All Outputs (503)

SQUIRREL: Balancing design automation and user interaction in a computational tool for designing segmented concrete shells (2025)
Journal Article

The Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN) project explored digital workflows from the design to the construction of reinforced concrete building floor elements, reducing carbon emissions and increasing efficiency of building processes. The resulti... Read More about SQUIRREL: Balancing design automation and user interaction in a computational tool for designing segmented concrete shells.

Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype (2025)
Journal Article

To reduce the significant environmental impact of the construction industry, building floors designed as concrete shells that work mainly in compression and that are segmented for prefabrication and disassembly offer a promising alternative to reinfo... Read More about Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype.

Falling risk analysis at workplaces through an accident data-driven approach based upon hybrid Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques (2025)
Journal Article

This study proposed an accident data-driven approach using hybrid AI techniques for the quantification of falling risks at workplaces. Six machine learning models and one ensemble learning model were deployed for automatic extraction of causal factor... Read More about Falling risk analysis at workplaces through an accident data-driven approach based upon hybrid Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques.

Development and evaluation of a maturity assessment tool for integrating building information modelling into operations and maintenance phase of buildings (2025)
Journal Article

The emergence of advanced digital tools such as building information modelling (BIM) has transformed the concept of building management in the construction sector. Despite the promising benefits of BIM in terms of successful project deliveries and en... Read More about Development and evaluation of a maturity assessment tool for integrating building information modelling into operations and maintenance phase of buildings.

Barriers to the adoption of lean construction in the UK construction industry (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Purpose: The UK construction industry has long struggled with improving quality and efficiency, despite numerous reform efforts over the years. Persistent performance issues, compounded by recent crises, highlight the need for transformative solution... Read More about Barriers to the adoption of lean construction in the UK construction industry.

Looking for the light in a dark age (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Professor Glenn Lyons shares his pessimism at the emergence of a new ‘Dark Age’ in which steps towards more sustainable and thoughtful transport policies are being frustrated. He tries to find a way of approaching this situation positively.

Live projects impact review & project office pilot study for the school of architecture & environment (2025)
Report

This project collected and reviewed the Architecture & Built Environment Department’s legacy of community engagement in architectural and urban live project work from 2012 to 2024 – as recorded and disseminated in the School’s Hand-On Bristol initiat... Read More about Live projects impact review & project office pilot study for the school of architecture & environment.

Devil in the details – Visual perception of the landscape features by potential residential buyers (2025)
Journal Article

It has long been established that people attach value to window views. However, the challenge in real estate market analyses is to capture what landscape features an attractive view contains and thus how they affect the worth (individual valuation) o... Read More about Devil in the details – Visual perception of the landscape features by potential residential buyers.

Co-creation in citizen science: Sharing learnings and good practice from an indoor, airborne microplastics project (2025)
Journal Article

HOMEs was a citizen science exploratory project, aimed at investigating the presence of airborne microplastics in people's homes. Participants placed passive samplers in their homes, using low-cost microscopes to see and take pictures of their sample... Read More about Co-creation in citizen science: Sharing learnings and good practice from an indoor, airborne microplastics project.

Sustainable energy decision-making with an RAG-LLM system (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To reach the ambition of a net-zero economy by 2050, the UK aims to improve energy efficiency in all homes by 2035, targeting reductions in energy consumption and household expenses. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a critical part in t... Read More about Sustainable energy decision-making with an RAG-LLM system.

Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Staff expenses can account for up to 70% of business costs, with indoor conditions playing a critical role in employee health, behavior, and productivity. Optimal thermal comfort, typically around 21°C with 40-70% humidity, maximizes productivity. Ho... Read More about Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system.

Sustainable urban water decisions using Generative Artificial Intelligence (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Urban water systems are increasingly strained by the impacts of climate change, growing populations, and resource constraints, driving the need for more integrated and sustainable management solutions. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are ce... Read More about Sustainable urban water decisions using Generative Artificial Intelligence.

Towards a computational approach for integrating photovoltaics and street art (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building facades play an essential social role in cities by serving as media for communication and providing a canvas for cultural expression and debate. This is particularly evident in street art which uses architectural surfaces to display large im... Read More about Towards a computational approach for integrating photovoltaics and street art.

Insights into the use of GRESB as an ESG benchmarking tool (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose - Sustainability practices and reporting have consistently evolved over the years with trends towards more holistic approaches with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). In the real estate sector over the last deca... Read More about Insights into the use of GRESB as an ESG benchmarking tool.

Connecting environment and community: Teaching and learning for a sustainable future (2025)
Book Chapter

Lifecourse commoning: Retirement and de-alienation in urban gardens (2025)
Journal Article

Despite being a unique aspect of ageing in capitalist societies, retirement has been neglected within critical research. As a disruption in people’s relation to the capitalist political economy, retirement can be framed through a productivist lens of... Read More about Lifecourse commoning: Retirement and de-alienation in urban gardens.

Teaching essentials for responsible land administration: Considerations for future education and training (2025)
Report

The Teaching Essentials for Responsible Land Administration (TERLA), developed between 2015 and 2018 under the patronage of the Global Land Tools Network (GLTN), marked a pivotal step in advancing the understanding, unity, and practice of land admini... Read More about Teaching essentials for responsible land administration: Considerations for future education and training.

Evaluation of four gridded climate products in streamflow and drought simulations in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia (2025)
Journal Article

The availability of meteorological stations is generally limited and sparsely dispersed in many regions. Gridded climate products (GCPs) are commonly utilized in hydro-climatic modelling due to their wide spatial and temporal coverage. This study aim... Read More about Evaluation of four gridded climate products in streamflow and drought simulations in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia.

Engineering living materials: Development of functional hybrid living materials with advanced capabilities (2025)
Thesis

The field of materials is constantly evolving. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the development of advanced materials that upon exposure to environmental, chemical, mechanical and electrical stimulation, they exhibit capabilities such a... Read More about Engineering living materials: Development of functional hybrid living materials with advanced capabilities.

Solar street art for a participatory energy transition (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution