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Solar street art for a participatory energy transition (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Climate–water crises: Critically engaging relational, spatial, and temporal dimensions (2024)
Journal Article

Declarations of water crises have been ubiquitous in water policy and practice for decades. In the face of unprecedented human-caused climate change, the circulation of water crisis discourses has increased in frequency. How crises are defined and ma... Read More about Climate–water crises: Critically engaging relational, spatial, and temporal dimensions.

Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing (2024)
Book

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management s... Read More about Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing.

Creating a learning environment that values multiple perspectives, in the face of climate related design challenges (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation explores the importance of learning environments for Higher Education students that value multiple perspectives on a specific design challenge. Using examples from the classroom, this presentation will explore the vital role of inte... Read More about Creating a learning environment that values multiple perspectives, in the face of climate related design challenges.

On emergence of spontaneous oscillations in kombucha and proteinoids (2024)
Journal Article

An important part of studying living systems is figuring out the complicated steps that lead to order from chaos. Spontaneous oscillations are a key part of self-organisation in many biological and chemical networks, including kombucha and proteinoid... Read More about On emergence of spontaneous oscillations in kombucha and proteinoids.

Build it and they will come? - A case study of a ‘softer landings’ approach in creating a low-carbon community (2024)
Journal Article

This paper explores an emerging low-carbon construction business model through a case study of a low-carbon community supported by a private Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) in Lincolnshire. The study highlights the developer’s extended aftercare and... Read More about Build it and they will come? - A case study of a ‘softer landings’ approach in creating a low-carbon community.

Towards sustainability balance in water-food-land nexus global development (2024)
Journal Article

The significant differences between quality of life and resource use characterise a sustainability imbalance in current global development. Evidence shows that infrastructure development, environmental capacity, and resource dependence are three driv... Read More about Towards sustainability balance in water-food-land nexus global development.

Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the light of an unprecedented climate emergency, there is an urgent need to reconsider the materials we use for the construction of our buildings and to explore alternative material systems that are abundant, easy to source, and exhibit increased... Read More about Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring.

Key information requirements for integrating building information modelling with operations and maintenance: A Delphi approach (2024)
Journal Article

The integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) with Operations & Maintenance (O&M) offers great potential for optimising asset operational performance. To achieve this, identification of the right level of detail of the information requireme... Read More about Key information requirements for integrating building information modelling with operations and maintenance: A Delphi approach.

Navigating design for safety education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers (2024)
Book Chapter

In this study, a framework of the barriers to design for safety (DfS) education and training diffusion in architecture engineering and construction has been developed using the literature review, and some improvement strategies are outlined This stem... Read More about Navigating design for safety education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers.

Gifts, corporate policies and individual morality in UK’s alternative real estate lending market (2024)
Journal Article

Gifts, gratuities and hospitality are commonplace in industry and more so in the financial sector. They are often offered without any mention of their intention. However, they raise controversial and non-detectable reciprocity expectations. We invest... Read More about Gifts, corporate policies and individual morality in UK’s alternative real estate lending market.

Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Staff expenses can account for up to 70% of business costs, with indoor conditions playing a critical role in employee health, behavior, and productivity. Optimal thermal comfort, typically around 21°C with 40-70% humidity, maximizes productivity. Ho... Read More about Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system.

What’s going on inside that head? Embracing the wonders of neurodiversity in our sector (2024)
Report

It is estimated that 1 in 7 or 1 in 5 people in society's neurodiverse population are neurodivergent, as opposed to neurotypical. In a neurotypically designed society, being neurodivergent can be challenging. But neurodivergent people also have talen... Read More about What’s going on inside that head? Embracing the wonders of neurodiversity in our sector.

A bibliometric analysis of global research on climate change and agriculture from 1985 to 2023 (2024)
Journal Article

With increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases, the interaction between climate change and agriculture is receiving widespread attention as part of food security and sustainable human development. However, a comprehensive summary of k... Read More about A bibliometric analysis of global research on climate change and agriculture from 1985 to 2023.

The role of engineered tree pit solutions in nature-positive civil engineering (2024)
Journal Article

Successfully establishing and growing street trees presents significant challenges and traditional techniques are associated with elevated tree mortality. Moreover, securing appropriate soil volumes for trees is a substantial challenge, particularly... Read More about The role of engineered tree pit solutions in nature-positive civil engineering.

Infrastructure, wellbeing and justice (2024)
Journal Article

Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC (2024)
Journal Article

High-quality climate information tailored to cities' needs assists decision makers to prepare for and adapt to climate change impacts, as well as to support the targeted transition towards climate resilient cities. During the last decades, two main m... Read More about Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change - The WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC.

Building a framework for dynamic organisational capabilities in Design for Safety (DfS) for Malaysian construction organisations (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose – Despite the growing construction subject of Design for Safety (DfS) in Malaysia, little effort has been made to understand the construction organisational DfS capability in a dynamic environment. This study aims to propose a framework for d... Read More about Building a framework for dynamic organisational capabilities in Design for Safety (DfS) for Malaysian construction organisations.

Proteinoids–polyaniline interaction with stimulated neurons on living and plastic surfaces (2024)
Journal Article

The integration of proteinoid-polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers with neuromorphic architectures shows potential for developing computer systems that are adaptable, energy-efficient, and have the capacity of tolerating faults. This work examines the capac... Read More about Proteinoids–polyaniline interaction with stimulated neurons on living and plastic surfaces.

Transition to more healthy and biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cost of delivering biodiversity in new developments. A case study of England, United Kingdom (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It has been demonstrated that biodiverse urban environments support health and well-being. However, the United Kingdom is one of the countries with the lowest biodiversity value globally. Efforts to address this shortfall and create healthier and mor... Read More about Transition to more healthy and biodiverse urban developments? Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the cost of delivering biodiversity in new developments. A case study of England, United Kingdom.