Napier research on material substitution informs national and global policy reports
Oct 4, 2023
Summary The research article: “D’Amico, Bernardino, Francesco Pomponi, and Jim Hart. "Global potential for material substitution in building construction: The case of cross laminated timber." Journal of Cleaner Production 279 (2021): 123487.” has been included for supporting evidene in policy reports by the UK parliament, the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment and by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). People Bernardino D'Amico URL https://plu.mx/plum/a/policy_citation?doi=10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123487&theme=plum-sciencedirect-theme&hideUsage=true
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To cut carbon think low rise cities not skyscrapers
Aug 25, 2021
Summary This is a piece Bloomberg has made on the paper recently published in Nature Urban Sustainability (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-021-00034-w) which has received significant global attention (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-021-00034-w/metrics). People Bernardino D'Amico
Francesco PomponiURL https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-25/to-cut-carbon-think-low-rise-buildings-not-skyscrapers
Winner of the RISE award for Design, Innovation and Creativity
Oct 1, 2019
Summary The RISE Awards are the highlight of the annual Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference – and this year’s ceremony saw Edinburgh Napier’s Bernardino D'Amico and Francesco Pomponi take home the Design, Innovation & Creativity award!
The RISE awards celebrate talented companies, groups and individuals who are changing the nature of the built environment industry through extensive research, development and innovation.
School of Engineering and the Built Environment colleagues Bernardino and Francesco were recognised for their RAEng-funded research on a holistic approach to post-disaster, post-conflict emergency sheltering. This led to follow-on research, funded through an Industry Academia Partnership Programme, focusing on sustainable materials.People Bernardino D'Amico
Francesco PomponiURL https://www.leedsbecket.../seeds-conference-2019/