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Applying Bayesian model averaging to characterise urban residential stock turnover dynamics
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building stock is a key determinant in building energy modelling and policy analysis. However, official statistics on total floor area of urban residential stock in China only exist up to 2006. Previous studies estimating Chinese urban residential st... Read More about Applying Bayesian model averaging to characterise urban residential stock turnover dynamics.

IEA EBC Annex 72 J: Understanding the impact of individual, industry & political decisions on transitions towards environmental sustainability
Report

There is a wealth of research and now data on greenhouse gas emissions from individual construction materials and components and from whole buildings (embodied impacts), and on their measurement through LCA. There is a general assumption that measuri... Read More about IEA EBC Annex 72 J: Understanding the impact of individual, industry & political decisions on transitions towards environmental sustainability.

The role of stakeholders in masterplan regeneration decisions
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Brownfield sites often contain existing buildings and during regeneration the decision to demolish or adapt them should consider sustainability principles. This paper discusses decision-making criteria obtained through a literature review and primary... Read More about The role of stakeholders in masterplan regeneration decisions.

Is it all about the windows? Residents' values in residential heritage buildings
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Reducing energy and associated carbon emissions from the built environment is fundamental to meeting our climate goals. Retrofit of existing buildings is therefore a key strategy. Heritage buildings present particular challenges for retrofitting beca... Read More about Is it all about the windows? Residents' values in residential heritage buildings.

Considering embodied energy and carbon in heritage buildings – A review
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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.

Running together: Proposal for a collective bio/ digi-rhythmic soundscape
Presentation / Conference Contribution

For the Running Artfully Network’s launch event in early 2021, I presented an experimental case study from my recently concluded doctoral research project, an audio-visual and intertextual work titled ‘Running in Rome: A Bio/Digi-Rhythmic Soundscape’... Read More about Running together: Proposal for a collective bio/ digi-rhythmic soundscape.

Numerical framework for aerodynamic and aeroacoustics of bio-inspired UAV blades
Presentation / Conference Contribution

With the aim to understand and control the noise from small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), this work presents a numerical framework for small-scale rotor blade, employing a bio-inspired finlet design. The simulation framework employs Direct Eddy Si... Read More about Numerical framework for aerodynamic and aeroacoustics of bio-inspired UAV blades.

A simplified digital twin framework of a trainer aircraft
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper aims to establish a simplified, user-friendly framework for a Digital Twin (DT) of a PC21 jet trainer aircraft. The implementation of the DT is carried out in Matlab with the aid of embedded Neural Network tools. The aircraft is trained a... Read More about A simplified digital twin framework of a trainer aircraft.

Using an analysis of concrete and cement EPD: Verification, selection, assessment, benchmarking and target setting
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The carbon embodied in buildings is an important proportion of our emissions and needs to be radically reduced in order to support climate change mitigation. The highest proportion of embodied carbon is usually emitted during the product stage, and w... Read More about Using an analysis of concrete and cement EPD: Verification, selection, assessment, benchmarking and target setting.

The reporting of end of life and module D data and scenarios in EPD for building level life cycle assessment
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Writing practices, socialisation and subject cultures: Visual culture pedagogies
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The social and historical construction of Visual Culture is entangled in a false theory/practice binary that presents writing as cerebral and formulaic. Through this construction, writing is often conflated with an essay assessment and a transmission... Read More about Writing practices, socialisation and subject cultures: Visual culture pedagogies.

Mapping the relationship between Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mental health, particularly for urban populations, is a growing public health concern. As urbanisation continues it is important to plan and develop towns and cities that maximise population wellbeing, and related health and social outcomes, whilst a... Read More about Mapping the relationship between Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure (GBGI) and quality of life.

Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics
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How and what health and care professionals do will be changed by the use of robotics technologies in their workplaces. This paper reports provisional results of a 12-month scoping project in which we explained to people working in care sectors what e... Read More about Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics.

Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project
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This paper shares learnings from the evaluation of the WeCount urban mobility citizen science project, in which citizens participated in several ways, from technical development to engagement and evaluation. Drawing on asset-based community developme... Read More about Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project.

‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC)
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SmartBioC focuses on creating a user-friendly digital tool that allows users to select and specify biobased materials and building components for a modular housing unit based on a set of performance indicators including carbon footprint, thermal perf... Read More about ‘Smartifying’ construction for circular and zero-carbon biobased buildings (SmartBioC).

Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Densified lamellas of bamboo Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) were arranged orthogonally and glued together to form three- and five-layer cross laminated (XLam) panels with symmetrical compositions, which are refereed as G-XLam3 & G-XLam5, respecti... Read More about Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT.

Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?
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Adversarialism is an endemic feature of the construction industry, resulting in devasting effects on productivity, cost, performance and client satisfaction within the industry. This can be explained by various factors of which adversarial ‘tradition... Read More about Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?.

Radiation-induced destruction testing of microcontrollers
Other

Microcontrollers are crucial microchips that have a wide range of applications in electronic circuits. They are used in systems as simple as IoT-based home automation to sophisticated satellite systems orbiting the planet. Depending on the industry,... Read More about Radiation-induced destruction testing of microcontrollers.

Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes
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This paper reflects on collaborative live architectural design projects between Birmingham School of Architecture and Design (BSoAD) students and social lab, CoLab Dudley in Dudley, UK. CoLab Dudley is an experimental form of social and imagination i... Read More about Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes
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Over the last 20 years, finite element analysis (FEA) has become a standard analysis tool for metal joining processes. When FEA tools are combined with design of experiments (DOE) methodologies, academic research has shown the potential for virtual D... Read More about Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes.