All Outputs (62)

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.

Can a student-led Repair Café develop a sense of belonging and provide hands-on experiences for engineering students? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Repair Cafés offer an effective challenge to the “throwaway society” providing a space where communities can work together to repair. Meanwhile, it has been shown that for engineering students from under-represented backgrounds, hands-on environments... Read More about Can a student-led Repair Café develop a sense of belonging and provide hands-on experiences for engineering students?.

Innovation with impact: Interdisciplinary approaches and empirical research with ceramic extrusion (2024)
Digital Artefact

This booklet covers research exploring innovative approaches with the ceramic extrusion process. The research was carried out from October 2021 to April 2024 and led by Dr Tavs Jorgensen, Associate Professor at the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) at... Read More about Innovation with impact: Interdisciplinary approaches and empirical research with ceramic extrusion.

Dimensions of maturity model for institutionalising Smart Circular Construction: A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The systematic adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies has potentials to achieve the transition to Smart Circular Construction (SCC). However, the construction literature lacks a systematic guidance of maturity models to inform the transition to circul... Read More about Dimensions of maturity model for institutionalising Smart Circular Construction: A systematic literature review.

Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks (2024)
Journal Article

Floods often cause significant damage to transportation infrastructure such as roads, railways, and bridges. This study identifies several topographic, environmental, and hydrological factors (slope, elevation, rainfall, land use and cover, distance... Read More about Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks.

Sensing solutions in soil biodiversity and carbon monitoring; from acoustics to biosensing (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation formed an overview of the current research into the technologies we are developing in SOAS at UWE for the analysis of soil carbon dynamics and soil biodiversity. It highlights three main strands; electrochemical (bio)sensing, gas s... Read More about Sensing solutions in soil biodiversity and carbon monitoring; from acoustics to biosensing.

Let’s Talk | Vamos Conversar (2024)
Physical Artefact

For UWE Bristol’s Postgraduate Symposium Proof! 2024, I made a short video presentation inviting students, staff and interested parties to join me in making small artworks for an exhibition EXERCISES FOR ALL at Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol this... Read More about Let’s Talk | Vamos Conversar.

Peak complexity – Why nothing works any more (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

How many times have system failures – technical, human or both – caused you loss, frustration or wasted time? Have you ever dealt with customer services or technical support who seemed powerless to fix the problem? Could these growing frustrations of... Read More about Peak complexity – Why nothing works any more.

Post occupancy evaluation in educational spaces: The impact of seasonal discrepancies (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM Excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces. This research focuses on winter conditions and the ou... Read More about Post occupancy evaluation in educational spaces: The impact of seasonal discrepancies.

Be less scientist, be more human: Scientists and policymakers mastering the art of public engagement in environmental governance (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In environmental psychology, a disconnection from nature is often studied but a disconnection from one another is less commonly discussed. Through a similar process of industrial growth, researchers and policymakers have been distanced from fellow hu... Read More about Be less scientist, be more human: Scientists and policymakers mastering the art of public engagement in environmental governance.

The role of enjoyment and affective arousal in air pollution and climate change decision-making (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Diverse citizens need to be involved in net zero transitions to ensure policy interventions do not entrench inequalities for people from minoritised or disenfranchised groups and ensure public engagement with rapid social changes. This talk draws on... Read More about The role of enjoyment and affective arousal in air pollution and climate change decision-making.

“Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Allotment gardens are widespread across Europe. Their gardeners maintain green oases in otherwise heavily built-up areas by cultivating urban land and caring for the green space. Thus, they generate positive externalities by privately managing public... Read More about “Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland.

Policy evidence for community climate action (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) region has pledged to reach Net Zero emissions by 2030 - 20 years earlier than UK Government ambitions. The area has a population of over 1.1 million people across the cities of Bristol and Bath, alongsi... Read More about Policy evidence for community climate action.

Digital toolmaking for earth building components: The use of low-cost extruder and 3D printing to develop new fabrication approaches for cob and light earth bricks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on ongoing research into innovative methods for extruding cob and light earth building components, aiming to establish a cost-effective fabrication system. The paper provides a brief contextual overview of related work and outlines... Read More about Digital toolmaking for earth building components: The use of low-cost extruder and 3D printing to develop new fabrication approaches for cob and light earth bricks.

Comfort, fashion, home and sustainability: How (/not) to live your life in a jumper (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation makes link between architecture and fashion, examining the socially constructed idea of comfort, modernity presented in both the built environment and garment industry.
Comfort is a socially constructed, ‘fashionable’ concept. It i... Read More about Comfort, fashion, home and sustainability: How (/not) to live your life in a jumper.

RIBA Horizons 2034 The Environmental Challenge: Mitigating carbon emissions- global challenge and regional priorities (2024)
Digital Artefact

Now more than ever, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Sixth Assessment Report clarifies the urgency of mitigating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to reduce our impact on the global climate and avoid the worst predictions.... Read More about RIBA Horizons 2034 The Environmental Challenge: Mitigating carbon emissions- global challenge and regional priorities.

RIBA Horizons 2034 The Environmental Challenge: An Introduction (2024)
Digital Artefact

The environmental challenge facing us is both vast and urgent.

Use of energy and materials is increasing globally, greenhouse gas emissions are going up rather than down, the devastating impacts of climate change are already being suffered from su... Read More about RIBA Horizons 2034 The Environmental Challenge: An Introduction.

Air and climate challenges in the city region. Perspectives from research, policy and practice over a 40 year career (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A review of the causes, impacts and opportunities for mitigation of atmospheric pollution over the last 40 years.

Why is Keir Starmer ignoring the concrete and steel elephant in the room? (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine

Keir Starmer has just announced that if Labour wins the election, they will build 1.5m homes in England, and that they will be prepared to ‘bulldoze’ any local opposition. These are persuasive numbers and statements – but who is he trying to impress?... Read More about Why is Keir Starmer ignoring the concrete and steel elephant in the room?.

Rural mobility fund evaluation: Interim report (2023)
Report

The Rural Mobility Fund (RMF) provides funding to local transport authorities (LTAs) to trial demand responsive transport (DRT) in rural and suburban areas of England. DRT is a flexible service that provides shared transport to users who can specify... Read More about Rural mobility fund evaluation: Interim report.