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Innovative refurbishment strategies for poorly performing housing stock in Scotland, UK

Conference Proceeding
Bros-Williamson, J., Stinson, J., Reid, A., & Gravrand, D. (2016)
Innovative refurbishment strategies for poorly performing housing stock in Scotland, UK. In 41st IAHS WORLD CONGRESS Conference Proceedings
Scotland is currently increasing its housing stock at a rate of less than 1% per year. With 174,000 households registered on local authority waiting lists for new or improved ...

Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa

Journal Article
Mpakati Gama, E., Wamuziri, S., & Sloan, B. (2011)
Applicability of inventory methods for embodied energy assessment of buildings in Sub-Sahara Africa. The Built and Human Environment Review, 4, 41-55
As the knowledge and understanding of environmental impacts associated with buildings increase, methods of assessing the impacts are also improving in building research. This ...

New Timber Architecture in Scotland.

Book
Wilson, P. (2006)
New Timber Architecture in Scotland. Arcamedia
New Timber Architecture in Scotland illustrates 90 exemplar projects and demonstrates clearly that there is no single building type unsuited to the use of this adaptable, vari...

Energy efficiency improvements through sunspace augmented positive input ventilation of buildings.

Conference Proceeding
Currie, J., Capper, G. & Holmes, J. (2006)
Energy efficiency improvements through sunspace augmented positive input ventilation of buildings
Positive input ventilation (PIV) systems were installed in a new build housing development in Ballantrae in south west Scotland; utilising a glazed sunspace on the south eleva...