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Towards empathy in computational design: Co-design and semantic metrics (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Lavaf Pour, Y., Barakat, M., Calvo, M., & Chatzimichali, A. (2022, July). Towards empathy in computational design: Co-design and semantic metrics. Poster presented at Tenth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland UK

Today , computation design has provoked new theoretical frameworks on the systemic design processes (Derix & Izaki 2014). It is acknowledged that individuals possess varying "emotional intelligent quotients" at various levels. Indeed, Baron-Cohen and... Read More about Towards empathy in computational design: Co-design and semantic metrics.

Detecting the early essence of ‘modern’ project management – An historic case study approach (HMS Barham 1912-1915) (2022)
Thesis
Turner, A. Detecting the early essence of ‘modern’ project management – An historic case study approach (HMS Barham 1912-1915). (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7915829

This thesis investigates the management methods and tools and techniques used in the delivery of what we would today call a major project, but one which was completed some 50 years before Project Management was recognised as a management discipline.... Read More about Detecting the early essence of ‘modern’ project management – An historic case study approach (HMS Barham 1912-1915).

Road pavement defect investigation using treated and untreated expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index (2022)
Journal Article
Amakye, S. Y. O., Abbey, S. J., & Booth, C. A. (2022). Road pavement defect investigation using treated and untreated expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index. Transportation Engineering, 9, Article 100123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.treng.2022.100123

Road pavement defect has been a major issue in the construction industry leading to a high cost of maintenance and sometimes a total reconstruction of the road. Expansive road subgrade materials are one of the major causes of these road defects. In t... Read More about Road pavement defect investigation using treated and untreated expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index.

Energy efficiency renovation financing models for homeowners and net present value analysis: Case study from India (2022)
Journal Article
Basu, C., Syal, M. M., Paul, V. K., & Priydarshini, M. (2022). Energy efficiency renovation financing models for homeowners and net present value analysis: Case study from India. International Journal of Real Estate Studies, 16(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.11113/intrest.v16n1.42

In India, the lack of financing mechanisms has been identified as a major impediment in achieving energy efficiency (EE) and requires focused research to identify barriers and propose innovative financial models. This paper presents details of select... Read More about Energy efficiency renovation financing models for homeowners and net present value analysis: Case study from India.

Availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing in the Tanzania building construction industry (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Manege, S., & Kennedy, C. (2022). Availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing in the Tanzania building construction industry. In Proceedings of The 10th World Construction Symposium 2022: Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment: Changed Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.31705/wcs.2022.13

Whole life costing plays a major role in ensuring that value for money is attained from the inception of a building to its end of life. Availability of reliable cost data is essential ensuring that whole life costing is undertaken with utmost precisi... Read More about Availability of reliable cost data for whole life costing in the Tanzania building construction industry.

EURA Conversations May 2020 - May 2022 (2022)
Book
Hambleton, R., Jones, A., Long, L. A., & Vinci, I. (Eds.). (2022). EURA Conversations May 2020 - May 2022. Dortmund, Germany: European Urban Research Association

In May 2020 the European Urban Research Association (EURA) launched a series of ‘conversations’ on the EURA website. The purpose of this initiative was to create a new space where EURA members could discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cit... Read More about EURA Conversations May 2020 - May 2022.

A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Davidson, C., & Archila Santos, H. (2022, June). A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment. Presented at Festival of Learning, UWE Bristol

In 2020, Covid and the introduction of an alternative blended learning approach, provided a welcome opportunity for implementing innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the module Construction Technology and Services 1, at UWE Bristol. A fl... Read More about A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment.

A critique of the representationalist framing of design (2022)
Journal Article
Tahsiri, M. (in press). A critique of the representationalist framing of design. Design Journal, 25(4), 617-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2022.2083293

This paper brings attention to the chronological developments in a strand of design research that aimed at demystifying the characteristics and nature of design through what will be argued to have been predominantly a representationalist framework. I... Read More about A critique of the representationalist framing of design.

Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: A review of Environmental Product Declarations (2022)
Journal Article
Anderson, J., & Moncaster, A. (2023). Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: A review of Environmental Product Declarations. Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, 176(12), 986-997. https://doi.org/10.1680/jstbu.21.00160

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to EN 15804 provide information about embodied carbon of construction products - their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions - alongside reporting use of renewable and non-renewable primary energy and secondary... Read More about Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: A review of Environmental Product Declarations.

Detrimental effects of tourist trails on soil system dynamics in Ubatuba Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil (2022)
Journal Article
dos Santos Pereira, L., Rodrigues, A. M., do Carmo Oliveira Jorge, M., Guerra, A. J. T., Booth, C. A., & Fullen, M. A. (2022). Detrimental effects of tourist trails on soil system dynamics in Ubatuba Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil. CATENA, 216(Part A), 106431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106431

People continue to search for idyllic havens of natural beauty, whether to visit for themselves or for others to appreciate and admire. These are usually sites with natural elements that integrate environmental functions. However, increasing tourist... Read More about Detrimental effects of tourist trails on soil system dynamics in Ubatuba Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil.

BIM-based construction safety risk library (2022)
Journal Article
Collinge, W., Farghaly, K., Hadi Mosleh, M., Manu, P., Cheung, C., & Osorio Sandoval, C. (2022). BIM-based construction safety risk library. Automation in Construction, 141, Article 104391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104391

This paper presents a digital tool and Safety Risk library to assist designers in their health and safety work in BIM digital environments. Addressing an industry need for improved knowledge sharing and collaboration, the BIM Safety Risk library tool... Read More about BIM-based construction safety risk library.

Youth Climate Communications Toolkit (2022)
Other
Davies, L., Fogg Rogers, L., Adkins, D., Portus, R., & Williams, S. (2022). Youth Climate Communications Toolkit. [Toolkit]. https://joom.ag/LGad

A toolkit for young people to campaign effectively on things that matter to them. Gain sustainability skills and competencies while creatively addressing key priorities for your place of study, place of work or community. For more information about t... Read More about Youth Climate Communications Toolkit.

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.

The intimate archive: Sites of representation and embodiment in a reading of Drawing Matter (2022)
Book Chapter
Banou, S. (2022). The intimate archive: Sites of representation and embodiment in a reading of Drawing Matter. In F. Goffi (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models: From Translating to Archiving, Collecting and Displaying. London: Routledge

This chapter draws from Frascari’s discussion of “Drawings as loci for thought” () as well as earlier research on the “situation of drawing” (Banou 2015), to propose that the drawing archive inherits modes of embodied cognition from the particular mo... Read More about The intimate archive: Sites of representation and embodiment in a reading of Drawing Matter.

Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: Are the messages accurate? (2022)
Journal Article
Moncaster, A., Malmqvist, T., Forman, T., Pomponi, F., & Anderson, J. (2022). Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: Are the messages accurate?. Buildings and Cities, 3(1), 334-355. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.199

This paper is the second output of a project that examines the embodied greenhouse gas emissions (‘embodied carbon’) from the use of concrete in buildings. In the current absence of either regulation or widespread industry practice in quantified carb... Read More about Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: Are the messages accurate?.

The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime (2022)
Journal Article
Young, M., & Adkins, D. (2022). The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime. Journal of Financial Crime, 29(3), 789-791. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-07-2022-277

This editorial highlights a fundamental gap in the existing literature base whereby the climate crisis is largely missing from journals covering all aspects of finance - including those that cover financial crime (for a wider discussion, see Stern, 2... Read More about The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime.

Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity (2022)
Journal Article
Parsons, L., Safra de Campos, R., Moncaster, A., Cook, I., Siddiqui, T., Abenayake, C., …Billah, T. (2022). Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 47(4), 990-1008. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12545

This paper examines how global trade shapes and intensifies disasters. Juxtaposing three basic, everyday consumer goods – a t-shirt, a brick, and a tea bag – with disasters manifesting in their respective global supply chains, it highlights how clima... Read More about Trading disaster: Containers and container thinking in the production of climate precarity.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Kaminski, S., Harries, K., Felipe Lopez, L., Trujillo, D., & Archila, H. (2022). Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework. . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6575090

Durability of bamboo is one of the most important aspects to consider when designing and building with this nature-based material. Durable structures with bamboo are resilient, cost-effective and have a lower whole life-cycle environmental impact. Th... Read More about Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework.

Successful public protest (2022)
Digital Artefact
Hambleton, R. (2022). Successful public protest. [Online article]

In June 2020 the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, a prolific Bristol slave trader, attracted international headlines. This short article follows up on this remarkable event and discusses the trial, in January 2022, of the four anti-racism c... Read More about Successful public protest.

Towards adoption of mobile data collection for effective adaptation and climate risk management in Africa (2022)
Journal Article
Adekola, O., Lamond, J., Adelekan, I., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Mboto, E., Eze, B., & Ujoh, F. (2023). Towards adoption of mobile data collection for effective adaptation and climate risk management in Africa. Geoscience Data Journal, 10(2), 276-290. https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.156

The collection and use of data on climate change and its impacts are crucial for effective climate adaptation and climate risk management. The revolution in internet access, technology and costs has led to a shift from using traditional paper-based d... Read More about Towards adoption of mobile data collection for effective adaptation and climate risk management in Africa.