Outputs (127)

The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates (2015)
Journal Article

Most of the building renovation plans are usually decided in the early design stage. This delicate phase contains the greatest opportunity to achieve the high energy performance buildings after refurbishment. It is therefore important to provide the... Read More about The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates.

Valuing Wrexham's Urban Forest (2015)
Report

Urban forests are a valuable source of ecosystem services in towns and cities. They help us alleviate problems associated with densely packed populations by improving local air quality, capturing carbon and reducing flooding. They also provide food a... Read More about Valuing Wrexham's Urban Forest.

Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Studies in the UK and elsewhere have identified that flooding can result in diverse impacts, ranging from significant financial costs (tangible) to social (intangible) impacts on households. At the s... Read More about Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures.

Deep surface: On the situation of drawing (2015)
Journal Article

In the essay ‘The Gesture of Writing’, Vilém Flusser describes writing as a ‘penetrating gesture that informs a surface’. Understanding drawing as another form of ‘superficial’ graphic inscription, this paper looks into the implications of this mater... Read More about Deep surface: On the situation of drawing.

Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 The Authors. This study investigated the potential negative impacts of future UK climate change on dwellings. In particular, the risk of overheating was considered for a Passivhaus dwelling in London. The study used dynamic simulation modellin... Read More about Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate.

3D indoor building environment reconstruction using calibration of rangefinder data (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nowadays, municipalities intend to have 3D city models for facility management, disaster management and architectural planning. 3D data acquisition can be done by laser scanning for indoor environment which is a costly and time consuming process. Cur... Read More about 3D indoor building environment reconstruction using calibration of rangefinder data.

An automated 3D indoor topological navigation network modelling (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Indoor navigation is important for various applications such as disaster management and safety analysis. In the last decade, indoor environment has been a focus of wide research; that includes developing techniques for acquiring indoor data (e.g. Ter... Read More about An automated 3D indoor topological navigation network modelling.

Intellibility assessment in a square shaped preschool classroom according to the grouping of children of 3 to 5 year of age (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Architecture and Acoustic are intimately related, been sound an extremely important part of the human natural environment. Sounds give specific qualities to spaces establishing whether or not a hearing condition is pleasant or annoying to those who i... Read More about Intellibility assessment in a square shaped preschool classroom according to the grouping of children of 3 to 5 year of age.

Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment (2015)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to demystify the meaning of the term “consequential loss” in relation to the practice of construction law. Parties may have different understandings of the term and typically an exclusion clause will not solely... Read More about Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment.

A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In spite of the socio-economic benefits of the construction industry, it accounts for many deaths, injuries and illnesses in many countries. In developing countries like Vietnam, the situation is even worse. Health and safety (H&S) management plays a... Read More about A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam.