Outputs (116)

Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2020). Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 64, 101448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101448

The Passivhaus model emphasises a high standard of building fabric insulation and controlled ventilation with heat recovery in order to achieve comfort and reduce energy use. The implication is that environmental control is achieved by the building f... Read More about Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom.

Skills gap assessment to enhance the delivery of technical and vocational education: A case study of electrical installation graduates in Ogun and Kaduna states of Nigeria (2020)
Thesis
Awonuga, O. O. Skills gap assessment to enhance the delivery of technical and vocational education: A case study of electrical installation graduates in Ogun and Kaduna states of Nigeria. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1490840

Nigeria requires an efficient and a capable skilled workforce to manage the construction industry. The workforce comprises the engineers, technicians and the craftsmen from Nigerian universities, polytechnics and technical colleges. The importance of... Read More about Skills gap assessment to enhance the delivery of technical and vocational education: A case study of electrical installation graduates in Ogun and Kaduna states of Nigeria.

Learning through successful feedback: Digital opportunities for effective feedback in project-based architectural education (2020)
Journal Article
Bassindale, J. (2020). Learning through successful feedback: Digital opportunities for effective feedback in project-based architectural education. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 16(2), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2020.1717681

The study focuses on improving student feedback and assessment in Architectural Education, a subject area where constructive criticism is crucial and forms a part of the methodology of both teaching and practice. The UK National Student Survey consis... Read More about Learning through successful feedback: Digital opportunities for effective feedback in project-based architectural education.

Learning from nature: A new paradigm of designing based on an ecological symbiosis between the users and the built environment (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Nikolaidou, A. (2020, January). Learning from nature: A new paradigm of designing based on an ecological symbiosis between the users and the built environment. Presented at Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments, Florida State University, Florida, United States

Health and wellbeing in design studio briefs – Architecture and engineering graduating students’ motivations and approaches (2020)
Journal Article
Oliveira, S., Griffin, E., Cash, D., & Marco, E. (2020). Health and wellbeing in design studio briefs – Architecture and engineering graduating students’ motivations and approaches. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 41(2), 137-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624419897394

© The Author(s) 2020. The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon architecture and environmental engineering students’ approaches to health and wellbeing issues in design studio project briefs. The design studio project is a key aspect of the studen... Read More about Health and wellbeing in design studio briefs – Architecture and engineering graduating students’ motivations and approaches.

Leading the healthy city: Taking advantage of the power of place (2020)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2020). Leading the healthy city: Taking advantage of the power of place. Cities and Health, 4(2), 221-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1693793

Creating healthy cities requires the exercise of bold city and community leadership. However, our understanding of the role of local leadership, from inside and outside the state, in bringing about processes that can co-create healthy, just and susta... Read More about Leading the healthy city: Taking advantage of the power of place.