Outputs (139)

PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, June). PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes. Paper presented at Forum Alpinum 2024, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

This research delves into the intricate relationship between mountain auditory environments and the mountaineering experience, shedding light on the influence of individual sounds and overall soundscapes. While existing studies acknowledge the positi... Read More about PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes.

Surveying Birds in Open Habitats near Proposed Woodland Creation Schemes: What is the Effect of Having Fewer Visits? (2024)
Journal Article
Borthwick, M. D., Kerslake, L., Findlay, M., Briers, R. A., Tomlin, C., Riddle, N., & White, P. J. (2024). Surveying Birds in Open Habitats near Proposed Woodland Creation Schemes: What is the Effect of Having Fewer Visits?. In Practice (CIEEM), 124, 32-37

In relation to new woodland creation in England, the Forestry Commission (FC) may require breeding bird surveys of proposed sites to assess suitability for planting or natural colonisation. Previous protocols required six visits, but we wanted to tes... Read More about Surveying Birds in Open Habitats near Proposed Woodland Creation Schemes: What is the Effect of Having Fewer Visits?.

Deploying Bottleneck Management Strategies for Ameliorating Critical Delays in Building Construction Projects: A Case for Developing Country of Iran (2024)
Journal Article
Karimi, H., Sarvari, H., Edwards, D. J., Chan, D. W. M., & Olawumi, T. O. (2024). Deploying Bottleneck Management Strategies for Ameliorating Critical Delays in Building Construction Projects: A Case for Developing Country of Iran. Systems, 12(6), 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems12060195

One of the primary concerns and challenges encountered in the construction industry is the emergence of crucial factors instigating project delays throughout the construction project lifecycle (CPL). The critical delay factors (CDFs) are the signific... Read More about Deploying Bottleneck Management Strategies for Ameliorating Critical Delays in Building Construction Projects: A Case for Developing Country of Iran.

Why role-playing games can spur climate action (2024)
Journal Article
Illingworth, S. (2024). Why role-playing games can spur climate action. Nature, 629(8013), 729-729. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01466-x

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Integration of Building Services in Modular Construction: A PRISMA Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Kazeem, K. O., Olawumi, T. O., Adam, J. J., & Lam, E. W.-M. (2024). Integration of Building Services in Modular Construction: A PRISMA Approach. Applied Sciences, 14(10), Article 4151. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14104151

Modular construction is gaining worldwide attention. Building services are the systems that make buildings comfortable and efficient. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems provide heating, cooling, lighting, energy distribution, and wate... Read More about Integration of Building Services in Modular Construction: A PRISMA Approach.

Against Dystopias with Ecological Literacy (2024)
Journal Article
Boehnert, J., Alexander, A., & Sinclair, M. (2024). Against Dystopias with Ecological Literacy. Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios en Diseño y Comunicación, 222(27), 39-63. https://doi.org/10.18682/cdc.vi222.11202

The longstanding dismissal of the ecological in civilisations that have developed dramatic ecology-altering and planetary boundary crossing technologies is at the crux of contemporary planetary polycrisis. Desirable and even viable futures depend on... Read More about Against Dystopias with Ecological Literacy.

Norman Nicholson and rural wartime (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2024, May). Norman Nicholson and rural wartime. Presented at Cultural Landscapes, University of Cumbria, Ambleside

A different version of this paper is published as ‘Rural modernity and wartime in Norman Nicholson’s poetry.’ Modernist Cultures. See corresponding entry.

Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., Beetham, H., Cronin, C., & McIlwhan, R. (2024, May). Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections. Presented at Fourteenth International Conference on Networked Learning, University of Malta, Valetta, Malta

May 2024 finds us eighteen months on since the release into the wild of unregulated generative AI models and their chatbot front-ends. While Higher Education (HE) has been playing catch-up in terms of policy and regulation (e.g. Russell Group 2023, C... Read More about Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections.

Advancing sustainable building through passive cooling with phase change materials, a comprehensive literature review (2024)
Journal Article
Ghamari, M., See, C. H., Hughes, D., Mallick, T., Reddy, K. S., Patchigolla, K., & Sundaram, S. (2024). Advancing sustainable building through passive cooling with phase change materials, a comprehensive literature review. Energy and Buildings, 312, Article 114164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114164

Phase Change Materials (PCMs) present cutting-edge technology with substantial promise for advancing sustainable and energy-efficient cooling in buildings. These materials can absorb and release latent heat during phase transitions, facilitating ther... Read More about Advancing sustainable building through passive cooling with phase change materials, a comprehensive literature review.

A literary deep dive: Assessing the reporting rates of cetacean availability bias for estimating abundance from digital aerial surveys (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peters-Grundy, R., Wilson, G., White, P., Macleod, K., & Rudd, L. (2024, April). A literary deep dive: Assessing the reporting rates of cetacean availability bias for estimating abundance from digital aerial surveys. Poster presented at 35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference, Catania, Italy

Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Osunsanmi, T. O., Gillies-Denning, E., Khaddour, L., Olawumi, T. O., & Moobela, C. (online). Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach. International journal of construction management, https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2024.2337143

The shift towards net zero design for the construction industry poses complex challenges, which can be likened to a three-headed hydra embodying energy, water, and carbon emissions. The industry stakeholders have grappled with addressing the challeng... Read More about Framework for the UK Construction Industry Transition to Net Zero Design: A Delphi Techniques and Structural Equation Model Approach.

Wood properties and uses of larch in Great Britain (2024)
Report
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.

Perceived barriers to implementing building information modeling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Delphi survey of construction experts (2024)
Journal Article
Sarvari, H., Asaadsamani, P., Olawumi, T. O., Chan, D. W., Rashidi, A., & Beer, M. (2024). Perceived barriers to implementing building information modeling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Delphi survey of construction experts. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 20(3), 673-693. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2024.2329687

Building information modeling (BIM) is a disruptive information technology tool in the construction sector. Although this technology had a significant impact on the manufacturing industries, it, like any other technology, encountered several challeng... Read More about Perceived barriers to implementing building information modeling in Iranian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Delphi survey of construction experts.

Regenerative Design in the Circular Economy: an oxymoron? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panneels, I., Sinclair, M., & Alder, E. (2024, May). Regenerative Design in the Circular Economy: an oxymoron?. Presented at Cumulus, Budapest, May 2024, Budapest

| The Circular Economy (CE) model considers the life cycle of material goods and examines its journey from cradle to cradle, which tries to put human beings in the same species picture as other living things and focuses on design of materials and sys... Read More about Regenerative Design in the Circular Economy: an oxymoron?.

Walking, Observing and Making – Rethinking Plastics in Edinburgh (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tao, C. X., Vettese, S., & Anastasiadou, C. (2024, March). Walking, Observing and Making – Rethinking Plastics in Edinburgh. Paper presented at Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices, Valencia, Spain

Plastic is a widely used material with great longevity, if designed, utilised, and re-used properly. However, the average usable lifespan for single-use plastic products is as little as 15 minutes and generally ends in landfill. The over consumption... Read More about Walking, Observing and Making – Rethinking Plastics in Edinburgh.

Do UK survey licenses for otter support best practice? (2024)
Journal Article
White, P., & Findlay, M. (2024). Do UK survey licenses for otter support best practice?. In Practice (CIEEM), 48-52

Under the Habitats Regulations, resting/breeding places of otters (Lutra lutra) are protected from damage and disturbance, and ecologists are expected to identify such structures. Following an extensive programme of research, we now believe there is... Read More about Do UK survey licenses for otter support best practice?.

Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bernal-Sanchez, J., Coll, J., Leak, J., & Barreto, D. (2024, February). Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation. Presented at Geo-Congress 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This paper aims to investigate the mechanical behaviour of peat stabilised with glacial rock flour for foundation construction. Peat, a natural organic soil, presents challenges for construction due to its high compressibility and low bearing capacit... Read More about Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation.

Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles (2024)
Journal Article
Cirtwill, A. R., Wirta, H., Kaartinen, R., Ballantyne, G., Stone, G. N., Cunnold, H., Tiusanen, M., & Roslin, T. (2024). Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles. Oikos, 2024(4), Article e10301. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10301

Most animal pollination results from plant–insect interactions, but how we perceive these interactions may differ with the sampling method adopted. The two most common methods are observations of visits by pollinators to plants and observations of po... Read More about Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles.

Sustainable mountain bike trails: towards a holistic approach (2024)
Book Chapter
Campbell, T. (2024). Sustainable mountain bike trails: towards a holistic approach. In Mountain Biking, Culture and Society (125-140). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361626-12

This chapter outlines current approaches towards creating and promoting more sustainable mountain bike trails, and orients these within contemporary theoretical conceptualisations of sustainability. The value of practical initiatives that draw upon e... Read More about Sustainable mountain bike trails: towards a holistic approach.

The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Egan, C. (2024). The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden

Callum Egan explains how his academic community transformed The Lions’ Gate at Napier University, Edinburgh, into a series of permaculture gardens to create a healthier, nature-focused form of educational workplace