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Measuring Mass Timber - Deriving A Mass Timber Whole Life Carbon & Quality Of Life Method By Evaluating Five Mass Timber UK Buildings (2025)
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Scott, K., & Charleson, F. (2025). Measuring Mass Timber - Deriving A Mass Timber Whole Life Carbon & Quality Of Life Method By Evaluating Five Mass Timber UK Buildings. Built by Nature

This report is the primary outcome of the Measuring Mass Timber research project. The study was led by dRMM, with collaborating partners Edinburgh Napier University and the Quality of Life Foundation. The project was awarded funding by Built by Natur... Read More about Measuring Mass Timber - Deriving A Mass Timber Whole Life Carbon & Quality Of Life Method By Evaluating Five Mass Timber UK Buildings.

Timber properties of species with potential for wider planting in Great Britain (2024)
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Price, A., Ridley-Ellis, D., Adams, S., Lehneke, S., Ash, A., & Macdonald, E. (2024). Timber properties of species with potential for wider planting in Great Britain. Forest Research

Diversifying the range of tree species planted in Great Britain is an important goal in adapting to climate change and increasing the resilience of British forests. The wood properties and utilisation potential of less widely planted species are impo... Read More about Timber properties of species with potential for wider planting in Great Britain.

Volumetric Modular Construction research (2024)
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Brennan, J., Vokes, C., Massey, T., Duncheva, M., Plowas, W., Livingstone, A., Reid, A., Bros Williamson, J., & Hairstans, R. (2024). Volumetric Modular Construction research. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Building on a pledge to support Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in its Autumn Budget of 2017, the 2019 Conservative party manifesto reaffirmed the target of 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s and made explicit commitment to support MMC. The n... Read More about Volumetric Modular Construction research.

White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings (2024)
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Costa Pereira, C. (2024). White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings. Implementation Working Group on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IWG5)

The built environment is responsible for 35% of the greenhouse gas emissions and 85% of the buildings in Europe are older than 25 years. It is therefore a big task to reach a 100% renewable heated and cooled built environment. This White Paper descri... Read More about White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings.

Global Policies Influencing the Greater Adoption of Timber in Construction (2024)
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Hairstans, R., Ridley Ellis, D., Cramer, M., Plowas, W., Hart, S., Rogers, L., Connell-Skinner, K., & Seminara, P. (2024). Global Policies Influencing the Greater Adoption of Timber in Construction. Forest Industries Ireland

This report prepared on behalf of the Timber in Construction Steering Group and Forest Industries Ireland and authored by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) and Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), emphasises the critical role of increa... Read More about Global Policies Influencing the Greater Adoption of Timber in Construction.

Creative Informatics Final Report (2024)
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Terras, M., Osborne, N., McDonald, C., Henderson, D., Pirie, E., Tyndall, A., Sulaiman, Y., Smyth, M., Panneels, I., Speed, C., Bates, C., Black, S., Jones, V., Zeller, F., Murray, V., Dale Steyn, I., & Smythe, J. (2024). Creative Informatics Final Report. Edinburgh: AHRC

This Creative Informatics Final Report summaries the work of Creative Informatics, a partnership project which has been supporting creatives in Edinburgh and South East Scotland from 2018-2024. We look back over the different strands of the programme... Read More about Creative Informatics Final Report.

Wood properties and uses of larch in Great Britain (2024)
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McLean, P., Ridley-Ellis, D., Price, A., & Macdonald, E. (2024). Wood properties and uses of larch in Great Britain. Surrey: Forest Research

This report collates and synthesises research into the production and use of larch timber in Great Britain, drawing on information from a range of published and unpublished studies. It is written for forest scientists, engineers, wood processors and... Read More about Wood properties and uses of larch in Great Britain.

Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society (2023)
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Ryan, B., Cruickshank, P., & Milosheva, M. (2023). Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society. Media and Information Literacy Alliance

This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on the impact of information literacy (IL) on society. It is intended to deliver considerations on how academic research into IL can positively affect society, building on the 2022 I... Read More about Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society.

Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendations (2023)
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Wilson, M., Stephen, K., & Vargheese, J. P. Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendations. Creative Informatics

Music recommender systems are utilised by many music streaming platforms to provide new artist and song recommendations on a personalised basis to listeners. These algorithm-based systems apply dynamic data modelling techniques and are a recommendati... Read More about Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and the source of music recommendations.

Developing the Young Workforce evaluation: Evidence synthesis (2023)
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Milosheva, M. (2023). Developing the Young Workforce evaluation: Evidence synthesis. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Developing the Young Workforce programme (DYW) is Scotland’s national youth employment strategy. DYW sets out the Scottish Government’s vision for a world-class vocational education system that supports young people to engage in work-relevant learnin... Read More about Developing the Young Workforce evaluation: Evidence synthesis.

Timber in Construction: Skills Action Plan (2023)
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Duncheva, M., Vokes, C., Connell-Skinner, K., & Hairstans, R. (2023). Timber in Construction: Skills Action Plan. Hereford: New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE)

The UK needs to increase the use of timber in construction to achieve its Net Zero targets. But strengthening timber supply chains and boosting use of homegrown timber needs a workforce able to make best use of this renewable resource.

The Timber... Read More about Timber in Construction: Skills Action Plan.

There Be Dragons: Navigating the uncharted data territories of creative practice (2023)
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Panneels, I., Helgason, I., & Smyth, M. (2023). There Be Dragons: Navigating the uncharted data territories of creative practice. Creative Informatics

This report documents the work of the Creative Informatics Creative Horizons 4: There be Dragons project.

The There Be Dragons project starts from the premise that data can empower creative businesses to do more and to do it better. Data can be u... Read More about There Be Dragons: Navigating the uncharted data territories of creative practice.