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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review (2022)
Journal Article
Perera, S., Gao, S., Manu, P., Valerie, F., & Urhal, P. (2022). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1101(9), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/9/092008

The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors with poor safety performance. With recent technological developments, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are demonstrating the potential to be a valuable innovation to improve construction sa... Read More about Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review.

Realising project benefits in the public sector: Project sponsor's perspective (2022)
Journal Article
Opoku, A., Tallon, A., Lok, K. L., Chen, C. X. L., & Umar, T. (2022). Realising project benefits in the public sector: Project sponsor's perspective. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 174(1), 7-13. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.20.00014

Managing the realisation of project benefits in public sector organisations is fundamental in ensuring that value is added by projects and programmes. Project sponsors are charged with championing projects in organisations to create value in line wit... Read More about Realising project benefits in the public sector: Project sponsor's perspective.

Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings (2022)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2022). Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1085, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012024

Reducing energy and associated carbon emissions from the existing built environment is critically important to meet our climate goals. Heritage buildings are often presented in the literature as energy inefficient, and uncomfortable to inhabit. There... Read More about Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings.

Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward (2020)
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Umar, T. (2020). Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 173, 214-237. https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.19.00015

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.

Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden (2020)
Journal Article
Moncaster, A. M., & Malmqvist, T. (2020). Reducing embodied impacts of buildings - Insights from a social power analysis of the UK and Sweden. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/3/032047

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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Soust-Verdaguer, B., García Martínez, A., Llatas, C., Gómez de Cózar, J. C., Allacker, K., Trigaux, D., …Passer, A. (2020). Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022008

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.

Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review (2019)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., Jones, D., & Dewberry, E. (2019). Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 329(1), Article 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/329/1/012002

Approximately 20% of UK buildings can be defined as ‘heritage buildings’, offering unique values that should be preserved. They tend to use more energy than newer buildings, creating a strong case for energy retrofits to reduce energy use, greenhouse... Read More about Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review.

The reporting of end of life and module D data and scenarios in EPD for building level life cycle assessment (2019)
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Anderson, J., Ronning, A., & Moncaster, A. (2019). The reporting of end of life and module D data and scenarios in EPD for building level life cycle assessment. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 323(1), Article 012051. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/323/1/012051

This paper identifies the need for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to provide End of Life (EoL) and Module D data for products for use in building level Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Although the provision of data for EN 15804 Modules A4-D is... Read More about The reporting of end of life and module D data and scenarios in EPD for building level life cycle assessment.

Hydroponics and community gardens: Insights on the interaction between urban farmers and technology (2018)
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Caputo, S., Rumble, H., & Schaefer, M. (2018). Hydroponics and community gardens: Insights on the interaction between urban farmers and technology. Acta Horticulturae, 1215, 397-404. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1215.72

Large-scale hydroponic systems, a highly resource and space efficient form of cultivation, already contribute substantially to global food production. Recognising the value of such an efficiency, a few hydroponic/aquaponics community projects and sma... Read More about Hydroponics and community gardens: Insights on the interaction between urban farmers and technology.

Sensibuildity: The design of a communication system to identify and prevent work-related injuries in the construction industry (2018)
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Alzayed, M. A., Costa, E. C. E., Agarwal, P., Kakarlamudi, S., Bilén, S. G., & Miller, S. (2018). Sensibuildity: The design of a communication system to identify and prevent work-related injuries in the construction industry. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 62, 1631-1635. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621369

Up to 14 billion dollars are spent in the construction industry annually as a result of work-related injuries. The current study was developed in an effort to minimize the costs associated with these short-and long-term injuries through the use of we... Read More about Sensibuildity: The design of a communication system to identify and prevent work-related injuries in the construction industry.

Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety (2017)
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Allen, C., Bell, N., Manu, E., Gibb, A., Manu, P., Gibb, A., & Nick, B. (2017). Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 170(2), 49-51. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.16.00047

While behaviour-based safety (BBS) is not new and is even becoming increasingly common, particularly among large construction organisations, research on BBS and hence its implementation has paid limited attention to the role of innate drivers of beha... Read More about Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety.

A comparative study on the indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption of typical public rental housing types under near-extreme summer conditions in Hong Kong (2017)
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Lau, K. K. L., Kwok, Y. T., Lau, K. K., Lung Lai, A. K., Chan, P. W., Lavafpour, Y., …Yung Ng, E. Y. (2017). A comparative study on the indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption of typical public rental housing types under near-extreme summer conditions in Hong Kong. Energy Procedia, 122, 973-978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.454

© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Residents of the dense urban environment in Hong Kong suffer from poor living conditions due to building overheating, especially during near-extreme summer conditions. In this study, the thermal comfort... Read More about A comparative study on the indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption of typical public rental housing types under near-extreme summer conditions in Hong Kong.

3D capture techniques for BIM enabled LCM (2016)
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Fadli, F., Barki, H., Shaat, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Boguslawski, P., & Zverovich, V. (2016). 3D capture techniques for BIM enabled LCM. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 467, 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33111-9_17

© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2016. As a special kind of Product Life cyle Management (PLM), Building Life cycle Management (BLM) is a centric activity for facility owners and managers. This fact motivates the adoption of... Read More about 3D capture techniques for BIM enabled LCM.

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.

A Biophysical Framework of Heat Regulation Strategies for the Design of Biomimetic Building Envelopes (2015)
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Badarnah, L. (2015). A Biophysical Framework of Heat Regulation Strategies for the Design of Biomimetic Building Envelopes. Procedia Engineering, 118, 1225-1235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.474

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Efficient thermoregulation solutions can be extracted from strategies found in nature. Living organisms maintain body temperature in very narrow ranges in order to survive. Organisms have adopted physiol... Read More about A Biophysical Framework of Heat Regulation Strategies for the Design of Biomimetic Building Envelopes.

European Healthy City Network Phase V: Patterns emerging for healthy urban planning (2015)
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Grant, M. (2015). European Healthy City Network Phase V: Patterns emerging for healthy urban planning. Health Promotion International, 30(S1), i54-i70. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dav033

© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. There is a tradition of planning cities and their infrastructure to successfully tackle communicable disease arising from urban development. Non-communicable disease follow... Read More about European Healthy City Network Phase V: Patterns emerging for healthy urban planning.

Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013 (2014)
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Sierra, F., Bai, J., & Maksoud, T. (2014). Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013. Energy Procedia, 62, 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.391

This study investigates the impact of current steel lintels on the CO2 emissions of a notional building when trying to comply with the new PART L1A 2013 of the Building Regulations of England and Wales. For this purpose different families of lintels... Read More about Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013.

Impact of the envelope geometry on cooling demand in very airtight UK dwellings under current and future weather projections (2014)
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Lavafpour, Y., & Sharples, S. (2014). Impact of the envelope geometry on cooling demand in very airtight UK dwellings under current and future weather projections. Energy Procedia, 62, 421-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.404

© 2014 The Author. The Passivhaus strategy employs super insulation to reduce the heat transfer through the building envelope. It has been argued that super insulated homes are vulnerable to summer overheating risks, even in the current climate. The... Read More about Impact of the envelope geometry on cooling demand in very airtight UK dwellings under current and future weather projections.

Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension. (2014)
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Walker, P., Archila, H., & Ansell, M. P. (2014). Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension. Key Engineering Materials, 600, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.600.111

Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) was subjected to thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) treatments that modified its microstructure and mechanical properties. THM treatment was applied to Guadua with the aim of tackling the difficulties in the fabrication... Read More about Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension..

Wind convection coefficient correlations for CPV modules (2013)
Journal Article
Adkins, D. A. (2013). Wind convection coefficient correlations for CPV modules. Conference Record IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 3421-3425. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745183

Heat loss due to convection cooling from photovoltaic modules exposed to the external environment plays an important role in the study of photovoltaic design. It is well documented that thermal loss from external surfaces constitutes a large portion... Read More about Wind convection coefficient correlations for CPV modules.