Outputs (56)

From data to strata? How design professionals “see” energy use in buildings (2023)
Journal Article
Oliveira, S., Shortt, H., & King, L. (2023). From data to strata? How design professionals “see” energy use in buildings. Energy Research and Social Science, 101, Article 103117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103117

Improving design for efficient energy use in the built environment is a critical area for decarbonisation policy and practice. To date, this research emphasises improving tools and technology for predicting and managing energy use in buildings. No st... Read More about From data to strata? How design professionals “see” energy use in buildings.

Changes in unemployment and permanent sickness in England’s East Midlands coalfields, 1971–2011 (2023)
Journal Article
Sinnett, D., & Norman, P. (2024). Changes in unemployment and permanent sickness in England’s East Midlands coalfields, 1971–2011. Regional Studies, 58(1), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2191642

The UK coal industry was an important part of the economy, but it experienced substantial job losses during the 1980s and 1990s. To alleviate the resulting socio-economic problems, many areas received regeneration funds. We examine to what extent rel... Read More about Changes in unemployment and permanent sickness in England’s East Midlands coalfields, 1971–2011.

Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S (2023)
Journal Article
Beck Schildt, J. C., Booth, C. A., Horry, R. E., & Wiejak-Roy, G. (2023). Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S. Buildings, 13(5), Article 1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051241

Environmental concerns over the effects of construction sector activities necessitate meaningful measures to be taken. Despite worldwide increases in the uptake of environmental management systems (EMS), implementation of EMS across the construction... Read More about Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S.

From civic responsibility to socio-spatial civic agency: Critiquing the civic university movement through live projects (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, M., & Columbano, A. (2023). From civic responsibility to socio-spatial civic agency: Critiquing the civic university movement through live projects. Charrette, 8(2), 8-32

Through exploration of Birmingham School of Architecture & Design’s pioneering live project programme, this paper presents a commentary on the potential of architecture and design education in achieving the ambitions of the Civic University movement.... Read More about From civic responsibility to socio-spatial civic agency: Critiquing the civic university movement through live projects.

An ontology to represent the prevention through design (PtD) concept in integrated project delivery (IPD) in the construction industry from an architectural perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Samsudin, N. S., Khalil, N., Mohammad, M. Z., Md Ajis, A., Hamzah, H., Che Ibrahim, C. K. I., & Manu, P. (2023). An ontology to represent the prevention through design (PtD) concept in integrated project delivery (IPD) in the construction industry from an architectural perspective. Buildings, 13(5), 1128. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051128

The Prevention through Design (PtD) concept has been widely used to mitigate potential safety and health hazards and minimize residual risks during the early design phase. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) prioritizes project-wide collaboration and c... Read More about An ontology to represent the prevention through design (PtD) concept in integrated project delivery (IPD) in the construction industry from an architectural perspective.

Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies (2023)
Journal Article
Squier, H., & Booth, C. A. (2023). Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies. Journal of Sustainability Research, 5(2), Article e230005. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20230005

Organisational sustainability reporting can act as a mechanism for the United Nations to track the progress of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and concomitantly provide clarity of business activities and performance to a range of stakehol... Read More about Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies.

Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability (2023)
Journal Article
Lavaf Pour, Y., & Meraz, F. (2023). Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability. ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 8(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.55588/ajar.374

The paper acts as a critique of prevalent current sustainable architecture and proposes a conceptual framework for sustainable design practice. In this paper, we argue that sustainable building standards,such as Passivhaus and BREEAM, have failed to... Read More about Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability.

Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials (2023)
Journal Article
Abbey, S. J., Amakye, S. Y., Eyo, E. U., Booth, C. A., & Jeremiah, J. J. (2023). Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials. Materials, 16(8), 3124. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16083124

This work presents an experimental study on the physico-mechanical and microstructural characteristics of stabilised soils and the effect of wetting and drying cycles on their durability as road subgrade materials. The durability of expansive road su... Read More about Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials.

Architecture on the couch: A transdisciplinary exploration of buildings as psychological subjects (2023)
Journal Article
Mosley, J., Crociani-Windland, L., Warren, S., & Williams, N. (2023). Architecture on the couch: A transdisciplinary exploration of buildings as psychological subjects. ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 8(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.55588/378

The paper introduces the research project ‘Architecture on the Couch: The psychology of buildings’ that radically re-conceptualises architecture as a psychosocial subject, entwined with the psychology of its creators and its inhabitants. Seeking to u... Read More about Architecture on the couch: A transdisciplinary exploration of buildings as psychological subjects.

Reconceptualising sustainability practice research in architecture: Radical ways of seeing and imagining (2023)
Journal Article
Oliviera, S., Betancour, A., Mosley, J., & Schröder, T. (2023). Reconceptualising sustainability practice research in architecture: Radical ways of seeing and imagining. ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 8(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.55588/ajar.390

In this introductory essay, which also frames the other contributions to this AJAR Special Collection that were selected from the papers given at the Radical Architecture Practice for Sustainability (RAPS) conference in 2021, we will – in our role as... Read More about Reconceptualising sustainability practice research in architecture: Radical ways of seeing and imagining.