Outputs (667)

Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies (2020)
Journal Article

The relentless pursuit of lower production costs causes companies to invest in more efficient production systems so that they can remain economically competitive, while the actions focusing on more sustainable operations from an environmental point o... Read More about Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies.

Citizen engagement and behaviour modelling for clean air and net zero carbon (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The environmental and health impacts of climate change and air pollution are being felt around the world and yet cohesive and collaborative policymaking to mitigate emissions are moving too slowly. Behaviour change campaigns instead focus on individu... Read More about Citizen engagement and behaviour modelling for clean air and net zero carbon.

A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Health and safety hazards associated with the redevelopment of contaminated sites can be complex and pose considerable risks. A systematic literature review was conducted on risk assessment tools for contaminated sites. These too... Read More about A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects.

Wipe (2020)
Physical Artefact

Wipe is a small assembling publication in which toilet paper is the medium. The use of a nonarchival, indeed anti-archival medium, is intentional, with the ephemerality and fragility of the medium in sharp contrast with the artistic concern for archi... Read More about Wipe.

Anticipating urban travel transitions and new mobility behaviours. Discussion Paper prepared for ITF Working Group on Urban Travel Transitions in light of Covid-19 (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper

There have been large discrepancies between forecasts of travel demand and outcomes in industrialised countries in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The paper identifies how we can better anticipate travel transitions to inform expe... Read More about Anticipating urban travel transitions and new mobility behaviours. Discussion Paper prepared for ITF Working Group on Urban Travel Transitions in light of Covid-19.

Public transport: Social distancing without socially excluding (2020)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #2 on 18 June 2020 was titled "Social distancing – the deat... Read More about Public transport: Social distancing without socially excluding.

Right tree, right infrastructure (2020)
Journal Article

Exploring the motivations and barriers to the use of reusable menstrual products among university students (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper

Despite widespread need for menstrual products globally, they remain relatively unrepresented within sustainability research. Single-use menstrual products containing plastics and chemicals damage the environment and users' health. Reusable menstrual... Read More about Exploring the motivations and barriers to the use of reusable menstrual products among university students.

A GIS-MOPSO integrated method for optimal design of grid-connected HRES for educational buildings (2020)
Book Chapter

In this paper, an optimal design of a grid-connected PV-battery-hydrogen hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) at a University campus in Ouargla, Algeria is carried out. To achieve this goal, geographical information system (GIS), CAD software and mu... Read More about A GIS-MOPSO integrated method for optimal design of grid-connected HRES for educational buildings.

An unusual bee hotel: Cultivating care in a time of ecological loss (2020)
Digital Artefact

Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Photovoltaic degradation rates play a vital role in visualizing and analyzing the performance of the PV modules over the long run. A site survey is conducted to calculate PV degradation rates. The results have shown that for the first three years sin... Read More about Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates.

Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring (2020)
Report

Pollinators are vital to our wellbeing and the survival of nature. By helping plants reproduce, pollinators support a steady supply of healthy and economically valuable food for humans and prop up entire ecosystems. However, we are at risk of losing... Read More about Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring.

Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Slides presented at the final of ClairCity's four webinar series, delivered as an alternative to their planned in-person conference. Sophie spoke alongside colleagues Laura Fogg-Rogers and community organisations in Bristol.

The presentation focus... Read More about Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive.

Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems (2020)
Journal Article

Generating energy by means of renewable sources is a vital strategy for all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Photovoltaic (PV) systems in the GCC have been a primary choice among renewable sources due to regional weather and high levels... Read More about Potential regions in the Persian Gulf to deploy offshore floating photovoltaic systems.

Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens (2020)
Journal Article

Insects as food is not a new idea. In the Old Testament’s book of Leviticus a list of permissible foods is given; insects including, locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers are included. Earlier still, the Romans and Greeks were known to dine on beetle l... Read More about Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Systems Engineering: Eliciting sustainability requirements (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses a PhD research project testing the hypothesis that using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) [18] as explicit inputs to drive the Software Requirements Engineering process will result in requirements with impro... Read More about The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Systems Engineering: Eliciting sustainability requirements.

‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools (2020)
Journal Article

Supporting young people with global crises mitigation strategies is essential, yet loaded with ethical dilemmas for the educator. This study explores whether young people will make ethical decisions regarding the sustainability of food choice in scho... Read More about ‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools.

A long-term monitoring programme for Great Apes in Monte Alén National Park (2020)
Journal Article

Keeping it real: Towards a documentary film policy for the UK (2020)
Report

This report presents the findings of a survey of UK feature documentary producers and directors that was conducted in the summer of 2019 under the auspices of the ‘UK Feature Docs’ research project, an AHRC-funded study of the UK’s feature-length doc... Read More about Keeping it real: Towards a documentary film policy for the UK.

A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes (2020)
Journal Article

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN. To protect what remains of the European eel population, accurate monitoring methods for this species are important. Environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques are gaini... Read More about A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes.