Outputs (131)

Biomorpher: Interactive evolution for parametric design (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, The Author(s) 2018. Combining graph-based parametric design with metaheuristic solvers has to date focused solely on performance-based criteria and solving clearly defined objectives. In this article, we outline a new method for combining a p... Read More about Biomorpher: Interactive evolution for parametric design.

Integration of ecodesign principles within small product design consultancies (2018)
Thesis

Each year in the UK (United Kingdom) hundreds of millions of consumer products are sold, leading to many millions of tonnes of waste being buried or burned annually. While there are many large businesses that produce consumer products, in the UK smal... Read More about Integration of ecodesign principles within small product design consultancies.

Considering the value of community engagement for (co-)producing blue–green infrastructure (2018)
Book Chapter

Do domestic heating controls save energy? A review of the evidence (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Authors Claims about the benefits of heating controls are often biased, unsubstantiated, misleading, or incorrect. This paper presents a systematic and critical international review of the evidence for the energy saving, cost effectiveness... Read More about Do domestic heating controls save energy? A review of the evidence.

Britain and Brexit: All at sea (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A presentation investigating the impacts of the UK's decision to leave the European Union on marine fisheries and nature conservation legislation

Minding the gap: The professionals' view on the interaction between urban design theory and practice (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Liverpool University Press. All rights reserved. In order to better understand the relationship between the theory and the actual practice of urban design, this paper identifies and analyses the key factors that are involved in generating new... Read More about Minding the gap: The professionals' view on the interaction between urban design theory and practice.

Smart contracts in construction: Views and perceptions of stakeholders (2018)
Journal Article

Smart contracts and blockchain technology are at the forefront of technological advancement in the financial services industry. The basic premise involves the creation of an automated contract capable of satisfying common conditions and reducing the... Read More about Smart contracts in construction: Views and perceptions of stakeholders.

The ownership of inshore fisheries in Scotland: An opportunity for community ownership? (2018)
Journal Article

The Scottish Government has pledged to reform inshore fisheries by 2020, while the UK Government is in the process of reforming fisheries legislation with the Fisheries Bill, brought forward in anticipation of the departure of the UK from the EU. . A... Read More about The ownership of inshore fisheries in Scotland: An opportunity for community ownership?.

An empirical comparison of ethical perceptions among the consultant’s quantity surveyor and contractor’s quantity surveyor in the UK construction industry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fraudulent and corrupt practices are a worldwide phenomenon within the construction industry. Tender collusion, price fixing, subcontractor bribes, and overbilling have all been found to occur at project level. These practices not only have deleterio... Read More about An empirical comparison of ethical perceptions among the consultant’s quantity surveyor and contractor’s quantity surveyor in the UK construction industry.

Place Value Wiki (2018)
Digital Artefact

Place Value Wiki brings together in a ‘raw’ form the range of rigorous research evidence that links the ‘quality’ and design of ‘place’ with the value added in health, social, economic and environmental terms.

As a wiki it is available to all rese... Read More about Place Value Wiki.