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View article: The influence of occupant behaviour on indoor air quality and COVID-19 risk in refugee shelters and temporary houses
The influence of occupant behaviour on indoor air quality and COVID-19 risk in refugee shelters and temporary houses Open
There are growing concerns about poor indoor air quality in refugee shelters, particularly regarding chronic health conditions and the spread of airborne diseases like COVID-19. These issues are influenced by shelter design and occupants’ …
View article: Generating global high-resolution current and future weather timeseries, and the implications for India
Generating global high-resolution current and future weather timeseries, and the implications for India Open
Buildings are responsible for 39% of world carbon emissions, mostly from heating and cooling driven by the weather. Hence, successfully designing buildings for climate mitigation and adaptation is fundamentally dependent on good quality cu…
View article: Accurate representations of locally meaningful future extreme weather events and the implications for India
Accurate representations of locally meaningful future extreme weather events and the implications for India Open
It is now evident that periods of extreme temperature and humidity can transform buildings from places of shelter to sources of significant morbidity and mortality. Mitigating this risk requires computer representations of such events. Unf…
View article: Thermal comfort in lower economic groups: The applicability of the ASHRAE-55 adaptive standards in informal settlements and refugee camps
Thermal comfort in lower economic groups: The applicability of the ASHRAE-55 adaptive standards in informal settlements and refugee camps Open
Thermal comfort is influenced by climate, expectations and adaptation opportunities. Hence the emergence of adaptive thermal comfort standards. Unfortunately, international adaptive standards and much of the underlying literature, are base…
View article: Are simple models for natural ventilation suitable for shelter design?
Are simple models for natural ventilation suitable for shelter design? Open
Many competing airflow models are available to aid designers size windows for natural ventilation, but their complexity in terms of computation and the required expertise needed has limited their application in shelter design. Shelters hou…
View article: Towards net-zero futures: Modular Passivhaus design as a solution to meeting national carbon targets for new housing
Towards net-zero futures: Modular Passivhaus design as a solution to meeting national carbon targets for new housing Open
Much of the world has an urgent need for housing yet simultaneously have set binding targets on reaching zero-carbon. The buildings sector is responsible for 31% of global CO2 emissions, 50% of which results from operational energy use in …
View article: Improving the shelter design process via a shelter assessment matrix
Improving the shelter design process via a shelter assessment matrix Open
Millions are living in shelters around the world, often for decades. Architects are rarely trained in shelter design and as a result speculative designs are frequently impractical or insensitive to occupants. In addition, aid agency staff …
View article: Decarbonising at scale: Extracting strategic thinking from EPC and deprivation data
Decarbonising at scale: Extracting strategic thinking from EPC and deprivation data Open
Decarbonising the built environment is at the heart of many nations' route to net zero. This leads to policies that target specific technologies. Within such policies, there is a natural instinct to combine the need to reduce carbon emissi…
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Evaluation of adherence to antiretroviral medications
View article: Understanding the global warming potential of circular design strategies: Life cycle assessment of a design-for-disassembly building
Understanding the global warming potential of circular design strategies: Life cycle assessment of a design-for-disassembly building Open
Targets for carbon emissions and energy use are set within the built environment to drive change and reach net-zero by 2050. Meanwhile, circular design strategies, including design-for-disassembly (DfD), are promoted to address waste produ…
View article: Resistive and capacitive technology recipes for peak cooling load reductions in the global south
Resistive and capacitive technology recipes for peak cooling load reductions in the global south Open
Buildings in the Global South are expected to drive a tripling of global cooling energy demand by 2050. In countries such as India, growth in energy use far outstrips growth in population, often to the ratio 3:1. While several building-lev…
View article: Applying life cycle assessment with minimal information to support early-stage material selection
Applying life cycle assessment with minimal information to support early-stage material selection Open
Traditional life cycle assessment (LCA) is too data intensive and time consuming to be used during typical building design processes. Conducting an LCA during the building design process therefore requires simplifications and assumptions. …
View article: Consequential impacts of a net-zero carbon design: life cycle assessment of an active building
Consequential impacts of a net-zero carbon design: life cycle assessment of an active building Open
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is becoming the predominant means for determining if a building design meets a carbon emission target. These target values are set to help building designers meet aspirational net-zero carbon targets. Within LCA…
View article: Towards Active Buildings: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Next Generation of Buildings
Towards Active Buildings: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Next Generation of Buildings Open
Several regulations and standards have been developed to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, but these have failed to provide a clear pathway to a net zero future. Hence, we recently introduced the Active Building Code (ABCode). This…
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Clinical pharmacy initiative to increase naloxone
View article: Novel super-reduced, pedagogical model for scoping net zero buildings
Novel super-reduced, pedagogical model for scoping net zero buildings Open
Since early-stage decisions have the largest impact on climate related emissions, if modelling is to help deliver zero carbon designs, tools are needed that can be used by those involved at this stage. By contrast, tools that require a det…