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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhaohua Wang, Bin Lu, Bo Wang, Yueming (Lucy) Qiu, Jingyun Li, Bin Zhang
Summary: Energy demand-side management is crucial for deep decarbonization, yet the focus on individual targets neglects the complex social relations within which energy consumption takes place. This study shows that social relations can promote energy conservation behavior, with varying levels of electricity savings across different targeted relations.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aiman Albatayneh, Mohammed N. Assaf, Renad Albadaineh, Adel Juaidi, Ramez Abdallah, Alberto Zabalo, Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Summary: The building sector significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and using an adaptive thermal model can greatly reduce energy consumption.
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Construction & Building Technology
Eduardo Diz-Mellado, Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Carlos Rivera-Gomez, Carmen Galan-Marin, Juan Rojas-Fernandez, Marialena Nikolopoulou
Summary: This research focuses on the potential of courtyards as semi-outdoor spaces in improving thermal comfort in Mediterranean cities, and extends existing calculation models to determine comfort levels in courtyards during typical summer and heat wave periods in Cordoba, Spain. Results show that courtyards can provide cooler temperatures compared to outdoors, but comfort levels drop during heat wave periods despite increasing thermal gaps. The study also compares the results with the PET indicator for outdoor thermal comfort and evaluates the implications of implementing passive shading strategies in courtyards.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sanjay Kumar, Manoj Kumar Singh
Summary: This study investigated the seasonal thermal environment and thermal perception of university subjects in a naturally ventilated workshop building under the composite climate of India. The authors collected 1460 subjective responses in 2019. They used Standard Effective Temperature (SET*) to study the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity and airspeed on perceived thermal sensation and occupant's preference under high metabolic rates.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Urban Studies
Jesse Schrage
Summary: Affecting future urban energy demand is crucial for mitigating climate emissions. This study examines the organizational challenges faced by civil servants in influencing energy demand by focusing on their work practices. The research reveals that governing urban demand requires navigating tensions related to broadening climate measures, challenging politically attractive technologies, and clarifying municipal responsibilities in addressing citizens' energy demand. By identifying these tensions, the study provides insights into the challenges and possible agency in advancing a local climate agenda.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
R. Verges, K. Gaspar, N. Forcada
Summary: This article presents the development of adaptive consumption models to assess the energy implications of HVAC systems in nursing homes. The findings reveal that implementing adaptive thermal comfort control methods can significantly decrease energy consumption, leading to improved energy efficiency in nursing homes.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Rob Raven, David Reynolds, Ruth Lane, Jo Lindsay, Annica Kronsell, Dharma Arunachalam
Summary: The paper identifies two approaches in sustainability transitions research: closed-box and open-box. The closed-box approach sees households as fixed units of analysis, while the open-box approach emphasizes the dynamic nature of households and their significance in a multi-scale context.
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Abdul Ghafoor, Mirzet Seho, Imtiaz Sifat
Summary: This paper examines whether a higher proportion of co-opted board members following a CEO's accession translates to greater climate change-related risk for the firm. Investigating 12,101 US-based firm-year observations from 2001 to 2014, we discover that firms with a higher level of coopted directors face higher climate risk. This conclusion survives a battery of tests addressing reverse causality, omitted variable bias, and sample selection bias. We touch on this result's implications and offer further ideas for advancing the discourse.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
N. O. Bell, J. I. Bilbao, M. Kay, A. B. Sproul
Summary: This study aims to assess traditional HVAC system sizing methods under extreme conditions by using extreme weather datasets in building simulation, investigate the impact of climate change on energy use, peak demand, and thermal comfort for commercial buildings, and propose methods for future-proofing HVAC system design against climate change impacts across the most populated global climates.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Gururaghav Raman, Bo Zhao, Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng, Matthias Weidlich
Summary: This paper proposes a flexible monitoring framework to detect potential non-compliance in traditional residential incentive-based demand response programs, and suggests adapting participants' incentives accordingly. The implementation of a distributed event-stream monitoring framework ensures scalability and low monitoring costs.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Christine Wamsler, Luis Mundaca, Gustav Osberg
Summary: Despite the availability of technological solutions and policy approaches, effective action towards a fossil-free society is lacking. This paper explores citizens' political agency in influencing transport policy and the factors that encourage or hinder engagement at individual and collective levels. The findings highlight the importance of perceived influence and trust in authorities, as well as the complex interplay between engagement, perceived influence, trust, and factors such as environmental effectiveness, climate change awareness, and sociodemocratic issues. The study emphasizes the role of perceptions and emotions at individual, cultural, and structural levels, and calls for an expanded view of political agency that recognizes individual capacity for transformative change. Structural and personal factors need to be addressed to enhance engagement, perceived contribution possibilities, and trust, in order to transform transport and climate policy more broadly.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Annika Sohre, Iljana Schubert
Summary: Advancing the energy transition requires reducing energy consumption, especially in households. Classical governmental control or economic measures are not fully effective in changing household energy consumption behavior. Therefore, bottom-up governance approaches such as information, labeling, and feedback tools are needed for intervention and change.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Mohamed Elsaid Soliman, Shu Bo
Summary: This paper proposes a novel integrated methodology to develop a multi-functional biomimetic adaptive building envelope by transforming the biological adaptation systems in nature into bio-inspired adaptation mechanisms and merging them into one technical system hosting multiple functions. The merging process plays a significant role in achieving multifunctionality in the biomimetic adaptive building envelope to improve the performance of traditional building envelopes.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2023)
Letter
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Babak Zolghadr-Asli, Xuefeng Chu, Hugo A. Loaiciga
Summary: In March 2019, Iran experienced three major floods with heavy damages, causing at least 78 fatalities. The historical data suggests that human alteration to natural cycles may have played a dominant role in these devastating flood events.
Article
Business
Suparatana Tanthanongsakkun, Khine Kyaw, Sirimon Treepongkaruna, Pornsit Jiraporn
Summary: Using a unique measure of takeover vulnerability based on state legislations, this study examines how corporate carbon reduction efforts are influenced by the takeover market. The results show that greater takeover exposure leads to increased efforts in reducing carbon emissions. This suggests that the takeover market, as an external governance mechanism, compels managers to adopt policies that benefit shareholders.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Editorial Material
Construction & Building Technology
Simon Foxell, Ian Cooper
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2015)
Editorial Material
Construction & Building Technology
Ian Cooper
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2012)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Krassimira Paskaleva, Ian Cooper
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Husam AlWaer, Ian Cooper
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Krassimira Paskaleva, Ian Cooper
Summary: This study aims to assess whether the existing evidence supports the effectiveness of Living Labs in promoting innovation. Despite the widespread interest in Living Labs, their actual performance remains underresearched due to lack of published evidence, inadequate research design, and insufficient attention to implementing and reporting performance evaluations.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Husam AlWaer, Joshua Speedie, Ian Cooper
Summary: This paper discusses the issue of improving neighborhood conditions to promote residents' health and well-being through integrated interventions, introducing the concept of "Unhealthy Neighbourhood Syndrome (UNS)." It highlights the practical utility and conceptual clarity of this term, as well as the importance of involving diverse actors in addressing this syndrome comprehensively.
Article
Architecture
Husam AlWaer, Susan Rintoul, Ian Cooper
Summary: The significance of this paper lies in identifying an extended framework for collaborative planning process and highlighting critical issues for ensuring that stakeholders' aspirations and concerns are acted on and delivered.
The paper provides guidance for stakeholders to carry out the outputs arising from design-led events, showing that collaborative planning should be based on longitudinal stakeholder engagement.
ARCHNET-IJAR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Architecture
Husam AlWaer, Ian Cooper
Summary: The purpose of this study was to uncover the desired outcomes, means, and behavioral changes required to support the operation of 20MNs. The study found that integrating 20MNs into existing neighborhoods will require significant effort to align planning systems and stakeholders, and further guidance on implementation and measurement of success is needed.
OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Architecture
Husam AlWaer, Susan Rintoul, Ian Cooper
Summary: This paper examines the importance of post-event stages in collaborative planning after design-led events and suggests ways to improve decision-making and delivery activities in collaborative planning.
ARCHNET-IJAR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Proceedings Paper
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Patrizia Lombardi, Ian Cooper
INTEGRATED EVALUATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY CITIES
(2018)
Article
Urban Studies
Krassimira Paskaleva, Ian Cooper
JOURNAL OF URBAN DESIGN
(2017)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Nicole Mitsche, Franziska Vogt, Dan Knox, I. Cooper, Patrizia Lombardi, Daniela Ciaffi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CULTURE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY RESEARCH
(2013)
Article
Management
Krassimira Paskaleva, Ian Cooper, Jose Angel Azorin
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SERVICES TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2011)
Article
Urban Studies
Mark Deakin, Patrizia Lombardi, Ian Cooper
JOURNAL OF URBAN TECHNOLOGY
(2011)
