All Outputs (157)

Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings (2021)
Journal Article

What are the opportunities and challenges for upscaling the energy retrofit of heritage buildings? Heritage buildings comprise approximately 20% of the UK building stock and are challenging to retrofit sensitively because of their heritage values and... Read More about Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings.

The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK (2021)
Journal Article

Between March and September 2020, 72 ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) were implemented in London. We examined the impact on fire brigade emergency response times in October 2020-February 2021 (‘post’), as compared to the same months in the previou... Read More about The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK.

Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto (2021)
Journal Article

Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to alleviate socio-spatial inequalities and increase quality of life. However, transportation planners often overlook transit investments in neighbourhood... Read More about Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto.

Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene (2021)
Journal Article

The influence of solid-state drawing on the photo-actuation stress of oriented semi-crystalline polymers is explored experimentally and theoretically. Photo-responsive and ultra-drawn linear polyethylenes (PEs) containing a commercial benzotriazole d... Read More about Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene.

Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries (2021)
Journal Article

We assessed the impacts of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) implemented in 2020 on road traffic injuries. We used police data from October-December 2018/2019 (pre) compared with the same period in 2020 (post). We found absolute numbers of injuries i... Read More about Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries.

IT-oriented infrastructural development, urban co-dependencies, and the reconfiguration of everyday politics in Pune, India (2020)
Journal Article

Existing scholarship on postcolonial urbanisms has judiciously analysed the role played by the state and private capital in the expansion of global information-technology clusters and exclusive high-tech knowledge enclaves that have emerged across di... Read More about IT-oriented infrastructural development, urban co-dependencies, and the reconfiguration of everyday politics in Pune, India.

Implications of density bonus tool for urban planning: relaxing floor area ratio (FAR) regulations in Tehran (2020)
Journal Article

This article, by using empirical evidence from Tehran, looks beyond the West to explore the implications of the reliance of the entrepreneurial local government on private capital for the urban planning system. The main premise of this paper is that... Read More about Implications of density bonus tool for urban planning: relaxing floor area ratio (FAR) regulations in Tehran.

Photo-thermal actuation of ultra-drawn high-density polyethylene (2020)
Journal Article

In this work, the photo-actuation of melt-processed ultra-drawn films based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE), incorporating a light-responsive additive (2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-ditertpentylphenol, BZT), is presented. These oriented films exhi... Read More about Photo-thermal actuation of ultra-drawn high-density polyethylene.

Ultra-high actuation stress polymer actuators as light-driven artificial muscles (2020)
Journal Article

Remotely addressable actuators are of great interest in fields like microrobotics and smart textiles because of their simplicity, integrity, flexibility, and lightweight. However, most of the existing actuator systems are composed of complex assembli... Read More about Ultra-high actuation stress polymer actuators as light-driven artificial muscles.

Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain (2020)
Journal Article

Producing lightweight polymeric actuators able to generate high stresses typical of hard metals and/or ceramics remains challenging. The photo-mechanical responses of ultra-drawn ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) actuators containing... Read More about Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain.

Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: Comfort, energy, and carbon (2019)
Journal Article

In the Mediterranean region façade shading systems are used to reduce operational energy, particularly cooling loads. However, operational savings do not necessarily translate into net energy savings unless they outweigh the embodied energy/carbon re... Read More about Comparative life cycle analysis of façade passive systems in the Mediterranean: Comfort, energy, and carbon.

Clay mineralogy and geochemistry of the Lower Pleistocene Loess in the Iranian Loess Plateau (Agh Band section) and implications for its provenance and paleoclimate change (2019)
Journal Article

The clay mineralogy and geochemistry of loess is sensitive to variations in sediment source area, transport processes and weathering regime over time, and thus careful study of them can provide some insight into past climate variability. The well-kno... Read More about Clay mineralogy and geochemistry of the Lower Pleistocene Loess in the Iranian Loess Plateau (Agh Band section) and implications for its provenance and paleoclimate change.

Arguments for a co-production approach to community flood protection (2019)
Journal Article

With more intense rainfall and sea level rises predicted, an increasing number of people across the UK are vulnerable to flood events. The government has pledged more funding for flood infrastructure planning, design and management. However, schemes... Read More about Arguments for a co-production approach to community flood protection.

Bamboo hybrids bolster timber (2019)
Journal Article

A relatively common material is not being embraced fully for building supplies. Interest in bamboo is growing, through research and media campaigning about the material’s environmental benefits, properties and its ability to replace wood, steel and c... Read More about Bamboo hybrids bolster timber.

Establishing a metropolitan transport authority in Istanbul: A new institutional economics framework for institutional change in urban transport (2019)
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Rapid urban growth and resulting urban transport problems in developing cities trigger major transformative reform attempts. However, these attempts might fail due to ignoring the role of the institutional environment. Changing the governance structu... Read More about Establishing a metropolitan transport authority in Istanbul: A new institutional economics framework for institutional change in urban transport.

Polylactic acid/lyocell fibre as an eco-friendly alternative to polyethylene terephthalate/cotton fibre blended yarns and knitted fabrics (2019)
Journal Article

Polylactic acid (PLA) and lyocell fibres blend can offer an eco-friendly alternative to commonly employed blend of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and cotton fibres in textiles. PET fibre is non-biodegradable and depletes fossils fuels and adds to l... Read More about Polylactic acid/lyocell fibre as an eco-friendly alternative to polyethylene terephthalate/cotton fibre blended yarns and knitted fabrics.

Effect of key process variables on mechanical properties of blended vortex spun yarns (2018)
Journal Article

A study of significant factors and their interaction during vortex yarn spinning has been carried out to achieve desired mechanical properties of the polyethylene terephthalate/cotton blended yarns which can offer process and performance advantages.... Read More about Effect of key process variables on mechanical properties of blended vortex spun yarns.

Geochemistry of the red soils in the Northern Iranian Loess Plateau and implications for its origin and paleoclimate reconstruction (2018)
Journal Article

Introduction During the last decade, considerable progress has been made in the study of known loess deposits and their paleoclimatic implications in Northern Iran, whereas little information is available about the red soils which are beneath the the... Read More about Geochemistry of the red soils in the Northern Iranian Loess Plateau and implications for its origin and paleoclimate reconstruction.

Furthering embodied carbon assessment in practice: Results of an industry-academia collaborative research project (2018)
Journal Article

In order to meet the mid-century carbon reduction targets and to mitigate climate change and global warming it is imperative that embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in the built environment receive immediate attention from policy, industry an... Read More about Furthering embodied carbon assessment in practice: Results of an industry-academia collaborative research project.

Design and construction strategies for reducing embodied impacts from buildings – Case study analysis (2018)
Journal Article

The dominance of operational energy and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of most existing buildings is decreasing in new construction, when primary fossil energy of building operation decreases as result of the implementation of energy efficien... Read More about Design and construction strategies for reducing embodied impacts from buildings – Case study analysis.