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The modern role of land reclamation for housing (2015)
Journal Article
Moffat, A., & Sinnett, D. (2015). The modern role of land reclamation for housing

Andy Moffat and Danielle Sinnett of the British Land Reclamation Society summarise how land reclamation, or brownfield development, can be used to address a housing shortage, returning land into ‘beneficial use’…

The city [within] the drawing: The urban in the space of representation (2015)
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Banou, S. (2015). The city [within] the drawing: The urban in the space of representation

This paper presents the installation The City [within] The Drawing, the conclusive piece in a series of four installations that engage in exploring the material and temporal limits of architectural drawing conventions. Consisting of both drawn and mo... Read More about The city [within] the drawing: The urban in the space of representation.

Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants' (2015)
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Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2015). Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants'. Energy Procedia, 83, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.12.202

Passivhaus methodology leads to buildings with very high thermal efficiency and high levels of airtightness. The focus of research in Passivhaus is energy performance. The experience of occupying a Passivhaus is often overlooked. This research takes... Read More about Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants'.

Exploring the discrete tools used by laminators in composites manufacturing: application of novel concept (2015)
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Jones, H. V., Chatzimichali, A. P., Middleton, R., Potter, K. D., & Ward, C. (2015). Exploring the discrete tools used by laminators in composites manufacturing: application of novel concept. Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer and Composites Science, 1(4), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/20550340.2015.1105613

© 2016, © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This research investigates the handheld and often personally owned tools used by laminators to form advanced composites into components for aerospace, defense, and autosport; and reports... Read More about Exploring the discrete tools used by laminators in composites manufacturing: application of novel concept.

Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon (2015)
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Everett, G., Lamond, J., Morzillo, A., Matsler, A. M., & Chan, F. (2018). Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 11(S2), S973-S985. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12225

© 2015 The Authors. Journal of Flood Risk Management published by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Green Infrastructure (GI) is an increasingly popular means of dealing with flooding and wat... Read More about Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon.

The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates (2015)
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Zhang, X., Shen, J., Adkins, D., Yang, T., Tang, L., Zhao, X., …Luo, H. (2015). The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates. Energy Conversion and Management, 106, 964-986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.034

Most of the building renovation plans are usually decided in the early design stage. This delicate phase contains the greatest opportunity to achieve the high energy performance buildings after refurbishment. It is therefore important to provide the... Read More about The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates.

Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate (2015)
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Lavafpour, Y., & Sharples, S. (2015). Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate. Energy Procedia, 78, 2232-2237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.341

© 2015 The Authors. This study investigated the potential negative impacts of future UK climate change on dwellings. In particular, the risk of overheating was considered for a Passivhaus dwelling in London. The study used dynamic simulation modellin... Read More about Using Tilted Façade to Reduce Thermal Discomfort in a UK Passivhaus Dwelling for a Warming Climate.

Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures (2015)
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Joseph, R., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2015). Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures. Natural Hazards, 79(2), 1275-1297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1905-5

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Studies in the UK and elsewhere have identified that flooding can result in diverse impacts, ranging from significant financial costs (tangible) to social (intangible) impacts on households. At the s... Read More about Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures.

Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment (2015)
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Connell, A., & Mason, J. (2015). Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 7(3), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLBE-01-2014-0002

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to demystify the meaning of the term “consequential loss” in relation to the practice of construction law. Parties may have different understandings of the term and typically an exclusion clause will not solely... Read More about Isn’t all loss consequential? A review of recent case law and its relevance to contractual practices within the built environment.

The development of mortgage finance in China: Implications from international experiences (2015)
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Zhou, Z. (2015). The development of mortgage finance in China: Implications from international experiences

This paper compares the current Chinese mortgage market with the markets in several advanced economies that suffered most in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, exploring the potential and rigidities of development of the secondary mortgage market in C... Read More about The development of mortgage finance in China: Implications from international experiences.

Buildings and terrain unified – multidimensional dual data structure for GIS (2015)
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Boguslawski, P., & Gold, C. (2015). Buildings and terrain unified – multidimensional dual data structure for GIS. Geo-Spatial Information Scienc, 18(4), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2015.1123428

© 2016 Wuhan University. 3D city models are widely used in many disciplines and applications, such as urban planning, disaster management, and environmental simulation. Usually, the terrain and embedded objects like buildings are taken into considera... Read More about Buildings and terrain unified – multidimensional dual data structure for GIS.

Animated gazes: Motion and representation in the kaleidoscopic city (2015)
Journal Article
Banou, S. (2015). Animated gazes: Motion and representation in the kaleidoscopic city

This paper critically addresses modes of graphic representations of the city prevalent in architectural discourse, while seeking new ways to make visible the complex weave of movements that form the contemporary urban condition. The architectural con... Read More about Animated gazes: Motion and representation in the kaleidoscopic city.

An automated 3D modeling of topological indoor navigation network (2015)
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Gold, C. M., Jamali, A., Abdul Rahman, A., Boguslawski, P., Kumar, P., & Gold, C. (2017). An automated 3D modeling of topological indoor navigation network. GeoJournal, 82(1), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-015-9675-x

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Indoor navigation is important for various applications such as disaster management, building modeling, safety analysis etc. In the last decade, indoor environment has been a focus of wide research t... Read More about An automated 3D modeling of topological indoor navigation network.

Place-based leadership: A new perspective on urban regeneration (2015)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2015). Place-based leadership: A new perspective on urban regeneration. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 9(1), 10-24

The role of inspirational leadership in bringing about successful urban regeneration has been neglected. This paper attempts to provide a corrective by exploring the role of place-based leadership in modern urban governance. It outlines arguments tha... Read More about Place-based leadership: A new perspective on urban regeneration.

Gauging the brownfield land supply in England (2015)
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Williams, K., Sinnett, D., Miner, P., & Carmichael, L. (2015). Gauging the brownfield land supply in England. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 84(9), 378-383

This paper reports on the findings of a study that aimed to help fill the information gap left by the loss of the National Land Use Database – and asked ‘Is there enough brownfield land in England to meet housing needs?’

Morphological configurations inspired by nature for thermal insulation materials (2015)
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Badarnah, L., & Fernandez, J. (2015). Morphological configurations inspired by nature for thermal insulation materials

Cooling and heating of buildings account for a significant part of the global energy consumption, where different insulation materials are applied for energy conservation. With the increasing need to reduce energy demands, developing new energy effic... Read More about Morphological configurations inspired by nature for thermal insulation materials.

From composite material technologies to composite products: A cross-sectorial reflection on technology transitions and production capability (2015)
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Chatzimichali, A., & Potter, K. (2015). From composite material technologies to composite products: A cross-sectorial reflection on technology transitions and production capability. Translational Materials Research, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1613/2/2/026001

Materials, since the dawn of time, have played a crucial role in the development of civilization. Pre-history ages are fundamentally characterized by the material humans mastered, while the transitions to new materials have always marked a different... Read More about From composite material technologies to composite products: A cross-sectorial reflection on technology transitions and production capability.

Hand layup: understanding the manual process (2015)
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Potter, K., Elkington, M., Bloom, D., Ward, C., & Chatzimichali, A. (2015). Hand layup: understanding the manual process. Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer and Composites Science, 1(3), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/20550340.2015.1114801

© 2015, © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. The hand layup of pre-impregnated woven materials is still a large part of the composite manufacturing industry, requiring the skills and experience of a human workforce to form flat plie... Read More about Hand layup: understanding the manual process.