Outputs (8)

Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry is facing numerous demands. For example, a contractor will have to ensure they achieve their cost targets and time and quality contractual obligations whilst also meeting any social value and environmental expectations. Soci... Read More about Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.

How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Buildings are the UK’s second-largest source of emissions. The household sector in particular, contributes to more than a quarter of the overall energy consumption and GHG emission, with space heating contributing to 63% of household energy consumpti... Read More about How not to become an ‘axiom human’ – The paradox of energy efficiency and human behaviour.

Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building.

A brief review of the development of Passivhaus in the UK social housing sector (2022)
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The social housing sector is lacking in both quantity and quality of new build and existing homes. The existing design and development of social housing are also in urgent need of review in terms of energy efficiency as the cost of living crisis deep... Read More about A brief review of the development of Passivhaus in the UK social housing sector.

Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet (2018)
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The ideology of Passivhaus is clear. It is a building standard associated with a really well insulated and airtight building that saves energy – in both hot and cold climates. There is evidence from that shows how important this approach to building... Read More about Passivhaus lived experience: More than a spreadsheet.

Passivhaus: The architectural typology of low energy housing (2017)
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The growing number of Passivhaus buildings in the UK suggests an increasing acceptance of the low energy design methodology. Post occupancy evaluation shows that the energy use in Passivhaus homes are generally very low, and that running costs are co... Read More about Passivhaus: The architectural typology of low energy housing.

Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort (2016)
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This research resides Passivhaus concept under the framework of adaptive comfort, reviews two case studies of social housing Passivhaus communities in Scotland, and explores the occupants’ lived experience and their perception of comfort in Passivhau... Read More about Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort.

The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment (2015)
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The project for the new Houses of Parliament in London was commissioned at the beginning of the 19th century, when the boom in science allowed new technologies and associated social groups to be involved in many established industries, forcing a para... Read More about The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment.