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Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling (2021)
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The overheating of buildings and their need for mechanical cooling is a growing issue as a result of climate change. The main aim of this paper is to examine the impact of surface texture on heat loss capabilities of concrete panels through evaporati... Read More about Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling.

The death and life of UK universities and the cultural spaces they consume (2021)
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The shift in focus in UK higher education since Thatcherism from the production of knowledge for civic
betterment to the production and consumption of knowledge by the university for revenue generation
can be read through the social rearrangement o... Read More about The death and life of UK universities and the cultural spaces they consume.

Energy modelling and analytics in the built environment - A review of their role for energy transitions in the construction sector (2021)
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Decarbonisation and efficiency goals set as a response to global warming issue require appropriate decision-making strategies to promote an effective and timely change in energy systems. Conceptualization of change is a relevant part of energy transi... Read More about Energy modelling and analytics in the built environment - A review of their role for energy transitions in the construction sector.

The impact of multimedia effect on art learning: Eye movement evidence from traditional Chinese pattern learning (2021)
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At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic continued to spread and became a global pandemic. Affected by the epidemic, online teaching has become the new normal. As the main form of online education, multimedia learning has attracted more and mo... Read More about The impact of multimedia effect on art learning: Eye movement evidence from traditional Chinese pattern learning.

A literature review on BIM for cities Distributed Renewable and Interactive Energy Systems (2021)
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The havoc caused by COVID-19 has further strengthen the case for greening cities and ensuring a quicker economic recovery much desired by various governments. To this end, the appetite for Distributed Renewable and Interactive Energy Systems (DRIES)... Read More about A literature review on BIM for cities Distributed Renewable and Interactive Energy Systems.

Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system (2020)
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Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced billions of people into lockdown; foregrounding the important relationship between architecture and health. In this context, there is heightened urgency for the construction sector to improve the healthiness... Read More about Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system.

A wicked higher education problem: Climate emergency requires brave leadership (2020)
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The B&C special issue EDUCATION & TRAINING: MAINSTREAMING ZERO CARBON raised three challenges: How can education and training be rapidly changed to ensure the creation of zero-carbon built environments? How can this transition be implemented success... Read More about A wicked higher education problem: Climate emergency requires brave leadership.

Making HUGs: Crafting well-being benefits through social manufacturing (2020)
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After Covid-19: Urban design as spatial medicine (2020)
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This article draws out key implications for urban designers from the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly the relation between urban design and health. The entire world is facing the same acute health emergency of Covid-19 which is already impacting half... Read More about After Covid-19: Urban design as spatial medicine.

Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games (2020)
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In recent years, more serious games are used in different learning areas to improve the process of knowledge acquisition and learning outcomes. This study discusses a game mode based on a jigsaw puzzle with scaffolding-aid for cultural heritage learn... Read More about Enhancing learning performance and motivation of cultural heritage using serious games.

A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Health and safety hazards associated with the redevelopment of contaminated sites can be complex and pose considerable risks. A systematic literature review was conducted on risk assessment tools for contaminated sites. These too... Read More about A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects.

Indicators of healthy architecture: A systematic literature review (2020)
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The design of the built environment plays an important role as a determinant of health. As a society, we are spending an increasing proportion of our time indoors and now spend over 80% of our life inside, so the design of buildings can greatly impac... Read More about Indicators of healthy architecture: A systematic literature review.

Exploring transformative pedagogies for built environment disciplines: The case of interdisciplinarity in low carbon transition (2020)
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The integration of transformative pedagogies into curricula is recognized as a strategy to deal with the new demands of complexity in learning, which include equipping future professionals with the necessary knowledge and skills to transition to a lo... Read More about Exploring transformative pedagogies for built environment disciplines: The case of interdisciplinarity in low carbon transition.

Assessing the vulnerability of agriculture systems to climate change in coastal areas: A novel index (2020)
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This study proposes a novel index to evaluate agricultural vulnerability to climate change in coastal areas, using the case of Andhra Pradesh, the state with the second longest coastline in India. Field data was collected from more than 1000 farmers... Read More about Assessing the vulnerability of agriculture systems to climate change in coastal areas: A novel index.

The impact of building form on overheating control: A case study of Larch House (2020)
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Amid recent concern about overheating in Passivhaus, this study investigates geometrical implication of façade design to alleviate overheating in new build energy-efficient homes in the UK. The study proposes self-shading façade design as a less conv... Read More about The impact of building form on overheating control: A case study of Larch House.

Challenges towards renewable energy: An exploratory study from the Arabian Gulf region (2020)
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Considering the importance of energy for social and economic development, access to clean, affordable and reliable energy has been adopted as one of the United Nations sustainable development goals that all countries aim to achieve by 2030. However,... Read More about Challenges towards renewable energy: An exploratory study from the Arabian Gulf region.

Using Learning and Action Alliances to build capacity for local flood risk management (2020)
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Learning and Action Alliances (LAAs) are becoming an increasingly popular method for overcoming the challenges associated with participatory forms of governance, where decision making requires collaboration between stakeholders. In flood risk managem... Read More about Using Learning and Action Alliances to build capacity for local flood risk management.

Developing the implicit association test to uncover hidden preferences for sustainable drainage systems (2020)
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Understanding public perceptions of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) is critical for addressing barriers to their implementation. Perceptions are typically evaluated using explicit measures (e.g. questionnaires) that are subject to biases and may... Read More about Developing the implicit association test to uncover hidden preferences for sustainable drainage systems.

Emerging themes to support ambitious UK marine biodiversity conservation (2020)
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Healthy marine ecosystems provide a wide range of resources and services that support life on Earth and contribute to human wellbeing. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are accepted as an important tool for the restoration and maintenance of marine ecosy... Read More about Emerging themes to support ambitious UK marine biodiversity conservation.

Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom (2020)
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The Passivhaus model emphasises a high standard of building fabric insulation and controlled ventilation with heat recovery in order to achieve comfort and reduce energy use. The implication is that environmental control is achieved by the building f... Read More about Do passive houses need passive people? Evaluating the active occupancy of Passivhaus homes in the United Kingdom.