Projects (93)

Augmented Virtual Reality Enhanced Building Information Modelling Technology for Bamboo-Timber Grid-shells Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
This project aims to develop the state-of-the-art building information modelling technology enhanced by augmented virtual reality function for design, manufacturing and building of the bamboo-timber grid-shell structures. The new technology will be d... Read More about Augmented Virtual Reality Enhanced Building Information Modelling Technology for Bamboo-Timber Grid-shells.

Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2025
Edinburgh Napier University is developing together with other consortium members the Edinburgh Home Programme that will demonstrate a new business model based on collaborative procurement, whole-life costings, development pipeline and greater standar... Read More about Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis.

Building From England's Woodlands Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025
The focus of the project is to develop 5 building system concepts through innovative digital design, adapted to the characteristics of 5 underutilised home-grown English timber species. Each project should be developed to create 1:1 physical prototyp... Read More about Building From England's Woodlands.

SIRT 2021-2022 (WP1&2) Sep 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2025
Our research activities are focused on understanding the physical and mechanical properties of wood and how these affect its performance in different applications. Our main aim is to better understand how the management site, and climate, of forests... Read More about SIRT 2021-2022 (WP1&2).

SHELTERs: Sustainable Homes Enabling the Long Term Empowerment of Refugees Mar 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2025
This project addresses this major moral, humanitarian, and knowledge gap by following on from a highly successful seed-funded project, which developed—through participatory design and interdisciplinary research—a shelter prototype called Makazi (winn... Read More about SHELTERs: Sustainable Homes Enabling the Long Term Empowerment of Refugees.

DT4TVET Dec 10, 2024 - Feb 2, 2026
The aim of the project is to strengthen collaboration and create new partnerships that boost innovation, engender sustainability and drive inclusiveness as a way of building capacity of academics and professionals of Built Environment (BE) in Edinbur... Read More about DT4TVET.

Commercialisation of Homegrown Wood Fibre Oct 2, 2023 - Mar 27, 2025
To enhance the utilisation of the current English Forest resource for built environment delivery and correspondingly influence future forest strategies by demonstrating what is possible and scalable. Derive these scalable solutions and stress test th... Read More about Commercialisation of Homegrown Wood Fibre.

Researching and proposing a standard rule of responsibility for embodied carbon emissions through the value chain Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2026
Researching and proposing a standard rule of responsibility for embodied carbon emissions through the value chain

Digital Transformation of the Building Standards System Aug 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
This project will support the digital transformation of the building standards system in Scotland by supporting a strengthened compliance system and putting in place the tools to develop a digital golden thread. Other work is being taken forward ar... Read More about Digital Transformation of the Building Standards System.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling for the Design of Spill-proof Coffee Cup Lid Aug 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2022
The project team conducted CFD modelling for the Design of Spill-proof Coffee Cup lid designed and patented by SipSecure Ltd. The results of the numerical simulation will be utilised the product designer to optimise the current design and the simulat... Read More about Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling for the Design of Spill-proof Coffee Cup Lid.

PhD Studentship: Development of Data Flows and Dashboards for Digital Twins of bio-OSM Living Labs Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2024
This PhD will investigate data flows in the design, manufacturing and construction of the Living Labs and how the data can be extracted in a meaningful live dashboard format. This will require inter-disciplinary sensor networks, computational and bui... Read More about PhD Studentship: Development of Data Flows and Dashboards for Digital Twins of bio-OSM Living Labs.

Monitoring expansion rate of timber for Jacket Pile Gripper Application Aug 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2022
Monitoring expansion rate of timber for Jacket Pile Gripper Application

Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation Jan 18, 2021 - May 31, 2022
A project that seeks to outline the innovation and commercial use of natural fibre insulation products in the UK. It will be based on a gap analysis of products that are currently available from natural fibre materials but are non-UK produced. Addit... Read More about Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation.

Homegrown Bio-Offsite Manufactured (Bio-OSM) Accelerator Oct 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2020
The UK has the renewable natural resource, internationally recognised expertise, and technical capabilities necessary to be at the forefront of a new approach to delivering a sustainable and resilient built environment in response to the COVID-19 rec... Read More about Homegrown Bio-Offsite Manufactured (Bio-OSM) Accelerator.

Prestressed Bamboo-Timber Composite - Phase Two Aug 31, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
The main objectives of this project include: 1) completion of the full-scale pre-stressed Bamboo-Timber Composite Beam prototype with the support of manufacturing expertise and capacity from the industry; 2) convert the novel and effective structural... Read More about Prestressed Bamboo-Timber Composite - Phase Two.

SIRT 2020-2021 (WP1&2) Sep 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2021
Our research activities are focused on understanding the physical and mechanical properties of wood and how these affect its performance in different applications. Our main aim is to better understand how the management site, and climate, of forests... Read More about SIRT 2020-2021 (WP1&2).

Digitisation of Home Grown Timber Products Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
The aim of this project is to determine the potential for the symbiosis of renewable resource (forestry, woody bio-mass and naturally replenishable) and the high value manufacture of a resilient and sustainable built environment leveraging the potent... Read More about Digitisation of Home Grown Timber Products.

Early Years Buildings Net-zero energy comparison Sep 18, 2020 - Dec 18, 2020
The work performed in this project will help to clarify the route to net-zero carbon in non-domestic buildings by using building performance evaluation of two as-built examples of early years buildings. The implementation of methodologies for indoor... Read More about Early Years Buildings Net-zero energy comparison.

CSIC - Edinburgh Home Demonstrator Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2024
The “Edinburgh Home Demonstrator” (EHD) Programme seeks to demonstrate the time, cost, quality, and carbon improvements in new affordable housing programme through the following projects:
1.Development and Delivery of a New Business Model based on C... Read More about CSIC - Edinburgh Home Demonstrator.

Home Grown Demonstrator Apr 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021
This project is to act as forerunner to the larger Edinburgh Home Demonstrator project to identify areas of innovation and supply chain integration aligned with the economic strategy for Scotland’s for Forest and Timber Technologies Sector to 2030 (... Read More about Home Grown Demonstrator.