Prof Francesco Pomponi's News (4)

Can Timber Construction Be a Significant Carbon Sink?
Aug 27, 2021

Summary	Coverage of our article in One Earth in this popular read within the Architect Magazine
People	Francesco Pomponi
URL	https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/can-timber-construction-be-a-significant-carbon-sink_o

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	Francesco Pomponi Bernardino D'Amico
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-25/to-cut-carbon-think-low-rise-buildings-not-skyscrapers

University teams up with community researchers to help improve their neighbourhood
Feb 6, 2020

Source	Deadline media
Summary	A Team of community researchers will join forces with academics to help improve their neighbourhood. UK Research and Innovation today announced its backing for the Seven Kingdoms of Wester Hailes, one of 53 new UK-wide projects worth £1.4million which will enable members of the public to actively contribute to research and innovation projects that affect their lives. Part of the agency’s Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement programme, the project involves community partners working with Edinburgh Napier University to contribute to the local place plan being developed with support from the Scottish Government’s Chief Architect.
Linked Funders	UKRI UK Research and Innovation
People	Kirstie Jamieson Francesco Pomponi Clare Taylor Stephen Smith Tom Flint Louise Todd
Org Units	Business School School of Applied Sciences School of Arts and Creative Industries School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing School of Health and Social Care School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Projects	The Seven Kingdoms of Wester Hailes: Developing Researchers in Place
Themes	Culture and Communities Health AI and Technologies
URL	http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2020/02/06/university-teams-up-with-community-researchers-to-help-improve-their-neighbourhood/

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.
Linked Funders	Royal Academy of Engineering
People	Francesco Pomponi Bernardino D'Amico
Outputs	Post-Disaster Post-Conflict Emergency Shelters: A Holistic Approach
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Projects	Circular design of emergency sheltering for Africa: a holistic approach
Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Transport Research Innovation Centre
URL	https://www.leedsbecket.../seeds-conference-2019/