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Arguments for a co-production approach to community flood protection (2019)
Journal Article

With more intense rainfall and sea level rises predicted, an increasing number of people across the UK are vulnerable to flood events. The government has pledged more funding for flood infrastructure planning, design and management. However, schemes... Read More about Arguments for a co-production approach to community flood protection.

What will the Urban freight System look like in 2040? Innovative and Co-Design Solutions to Shape Freight Transport Systems of the Future: a Participatory Process (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the upcoming era of new technologies, the transport system is expected to be 'more sustainable', 'safer' and 'more efficient'. However, to what extent is this true? Based on the results of a series of stakeholder engagement workshops, the paper ex... Read More about What will the Urban freight System look like in 2040? Innovative and Co-Design Solutions to Shape Freight Transport Systems of the Future: a Participatory Process.

Bamboo hybrids bolster timber (2019)
Journal Article

A relatively common material is not being embraced fully for building supplies. Interest in bamboo is growing, through research and media campaigning about the material’s environmental benefits, properties and its ability to replace wood, steel and c... Read More about Bamboo hybrids bolster timber.

Establishing a metropolitan transport authority in Istanbul: A new institutional economics framework for institutional change in urban transport (2019)
Journal Article

Rapid urban growth and resulting urban transport problems in developing cities trigger major transformative reform attempts. However, these attempts might fail due to ignoring the role of the institutional environment. Changing the governance structu... Read More about Establishing a metropolitan transport authority in Istanbul: A new institutional economics framework for institutional change in urban transport.

Polylactic acid/lyocell fibre as an eco-friendly alternative to polyethylene terephthalate/cotton fibre blended yarns and knitted fabrics (2019)
Journal Article

Polylactic acid (PLA) and lyocell fibres blend can offer an eco-friendly alternative to commonly employed blend of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and cotton fibres in textiles. PET fibre is non-biodegradable and depletes fossils fuels and adds to l... Read More about Polylactic acid/lyocell fibre as an eco-friendly alternative to polyethylene terephthalate/cotton fibre blended yarns and knitted fabrics.

The Short Guide to Town and Country Planning 2e (2019)
Book

The fully updated Short Guide to Town and Country Planning provides an concise introductory overview of the practice of planning for those with little or no prior knowledge. This second edition considers who planners are and what they do, showing how... Read More about The Short Guide to Town and Country Planning 2e.

Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The ideology of Passivhaus is clear. It is a building standard associated with a really well insulated and airtight building that saves energy – in both hot and cold climates. There is evidence from that shows how important this approach to building... Read More about Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet.

Effect of key process variables on mechanical properties of blended vortex spun yarns (2018)
Journal Article

A study of significant factors and their interaction during vortex yarn spinning has been carried out to achieve desired mechanical properties of the polyethylene terephthalate/cotton blended yarns which can offer process and performance advantages.... Read More about Effect of key process variables on mechanical properties of blended vortex spun yarns.

Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A growing number of transport bodies are trying to make sense of how to inform and shape policymaking and investment in the face of deep uncertainty. Potentially disruptive transport technologies are only part of a more complex picture of societal ch... Read More about Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.

Geochemistry of the red soils in the Northern Iranian Loess Plateau and implications for its origin and paleoclimate reconstruction (2018)
Journal Article

Introduction During the last decade, considerable progress has been made in the study of known loess deposits and their paleoclimatic implications in Northern Iran, whereas little information is available about the red soils which are beneath the the... Read More about Geochemistry of the red soils in the Northern Iranian Loess Plateau and implications for its origin and paleoclimate reconstruction.

Hotel Paris (2018)
Book

This catalogue is part of a collection published by the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. It documents student design work produced in the Master of Architecture (M... Read More about Hotel Paris.

Why architects matter (2018)
Journal Article

Review of Flora Samuel's book 'Why Architects Matter'

Furthering embodied carbon assessment in practice: Results of an industry-academia collaborative research project (2018)
Journal Article

In order to meet the mid-century carbon reduction targets and to mitigate climate change and global warming it is imperative that embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in the built environment receive immediate attention from policy, industry an... Read More about Furthering embodied carbon assessment in practice: Results of an industry-academia collaborative research project.

Design and construction strategies for reducing embodied impacts from buildings – Case study analysis (2018)
Journal Article

The dominance of operational energy and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of most existing buildings is decreasing in new construction, when primary fossil energy of building operation decreases as result of the implementation of energy efficien... Read More about Design and construction strategies for reducing embodied impacts from buildings – Case study analysis.

Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation (2018)
Book

Embodied carbon is, to some extent, an odd beast. Its importance is evident and the beneficial consequences of its reduction undeniable. We know that the built envi- ronment is a major source of our carbon excesses, yet most policies focus only on pa... Read More about Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation.

Embodied carbon measurement, mitigation and management within Europe, drawing on a cross-case analysis of 60 building case studies (2018)
Book Chapter

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art on this subject within Europe. In order to do so, it draws on a cross-case analysis of over 60 European case studies, developed and analysed by the authors as part of the Internat... Read More about Embodied carbon measurement, mitigation and management within Europe, drawing on a cross-case analysis of 60 building case studies.

Women, Boards, and the UK Built Environment (2017)
Report

"The most recent 2017 statistics have seen a small increase in women holding technical roles in UK industry. However, despite years of attention from industry leaders, activists and government, the built environment sector has failed to achieve femal... Read More about Women, Boards, and the UK Built Environment.

Inclusion of on-site renewables in design-stage building life cycle assessments (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper investigates the inclusion of renewables in building life cycle assessments. On-site renewable electricity generation is increasingly common in the built environment, but existing guidance for the inclusion of these renewable systems in de... Read More about Inclusion of on-site renewables in design-stage building life cycle assessments.

IEA EBC annex 57 ‘evaluation of embodied energy and CO2eq for building construction’ (2017)
Journal Article

The current regulations to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from buildings have focused on operational energy consumption. Thus legislation excludes measurement and reduction of the embodied energy and embodied GHG emissio... Read More about IEA EBC annex 57 ‘evaluation of embodied energy and CO2eq for building construction’.

Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: The next performance gap made manifest (2017)
Journal Article

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is becoming increasingly mainstream as an early-stage design-decision tool for buildings. Still, there are considerable variations in how the method is currently used, leading to limitations in comparing the results and th... Read More about Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: The next performance gap made manifest.