

In the face of climate emergency, the built environment professional is required to engage meaningfully with a range of emotive topics across pollution, tackling inequalities, resource scarcity, acute weather events, ecological damage and financial c... Read More about Embedding sustainability in built environment curricula: Opportunities and challenges.

Fuzzy lines: Defining an architecture project office by its barriers and boundaries (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A collective mapping exercise of the fuzzy lines that position and border the contemporary Project Office when positioned within the institutional context of the UK architecture school. The aim of this workshop would be to collective map these bound... Read More about Fuzzy lines: Defining an architecture project office by its barriers and boundaries.

Cycling in the West of England: Nature, sustainability and wellbeing (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cycling and nature offer individuals health and wellbeing benefits, as well as the potential to contribute to local, national and global sustainability goals. Sometimes cycling and nature coincide, e.g., cycling through natural landscapes or on urban... Read More about Cycling in the West of England: Nature, sustainability and wellbeing.

Coping and adaptative strategies for building community based flood resilience (A case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria) (2024)
Thesis

Flood-prone communities often employ coping and adaptive strategies as a response to the frequent flood events they experience. These coping and adaptive strategies are derived from their indigenous and experiential knowledge. Flood prone communities... Read More about Coping and adaptative strategies for building community based flood resilience (A case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria).

The impact of engineered tree pit solutions on street tree growth and survival (2024)
Thesis

Internationally, cities are setting tree planting targets in recognition of tree-based ecosystem services. However, establishing street trees presents significant challenges and traditional techniques are associated with elevated tree mortality. Engi... Read More about The impact of engineered tree pit solutions on street tree growth and survival.

Missing missions or partial missions? Translating circular economy directionality into place-based transformative action (2024)
Journal Article

This paper investigates how top-down policy direction setting is interpreted and implemented within horizontal networks of practice. This is an under-investigated issue, yet vital for delivering ultimately transformative outcomes. It seeks to unpack... Read More about Missing missions or partial missions? Translating circular economy directionality into place-based transformative action.

Exploring inner-outer sustainability competencies with young people: The TAKE ACTION report (2024)
Report

This report explores green career aspirations and how they relate to competency development and learning approaches. 669 young people were engaged during this project, exposed to various engagement approaches. The report finds that empowering approac... Read More about Exploring inner-outer sustainability competencies with young people: The TAKE ACTION report.

Complexity and causation: Sustainable architecture through the lens of deconstructivism (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper critically re-examines sustainability in architecture through Derrida’s deconstructivist lens, challenging the reductive focus on efficient resource use and carbon consciousness. Current approaches often prioritise fixed, material criteria... Read More about Complexity and causation: Sustainable architecture through the lens of deconstructivism.