Outputs (84)

Revitalising brownfields: A just transition to clean energy and energy equity (2025)
Journal Article

Energy poverty, affecting millions in the UK, exacerbates social and economic inequality by limiting access to affordable, sustainable energy. This issue is intensified by rising energy costs, inefficient housing and broader systemic injustices. At t... Read More about Revitalising brownfields: A just transition to clean energy and energy equity.

Eugenol@Montmorillonite vs. Citral@Montmorillonite Nanohybrids for gelatin-based extruded, edible, high oxygen barrier, active packaging films (2025)
Journal Article

In the context of the circular economy, the valorization of bio-derived waste has become a priority across various production sectors, including food processing and packaging. Gelatin (Gel), a protein which can be recovered from meat industry byprodu... Read More about Eugenol@Montmorillonite vs. Citral@Montmorillonite Nanohybrids for gelatin-based extruded, edible, high oxygen barrier, active packaging films.

Bridging innovation and practice: Assessing the readiness for 3D printing in construction (2025)
Journal Article

Abstract

Design/methodology/approach (limit 100 words):
The literature review discusses both the benefits—such as lower labour costs, faster construction times, and less material waste—and the drawbacks—such as high initial costs, reliance on tra... Read More about Bridging innovation and practice: Assessing the readiness for 3D printing in construction.

Professional development for all: Enabling advocates for education for sustainable development (2025)
Book Chapter

Leadership and governance for education for sustainable development: Engagement, strategy and transformation (2025)
Book Chapter

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.

3D food printing: building sustainable and resilient food supply chains (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

3D food printing (3DFP) allows for precise control over the ingredients and structure of food products, facilitating the design of foods that cater to specific dietary needs and preferences. However, despite these potential advantages, it is still in... Read More about 3D food printing: building sustainable and resilient food supply chains.

Insights into the use of GRESB as an ESG benchmarking tool (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose - Sustainability practices and reporting have consistently evolved over the years with trends towards more holistic approaches with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). In the real estate sector over the last deca... Read More about Insights into the use of GRESB as an ESG benchmarking tool.

Convenors’ note – Biotextiles and sustainable textiles (2024)
Journal Article

The environmental implications of textile practice are a critical consideration for contemporary design and research. As an industry where toxicity, pollution, waste, and resource depletion are devastating problems, alongside exploitative use of reso... Read More about Convenors’ note – Biotextiles and sustainable textiles.

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.

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

his research explores the use of History to enhance education in the field of ICT For Sustainability (ICT4S) in response to a challenge from the ICT4S 2023 conference. No previous studies were found in ICT4S but the literature on History and Educatio... Read More about History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

Creating a learning environment that values multiple perspectives, in the face of climate related design challenges (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation explores the importance of learning environments for Higher Education students that value multiple perspectives on a specific design challenge. Using examples from the classroom, this presentation will explore the vital role of inte... Read More about Creating a learning environment that values multiple perspectives, in the face of climate related design challenges.

A transdisciplinary engineering and systems approach for decarbonizing UK home heating (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

At present, only around 10% of the heat pumps required to reach our critical 2050 climate goals are being installed in the UK. The government has set ambitious targets to phase out gas boilers by 2035, replacing them with heat pumps. This paper argue... Read More about A transdisciplinary engineering and systems approach for decarbonizing UK home heating.

Retrofit information challenges and potential solutions: Perspectives of households, retrofit professionals and local policy makers in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

Rapidly scaling up energy retrofit for existing buildings is critical to help meet climate targets. Information is frequently identified as a key barrier to residential retrofit. This paper explores the role of information sharing in accelerating ret... Read More about Retrofit information challenges and potential solutions: Perspectives of households, retrofit professionals and local policy makers in the United Kingdom.

Findings: Survey of Airlander in South Yorkshire (2024)
Report

The study explored public perceptions of Airlander in the Doncaster area, focusing on:
1.Its economic and environmental impacts.
2.Public awareness and alignment with the UKRI Future Flight initiative.
Broad Awareness: 75% of respondents had heard... Read More about Findings: Survey of Airlander in South Yorkshire.

Collaboration for the sustainable food supply chain: A bibliometric analysis (2024)
Journal Article

There is increasing attention on the topic of collaboration for sustainable food supply chains (SFSCs), with increasingly contributing journals and publications every year. The urgency of this topic is even more highlighted due to the COVID‐19 pandem... Read More about Collaboration for the sustainable food supply chain: A bibliometric analysis.

Solar-integrated biogas reactor for efficient kitchen waste conversion to biogas (2024)
Journal Article

This study aimed to improve biogas production by co-digesting kitchen waste and animal manure in a solar-integrated biogas reactor. The panel then heated the substrate mixture to the right temperature for the reactor after turning solar energy into e... Read More about Solar-integrated biogas reactor for efficient kitchen waste conversion to biogas.

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.

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.

Exploring IPD as an antidote to fragmentation within the UK construction sector (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Construction Industry has for long been criticised for poor performance and lack of collaborative culture. Studies over the years have linked these to fragmentation amongst project teams - which still leads to cost overruns and project delays. Co... Read More about Exploring IPD as an antidote to fragmentation within the UK construction sector.