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Towards solar facades as participatory public art: An introduction (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Nicoletti, E. (2023, June). Towards solar facades as participatory public art: An introduction. Presented at Upfest Workshop Series

The presentation was given at the start of co-design workshops with Bristol professionals involved in building design and residents. It introduced the project the events were part of and solar facades research. The events aimed to engage the public i... Read More about Towards solar facades as participatory public art: An introduction.

Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health training and education: A systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Babalola, A., Manu, P., Cheung, C., Yunusa-Kaltungo, A., & Bartolo, P. (2023). Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health training and education: A systematic review. Safety Science, 166, Article 106214

Immersive technologies (ImTs) have emerged as a viable pathway to address poor occupational safety and health (OSH) performance through training and education of workers. This study aimed to gain a holistic view of the applications of ImTs for OSH tr... Read More about Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health training and education: A systematic review.

How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Zhao, J. (2023, June). How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour. Presented at Un/Building the Future: The Country and The City in the Anthropocene, University of Warwick

Buildings are the UK’s second-largest source of emissions. The household sector in particular, contributes to more than a quarter of the overall energy consumption and GHG emission, with space heating contributing to 63% of household energy consumpti... Read More about How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour.

Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats (2023)
Journal Article
Adamatzky, A., Tarabella, G., Phillips, N., Chiolerio, A., D’Angelo, P., Nikolaidou, A., & Sirakoulis, G. C. (2023). Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9367. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36244-8

A kombucha is a tea and sugar fermented by over sixty kinds of yeasts and bacteria. This symbiotic community produces kombucha mats, which are cellulose-based hydrogels. The kombucha mats can be used as an alternative to animal leather in industry an... Read More about Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats.

Towards digital-twin solutions for the 15 minute city (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Ludlow, D., Khan, Z., Chrysoulakis, N., & Mitraka, Z. (2023). Towards digital-twin solutions for the 15 minute city. In 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). https://doi.org/10.1109/jurse57346.2023.10144161

The Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency have re-emphasised the need to re-evaluate urban governance and planning process in cities. The "new-normal"and digital transformations offer catalysts to drive and deliver climate mitigation in cities.... Read More about Towards digital-twin solutions for the 15 minute city.

Dataset of characterised construction safety risks and related treatments (2023)
Journal Article
Osorio-Sandoval, C. A., Crick, G., Collinge, W. H., Farghaly, K., Mosleh, M. H., Manu, P., & Cheung, C. M. (2023). Dataset of characterised construction safety risks and related treatments. Data in Brief, 48, Article 109293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109293

The Safety Risk Library [1] is a structured database [2] that integrates knowledge drawn from multiple sources to address the problem of information disaggregation in the construction industry. This knowledge base maps construction safety risk scenar... Read More about Dataset of characterised construction safety risks and related treatments.

Rethinking abandoned buildings as positive energy buildings in a former industrial site in Italy (2023)
Journal Article
Sibilla, M., Touibi, D., & Abanda, F. H. (2023). Rethinking abandoned buildings as positive energy buildings in a former industrial site in Italy. Energies, 16(11), Article 4503. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16114503

The transition from nearly zero-emission building (NZEB) to positive energy building (PEB) models is a new trend, justified by the need to increase the efforts to address the climate change targets and the ambition for a clean energy transition in th... Read More about Rethinking abandoned buildings as positive energy buildings in a former industrial site in Italy.

Mental wellbeing, housing provision and social valuation in a United Kingdom context: A planning issue? (2023)
Journal Article
Emeghe, I. J., & Pain, K. (2023). Mental wellbeing, housing provision and social valuation in a United Kingdom context: A planning issue?. Built Environment, 49(2), 286-303

This paper provides insights into the influence of housing quality on occupier mental wellbeing based on a critical review of interdisciplinary literature spanning housing, health and wellbeing, autonomy, and social value. We consider the signifi can... Read More about Mental wellbeing, housing provision and social valuation in a United Kingdom context: A planning issue?.

Stirling Wilford and Associates, 1980-2000 (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Landi, D., Iuliano, M., Tymon-McEwan, A., Jones, J., & Zhan, Y. Stirling Wilford and Associates, 1980-2000. [Exhibition]. 1 June 2023 - 25 August 2023. (Unpublished)

This exhibition provides an opportunity to explore the unexpected everyday life in an architectural office, Stirling Wilford and Associates, through selected documentation from the archives of the firm. Before Dublin, this exhibition was shown in... Read More about Stirling Wilford and Associates, 1980-2000.

Modeling the neighborhood wellbeing of townships in South Africa (2023)
Journal Article
Moghayedi, A., Mehmood, A., Michell, K., & Ekpo, C. O. (2023). Modeling the neighborhood wellbeing of townships in South Africa. Sustainability, 15(11), Article 8542. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118542

Townships in South Africa are characterized by underdeveloped urban neighborhoods on the periphery of cities, where their inhabitants suffer from a poor quality of life. Given the relative lack of empirical research on the wellbeing of people living... Read More about Modeling the neighborhood wellbeing of townships in South Africa.