Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiar, S., Hairstans, R., Livingstone, A., Saint, R., & Stinson, J. (2025, July)
Timber MMC Retrofit Case Study Analysis of Embodied Carbon Impact. Paper presented at International Retrofit Conference 2025, University of Salford Energy House Labs
The demand for energy efficient retrofitting in residential buildings is rising, particularly in the UK, which has some of the oldest housing stock in Europe. Existing retrofi...
Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dobas, C., Ernest, G., Hairstans, R., Irfan Abbas Gani, M., Livingstone, A., Stinson, J., & Keyworth, A. (2025, July)
Sunamp Heat Battery as a Pre-heating Solution for Domestic Hot Water Heating: A Case Study Evaluation. Paper presented at International Retrofit Conference 2025, University of Salford Energy House Labs
To meet the UK Government’s net-zero target by 2050 requires a radical rethink around how existing households optimise and manage energy. Therefore, to accelerate the path to ...
Transforming Timber
Digital Artefact
Hairstans, R., Plowas, W., Livingstone, A., Connell-Skinner, K., Cramer, M., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Seminara, P. Transforming Timber. [Website content])
Hairstans, R., Plowas, W., Livingstone, A., Connell-Skinner, K., Cramer, M., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Seminara, P. Transforming Timber. [Website content]
The construction materials used since the industrial revolution now dominate the sector. This is one of the leading causes of our current climate crisis. We need alternative s...
Automated code compliance for structural timber design with building information modelling
Thesis
Livingstone, A. Automated code compliance for structural timber design with building information modelling. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2709249
This work set out to identify and overcome the barriers to specifying structural timber within the UK. In the first instance, a survey of practising structural engineers was c...
Offsite Ready Booklets
Report
Duncheva, M., Calcagno, C., Henquel, V., Leitch, K., Stinson, J., Plant O'Toole, E., …Ferriz-Papi, J. A. (2020)
Offsite Ready Booklets. Edinburgh: Construction Industry Training Board
Automatic code compliance with multi-dimensional data fitting in a BIM context
Journal Article
Patlakas, P., Livingstone, A., Hairstans, R., & Neighbour, G. (2018)
Automatic code compliance with multi-dimensional data fitting in a BIM context. Advanced engineering informatics, 38, 216-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2018.07.002
BIM-based tools can contribute to addressing some of the challenges faced by structural engineering practitioners. A BIM-based framework for the development of components that...
Timber Connections
Presentation / Conference
Livingstone, A. (2016, September)
Timber Connections. Presented at CPD Seminar Structural Timber Enfgineering, Stirling, Scotland
Timber Connections Design theory to Eurocode 5, including a demonstration of how to undertake value engineering.
Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection
Conference Proceeding
Livingstone, A., Patlakas, P., Milne, M., Smith, S., & Hairstans, R. (2016)
Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection. In M. Pöll, A. Fadai, W. Winter, & J. Eberhardsteiner (Eds.), WCTE 2016 e-book : containing all full papers submitted to the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016), (2037-2044
This paper presents a novel method of automating the structural design of timber connections and ensuring code compliance within a Building Information Modelling (BIM) context...
A BIM platform for offsite timber construction.
Conference Proceeding
Patlakas, P., Livingstone, A., & Hairstans, R. (2015)
A BIM platform for offsite timber construction
This paper discusses the potential of a BIM platform for offsite timber construction within the context of the UK construction industry. It examines the benefits, limitations,...
The Case for Mass Customisation of Structural Timber Design
Conference Proceeding
Livingstone, A., Menendez, J., Leitch, K., & Hairstans, R. (2015)
The Case for Mass Customisation of Structural Timber Design. . https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479117.243
This paper reports on the potential of timber for structural applications in the
international construction market, particularly in the light of its environmental
credentials ...