All Outputs (7)

Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2023). Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site. In R. Kilian, S. Saba, & C. Gietz (Eds.), EEHB 2022 Post Prints. The 4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (219-227)

Carbon emissions from the built environment must be urgently reduced to mitigate climate change. Retrofit of existing buildings is key. However, heritage buildings pose a particular challenge, particularly domestic buildings where retrofit is mainly... Read More about Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site.

Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment (2023)
Book
Moncaster, A., & Azari, R. (Eds.). (2023). Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This handbook explores the critically important topic of embodied carbon, providing advanced insights that focus on measuring and reducing embodied carbon from across the built environment, including buildings, urban areas and cities, and constructio... Read More about Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment.

Embodied emissions - knowledge building for industry (2023)
Book Chapter
Houlihan Wiberg, A., James, B., Moncaster, A., Nygaard Rasmussen, F., Malmqvist, T., & Birgisdottir, H. (2023). Embodied emissions - knowledge building for industry. In R. Azari, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment (147-181). Routledge

A climate emergency has been declared and government, policymakers, industries, researchers and architects have tremendous potential to shift the entire industry towards a (net) zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-built environment. In particular, th... Read More about Embodied emissions - knowledge building for industry.

Embodied carbon and building retrofit (2023)
Book Chapter
Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2023). Embodied carbon and building retrofit. In R. Azari, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment (296-328). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

There is a critical need to reduce energy and associated carbon emissions from the existing built environment to help mitigate climate change. This requires significant upscaling of energy retrofitting. However, at present, retrofit assessments commo... Read More about Embodied carbon and building retrofit.

Minimising embodied carbon: A question of politics, not percentages (2023)
Book Chapter
Moncaster, A. (2023). Minimising embodied carbon: A question of politics, not percentages. In R. Azari, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment (7-19). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277927

Embodied carbon (EC) has long been a thorny issue, for many years excluded from policy and regulation. Definitions of ‘zero carbon’ have been framed to include only operational impacts, encouraging improvements in energy efficiency but continuing to... Read More about Minimising embodied carbon: A question of politics, not percentages.

Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution (2023)
Journal Article
Mabon, L., Connor, B., Moncaster, A., Pearce, C., Pratt, E., Shih, W., …Wolstenholme, R. (2023). Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution. Urban Transformations, 5(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00057-9

Increased extreme heat events draw attention to the potential of urban nature as a heat adaptation strategy for cities. This is reflected in multiple scientific perspective pieces, policy documents and science media publications advocating for urban... Read More about Nature can cool cities, but proceed with caution.

Demolition or retention of buildings: Drivers at the masterplan scale (2023)
Journal Article
Baker, H., Moncaster, A., Wilkinson, S., & Remøy, H. (2023). Demolition or retention of buildings: Drivers at the masterplan scale. Buildings and Cities, 4(1), 488-506. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.308

Current adaptation theory tends to consider individual buildings or the city level, which cannot address decisions related to masterplan developments on large brownfield sites. This paper investigates the drivers for building demolition or retention... Read More about Demolition or retention of buildings: Drivers at the masterplan scale.