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Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L., Moncaster, A., & Smith, S. (2017). Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation. In PLEA Conference Proceedings Volume III

Colegio Rochester is school in Colombia with a strong vision for sustainability. This vision permeates the new school building which was the first school in Latin America to be awarded a LEED Gold certification. This article uses Colegio Rochester as... Read More about Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation.

Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Livingstone, A., Patlakas, P., Milne, M., Smith, S., & Hairstans, R. (2016). Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection. In J. Eberhardsteiner, W. Winter, A. Fadai, & M. Pöll (Eds.), WCTE 2016 e-book : containing all full papers submitted to the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) (2037-2044)

This paper presents a novel method of automating the structural design of timber connections and ensuring code compliance within a Building Information Modelling (BIM) context. The mathematical method of Multi Dimensional Data Fitting (MDDF) is prese... Read More about Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection.

Increasing need for Offsite Construction and Manufactured Infrastructure in the UK Economy (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, R. S., Wood, J. B., & Hairstans, R. (2015). Increasing need for Offsite Construction and Manufactured Infrastructure in the UK Economy. In CIAT Symposium Proceedings

Due to increasing demand for housing and other building infrastructure the methodology of offsite construction is becoming more attractive to developers, local authorities and government organisations. This paper outlines some of the key drivers such... Read More about Increasing need for Offsite Construction and Manufactured Infrastructure in the UK Economy.

Development of new standards for sound insulation for new housing in Scotland. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, S., MacKenzie, R., & Wood, J. B. (2009). Development of new standards for sound insulation for new housing in Scotland.

During the last 20 years minor amendments have been made to the technical design details for the Scottish Technical Standards for new build attached homes, under Section 5: Noise (formerly Part H). In 2007-08 a major research project was undertaken b... Read More about Development of new standards for sound insulation for new housing in Scotland..

Methods of quality control of airborne and impact sound insualtion in newly built residential buildings. (2008)
Conference Proceeding
Prokofieva, E., & Smith, S. (2008). Methods of quality control of airborne and impact sound insualtion in newly built residential buildings.

The standard method of sound insulation testing in dwellings is pre-completion testing of separating walls and floors during the building process. The main disadvantage of this method is that if these structures fail to comply with building standar... Read More about Methods of quality control of airborne and impact sound insualtion in newly built residential buildings..

Street-based routing using an evolutionary algorithm (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N. B., Paechter, B., & Chisholm, K. (2001). Street-based routing using an evolutionary algorithm. In E. J. W. Boers, J. Gottlieb, P. L. Lanzi, R. E. Smith, S. Cagnoni, E. Hart, …H. Tijink (Eds.), Applications of Evolutionary Computing: EvoWorkshops 2001: EvoCOP, EvoFlight, EvoIASP, EvoLearn, and EvoSTIM, Proceedings (495-504). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45365-2_51

Much research has been carried out into solving routing problems using both Evolutionary Techniques and other methods. In this paper the authors investigate the usage of an Evolutionary Algorithms to solve the Street-Based Routing Problem (SBRP). The... Read More about Street-based routing using an evolutionary algorithm.