Outputs (49)

The effect of appraiser rotation : Dutch institutional investors’ experience (2015)
Journal Article

Institutional investors experience a large valuation gap when they change appraiser on their investment properties compared to months or quarters when there is no change of appraiser. We find that appraiser rotation leads to a significant effec... Read More about The effect of appraiser rotation : Dutch institutional investors’ experience.

Book review: Bathroom (2015)
Journal Article

Cooling the UK housing stock post-2050s (2015)
Journal Article

© The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav. This paper investigates the risk of projected post-2050s overheating in existing, retrofitted and new-build dwellings in... Read More about Cooling the UK housing stock post-2050s.

Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The key aspects that built environment professionals need to consider when evaluating roofs for the purpose of green roof retrofit and also when assessing green roofs for technical due diligence purposes... Read More about Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district.

Dysfunctional neighbourhoods: A conceptual framework for urban regeneration and renewal (2015)
Journal Article

For neighbourhoods within area-based initiatives for regeneration and renewal, they often experience difficulties of poverty, disadvantage, and deprivation. Furthermore, the experience of function or dysfunction is also important when exploring neigh... Read More about Dysfunctional neighbourhoods: A conceptual framework for urban regeneration and renewal.

Impact of the simplification of the methodology used to assess the thermal bridge of the head of an opening (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. The interface between the head of the window and the wall represents one of the largest thermal bridges of a building and one of the areas with the highest risk of surface condensation and mould growth. This study is... Read More about Impact of the simplification of the methodology used to assess the thermal bridge of the head of an opening.

Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana (2015)
Journal Article

Poor quality, safety and environmental (QSE) performance within Ghana's road sector has been cited as a major challenge in the procurement of infrastructure. This study evaluates the applicability and level of integrated consideration of QSE in the d... Read More about Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana.

Summer thermal comfort and self-shading geometries in Passivhaus dwellings: A pilot study using future UK climates (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 by the authors. This study uses numerical thermal simulation to investigate the potential use of building geometry to eliminate or reduce current and future thermal discomfort overheating risk in UK Passivhaus dwellings. The study focused on t... Read More about Summer thermal comfort and self-shading geometries in Passivhaus dwellings: A pilot study using future UK climates.

The problematic differentiation between property bonds and leases in healthcare provision: A Southern Cross case study (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – There are some 487,000 places in long-stay residential care and nursing homes in the UK representing an industry worth some £15.2 billion per annum. Creating leases with guaranteed rental uplifts, a prope... Read More about The problematic differentiation between property bonds and leases in healthcare provision: A Southern Cross case study.

Stakeholders mapping – A case of international logistics projects (2015)
Journal Article

Implementation of projects often causes social conflicts, resulting in delays or even abandonment of the project. Those conflicts often arise or are revealed around projects related to the development and creation of logistics infrastructure. One of... Read More about Stakeholders mapping – A case of international logistics projects.