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The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges (2024)
Book Chapter
Opoku, A., Umar, T., & Amudjie, J. (2024). The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges. In The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals (44-57). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300037.00011

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda (NUA), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), are the global frameworks and policies that are now in use in relation to disaster risk... Read More about The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges.

The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals (2024)
Book Chapter
Umar, T., Opoku, A., Umeokafor, N., & Ahmed, S. (2024). The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals. In A. Opoku (Ed.), The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals. Edward Elgar Publishing

It is now more than six years since the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed to be achieved by all member countries by 2030. While the deadline is approaching fast, still much of the counties are not on track to achiev... Read More about The built environment’s contribution to the progress of the sustainable development goals.

Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (2023)
Journal Article
Rincón, C. E., Montoya, J. A., & Archila, H. F. (2023). Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Sustainability, 15(24), Article 16893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416893

Whilst upcoming innovations on digital technology and renewable energy can have a significant impact on the reduction of operational carbon emissions in the construction industry, readily available fast-growing building materials like bamboo are alre... Read More about Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

Strategies used for decolonising the conservation curriculum: A systematic review (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Jaggon, K., & Adukwu, E. (2023, December). Strategies used for decolonising the conservation curriculum: A systematic review. Poster presented at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023, Belfast

Decolonisation is the process of undoing the effects of colonialism and the conservation industry, along with university institutions, have identified a need for decolonisation. However, with a lack of clarity on how to decolonise, many in the conser... Read More about Strategies used for decolonising the conservation curriculum: A systematic review.

Solar street art for a participatory energy transition (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Nicoletti, E. (2023, December). Solar street art for a participatory energy transition. Paper presented at Local Cultures – Global Spaces: Communities, People and Place, Virtual: New York, Hong Kong, Melbourne

The need to reduce global carbon emissions drives the renewable energy transition which can deeply transform cities. Façade retrofit plays an important role in improving the energy performance of the existing building stock. In renovation projects, t... Read More about Solar street art for a participatory energy transition.

Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Al Barazi, R., & Kishk, M. (2023, December). Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA'23), Lisbon, Portugal

The environmental, social, and financial sustainability around projects is currently one of the most serious alarming concerns. However, the progress made in developing contemporary methods for the evaluation and adoption of sustainable project manag... Read More about Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability.

Let’s play together (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Lovesmith, G., & Rasbash, Z. (2023, November). Let’s play together. Presented at Sustainability and health: the nexus of carbon-neutral architecture and well-being. The 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

Throughout 2022-23 Watershed (cultural cinema & creative technology centre) have been working with an architect & socially-engaged artist on plans to adapt their building for the Climate Emergency. Watershed leads within its communities with a proud... Read More about Let’s play together.

Listening to all the stakeholders? The UN Sustainable Development Goals as requirements in Systems Engineering (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Brooks, I. (2023, September). Listening to all the stakeholders? The UN Sustainable Development Goals as requirements in Systems Engineering. Presented at SustainabilITy2030: 2 Internationale Konferenz Für Digitalisierung Und Nachhaltigkeit, Brugg, Switzerland

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a global agreement on 'the world we want' by 2030. Many businesses have identified SDGs that they contribute towards. Can we also use them as requirements in Systems Engineering? This talk will... Read More about Listening to all the stakeholders? The UN Sustainable Development Goals as requirements in Systems Engineering.

Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wiejak-Roy, G., & Mazur, R. (2023, August). Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts. Presented at Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society - 2023 Conference, Ipswich, UK

Allotment gardens are a well-established phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe. Their users, predominantly in towns, through cultivation of land and care for the green space, create green oases in now busy urban areas. As such these locations now... Read More about Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts.

Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers? (2023)
Journal Article
Hageman, E., Kumar, V., Duong, L., Kumari, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2024). Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2), 1081-1098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3545

In recent years, the fashion and textile industries have come under pressure to manage customer expectations. Previous research has shown that female consumers tend to buy more clothing than male consumers and are understood to care more about fashio... Read More about Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?.

Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art (2023)
Journal Article
Mouraz, C. P., Ferreira, T. M., & Silva, J. M. (in press). Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03664-5

The quality of life in rural housing settlements is at the heart of territorial cohesion concerns across Europe and the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. However, the gap between urban and rural developments remains substantial, stressin... Read More about Building rehabilitation, sustainable development, and rural settlements: A contribution to the state of the art.

Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?. In Proceedings of the 11th World Construction Symposium (634-644). https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2023.52

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?.

Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps (2023)
Journal Article
Wiejak-Roy, G., & Hunter, G. (in press). Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps. Journal of European Real Estate Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/JERER-01-2023-0002

Purpose: Many town centres in England exhibit high retail property vacancies and require regeneration. Several alternatives for the replacement of town centre retail (TCR) have been suggested, one of which is healthcare. The healthcare sector in Engl... Read More about Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps.

Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, B., De Vito, L., Margarida Sardo, A., Pringle, K., Hansen, M., Taylor, M., …Hayes, E. (2023). Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, 1(e11), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1017/plc.2023.11

Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment but their presence in air is less well understood. Homes are likely a key source of airborne microplastics and microfibres to the environment owing to the frequent use and storage of plastics and textil... Read More about Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research.

Local food partnerships in Wales (2023)
Report
Jones, M., & Hills, S. (2023). Local food partnerships in Wales. Bristol: National Lottery Community Fund and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

In 2022 the government in Wales became the first of the four UK nations to fund the development of multi-sectoral food partnerships in all local authority areas. This report presents an analysis of the background, plans and early progress taking plac... Read More about Local food partnerships in Wales.

Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Beardmore, A., Jones, M., Hills, S., & Ismail, S. (2023, May). Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues. Presented at Our Food, Our Environment, University of Portsmouth

In the context of the current cost of living crisis, many activists are working within their communities to promote access to affordable, healthy, and sustainable food. Yet there are very few opportunities share experiences, ideas and resources betwe... Read More about Developing community leadership for action on affordable, healthy, and sustainable food issues.

Impact of industry 5.0 on sustainable development with machine learning and the role of internal audit: Literature review (2023)
Book Chapter
Rehman, A., Umar, T., & Hashim, F. (in press). Impact of industry 5.0 on sustainable development with machine learning and the role of internal audit: Literature review. In J. Żywiołek, . J. Rosak-Szyrocka, A. Nayyar, & M. Naved (Eds.), Modern Technologies and Tools Supporting The Development of Industry 5.0 (1-62). Taylor & Francis

This chapter delves into the potential impact of Industry 5.0 on sustainable development and associated risks. It emphasizes the importance of mitigating these risks while taking into account the interests of all stakeholders involved. The chapter ai... Read More about Impact of industry 5.0 on sustainable development with machine learning and the role of internal audit: Literature review.

Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives (2023)
Report
Afaal, S., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2023). Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives. https://sdgs.un.org/: The United Nations

This study aims to identify and analyse the various factors leading to low female participation in Maldivian aerospace industry and discuss the policies required to improve this sector. Using a qualitative method, data from both male and female aeros... Read More about Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives.

Promoting dietary changes for achieving health and sustainability targets (2023)
Journal Article
Sanderson Bellamy, A., Furness, E., Mills, S., Clear, A., Finnigan, S. M., Meador, E., …Sharp, R. T. (2023). Promoting dietary changes for achieving health and sustainability targets. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, Article 1160627. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1160627

Globally, about 21–37% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are attributable to food systems. Dietary-related non-communicable diseases have increased significantly from 1990–2019 at a global scale. To achieve carbon emissions targets, increase re... Read More about Promoting dietary changes for achieving health and sustainability targets.