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A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity (2020)
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The United Nations (UN) under its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers around the world. Although the deadline to achieve the UN SDGs is approaching faster... Read More about A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity.

Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation (2020)
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In the scope of Industry 4.0, a framework is proposed to leverage the potential of articulating Augmented Reality and Robotic Manufacturing in the construction industry. The objective of such framework is to enable robots to learn how to perform task... Read More about Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation.

Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia (2020)
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The construction industry is a major source of carbon, and the main culprit is concrete. In addition, productivity for the construction sector is poor, and concrete construction in particular is labour intensive, slow, and costly. This paper introduc... Read More about Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia.

Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder (2020)
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The change from a traditional utilization based society to a sustainable society is urgently needed because of the contamination of the natural environment, the depletion of the natural resources and the reduced capacity of the final waste disposal a... Read More about Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder.

Real estate finance and investment – raising the bar. Real estate education in the COVID-19 landscape – Challenges, experiences, opportunities (2020)
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Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward (2020)
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It is expected that by 2030, 5 billion of the earth's population will live in cities. This growth in urbanisation results in significant challenges pertaining to environmental and social sustainability. Most of the cities are located near coastal are... Read More about Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward.

Using an ecosystem services lens to explore a broader funding base for laneways (2020)
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Greening small urban street spaces such as alleys and laneways is increasingly popular with city authorities. Motivation for starting these projects varies and this may hold implications in terms of the responsible function and department overseeing... Read More about Using an ecosystem services lens to explore a broader funding base for laneways.

Draw of a Drawing (2020)
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Draw of a Drawing is a transcription of the installation Kaleidoscopic City (a survey of Edinburgh focused on the transitory elements of the urban). As such it marks the moment that the elements of the survey are projected upon a single surface. Und... Read More about Draw of a Drawing.

Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden (2020)
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With one of the highest carbon footprints, the construction sector should be at the forefront of climate action. Reducing embodied impacts of construction also means ensuring that buildings are durable, low maintenance, and fit for purpose, while max... Read More about Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden.

Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72 (2020)
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Introduction: The application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique to a building requires the collection and organization of a large amount of data over its life cycle. The systematic decomposition method can be used to classify building comp... Read More about Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72.

Collaboration for innovation in housing: The role of the civic university in delivering new homes in the city (2020)
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The Birmingham School of Architecture and Design pioneered ‘live projects’ as a pedagogic model in schools of architecture in the UK and as part of this programme delivered a number of innovative housing projects in collaboration with the public sec... Read More about Collaboration for innovation in housing: The role of the civic university in delivering new homes in the city.

Cyclical construction workforce shortage: An evaluation of the current shortage in Western North Carolina (2020)
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The inadequate supply of skilled construction craft workers is an issue that currently affects the performance of the construction industry. The performance of the construction industry has a significant influence on the growth of the national econom... Read More about Cyclical construction workforce shortage: An evaluation of the current shortage in Western North Carolina.

Developing online voice for teaching (2020)
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With more teacher-student interaction online, our voice becomes our key tool for building healthy teacher-student relationships. So how do we develop our vocal confidence, and communicate our individuality, character and style through our voices? How... Read More about Developing online voice for teaching.

Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe: The CURE project (2020)
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A leakage detection system extracting the most meaningful features with decision trees (2020)
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To learn from experience and to unleash the creativity, a novelty approach has been proposed with the main aim of detecting the different leakages of a fictitious L-town, containing a total of thirty three different pressure sensors in the whole infr... Read More about A leakage detection system extracting the most meaningful features with decision trees.

Time and value at Bath Abbey: Erosion, fragmentation and the role of the replica (2020)
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Bath Abbey is undergoing a substantial programme of conservation and change; including the removal and reinstatement/replacement of the 847 ledger stones comprising its floor. The floor is, in fact, almost entirely comprised of these burial markers.... Read More about Time and value at Bath Abbey: Erosion, fragmentation and the role of the replica.

Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates (2020)
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Photovoltaic degradation rates play a vital role in visualizing and analyzing the performance of the PV modules over the long run. A site survey is conducted to calculate PV degradation rates. The results have shown that for the first three years sin... Read More about Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates.

Compassionate Design: A methodology for advanced dementia (2020)
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Predicted increases in the numbers of people living into the advanced stages of dementia pose a significant problem for health and care providers around the world. Finding ways to ameliorate the distressing dementia symptoms of anxiety and depression... Read More about Compassionate Design: A methodology for advanced dementia.

Are construction professionals equipped with the knowledge and tools to address the sustainability dilemma? (2020)
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This study attempts to explore the depth of knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues across a range of construction professions and utilise this evidence to reveal if Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM... Read More about Are construction professionals equipped with the knowledge and tools to address the sustainability dilemma?.

Digital branding luxury student ‘hotels’ at UK universities (2020)
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This essay builds on an on-going cinematic survey of the changing neoliberal landscape of UK university campuses, started in 2016
who have been filming the physical transformation that has been occurring in the lifecycle of many university campuses... Read More about Digital branding luxury student ‘hotels’ at UK universities.