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Estimating the impact of building retrofit measures on the operational greenhouse emissions of medium office buildings – A case study in Ontario, Canada Open
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of using hourly Marginal Emission Factors (MEF) for electricity consumption instead of annual Average Emission Factors (AEF) to estimate the operational GHG emission reductions of building re…
Research needs assessment for the mass timber industry Open
The 3rd Mass Timber Research Needs Assessment was held on September 20-22, 2022, at a location nearby the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.The workshop was co-sponsored by the Forest Products Lab and WoodWorks.The purpose of…
FINDINGS FROM THE 2022 NORTH AMERICAN MASS TIMBER RESEARCH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP Open
Workshop sponsored by the US Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory was held September 20-22, 2022.The purpose of the workshop was
Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Proceedings of the 12th IEMA Visiting Scholar Conference. Edited by Kevin Garstki Open
Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Proceedings of the 12th IEMA Visiting Scholar Conference. Edited by Kevin Garstki. 2022. 210 pp. Cotsen Digital Archaeology Series 2. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles, CA. ISB…
How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts Open
In UK HE institutions there is a growing realisation and appreciation for academic disciplines to seek research partners beyond their own subject (QAA. 2018. Enterprise and entrepreneurship education: Guidance for UK higher education provi…
OUTCOMES FOR HEALTHCARE UNDERGRADUATES USING WIKIS AND MS POWERPOINT IN COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENT APPROACHES TO LEARNING Open
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Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment? Open
Designing for social good framed within an ethical practice has a long tradition informed by the democratic philosophy of John Dewey, but more recently it has been acknowledged that co-design can embody cultural respect and empathy through…
The Effect of Zone Level Occupancy Characteristics on Adaptive Controls Open
The objective of this paper is to examine the energy and comfort impact of the HVAC equipment granularity in offices through building performance simulation. To this end, the occupancy data gathered from 37 private offices in Ottawa, Canad…
Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens Open
This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland's ‘First Things First’ ma…
Developing intercultural competencies and new perspectives on graphic design pedagogy through international volunteering. Open
Within the field of graphic design many contemporary designers and educators seek to challenge global corporate homogenization and the exploitation of developing countries (Rawsthorn 2013; Poynor 1999; McCoy 1994). The ‘First Things First …
Summarising News Stories for Children Open
This paper proposes a system to automatically summarise news articles in a manner suitable for children by deriving and combining statistical ratings for how important, positively oriented and easy to read each sentence is.Our results demo…