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Surface Albedo in Roofs’ Life Cycle Assessment: Black vs. White.

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T. (2011, June)
Surface Albedo in Roofs’ Life Cycle Assessment: Black vs. White. Presented at ELCAS 2011. 2nd International Exergy, Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium, Nysiros, Greece
No abstract available.

Urban-wide change in albedo: a multi-scale approach to LCA. The case study of

Conference Proceeding
Susca, T., Gaffin, S. R., & Dell'Osso, G. R. (2011)
Urban-wide change in albedo: a multi-scale approach to LCA. The case study of. In Ecosystem protection in a sustainable world: a challenge for science and regulation
No abstract available.

Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

Journal Article
Susca, T., Gaffin, S., & Dell'Osso, G. (2011)
Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs. Environmental Pollution, 159(8-9), 2119-2126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.007
Monitoring the urban heat island in four areas of New York City, we have found an average of 2 °C difference of temperatures between the most and the least vegetated areas, as...

LCA Evaluation of the Effect of the Increase in Urban Albedo on Human Health: Roofs in New York City

Conference Proceeding
Susca, T. (2011)
LCA Evaluation of the Effect of the Increase in Urban Albedo on Human Health: Roofs in New York City. In Research in Ph.D. Toward a Shared Knowledge
No abstract available.

Stone Architecture: Organicism and rationalism in the Apulian rural architecture

Book
Calderazzi, A., & Susca, T. (2010)
Stone Architecture: Organicism and rationalism in the Apulian rural architecture. In A. Bucci, & L. Mollo (Eds.), Regional Architecture in the Mediterranean Area

The Contribution of the Albedo in LCA. Black vs. White Roofs: A Case Study in New York

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T., Gaffin, S., & Dell'Osso, G. R. (2010, June)
The Contribution of the Albedo in LCA. Black vs. White Roofs: A Case Study in New York. Presented at SEEP 2010. 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection, Bari, Italy
No abstract available.

Positive Effects of Vegetation: Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Green Roofs

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T., Gaffin, S. R., & Dell'Osso, G. R. (2010, June)
Positive Effects of Vegetation: Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Green Roofs. Presented at Urban Environmental Pollution 2010. Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
This paper attempts to evaluate the positive effects of vegetation with a multi-scale approach: an urban and a building scale. Monitoring the urban heat island in four areas o...

The Contribution of the Albedo in LCA Evaluation of Three Roofs

Presentation / Conference
Susca, T., Gaffin, S., & Dell'Osso, G. (2010, May)
The Contribution of the Albedo in LCA Evaluation of Three Roofs. Presented at CYCLE 2010. 4th Canadian Form on the Life Cycle Management of Products and Services, Montreal, Canada
No abstract available.

Life Cycle Assessment dei solai di copertura: il contributo dell’albedo

Conference Proceeding
Susca, T., Gaffin, S. R., & Dell'Osso, G. R. (2010)
Life Cycle Assessment dei solai di copertura: il contributo dell’albedo. In Ricerche ISTeA per l’Ingegneria dell’Architettura
No abstract available.

A temperature and seasonal energy analysis of green, white, and black roofs

Report
Gaffin, S. R., Rosenzweig, C., Eichenbaum-Pikser, J., Khanbilvardi, R., & Susca, T. (2010)
A temperature and seasonal energy analysis of green, white, and black roofs. New York City, New York, USA: Columbia University
No abstract available. Report available - http://www.greengridroofs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Effective-R-value-of-Green-Roofs-Gaffin-et-al.p
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Work Package 1, Retrofit AI Paper

2023 - 2024
Work Package 1 Retrofit AI Paper. ENU will liase with and manage the consortium as outlined in the Retrofit AI proposal from BRS.
Funder: Historic Environment Scotland | Value: £9,929

Affordable and sustainable green homes for underprivileged people in Africa.

2022 - 2023
A product service innovation providing affordable, fast, modular & sustainable construction technology using a new-age construction material "Composite Paper Honeycomb Panel”. The panel has two compo...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £19,923

PhD Studentship: Development of Data Flows and Dashboards for Digital Twins of bio-OSM Living Labs

2021 - 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-d...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £30,000

Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis

2021 - 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 ...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £60,000

Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation

2021 - 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 natu...
Funder: Scottish Forestry | Value: £37,961

CSIC - Edinburgh Home Demonstrator

2020 - 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. Developme...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £205,463

Early Years Buildings Net-zero energy comparison

2020 - 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 building...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Tenement refurbishment trial

2019 - 2020
Thermal pre & post intervention trial evaluation of tenements in Central belt of Scotland. The trials will document and measure the process of surveying the dwelling, conduct U-value, thermography and...
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £23,316

Retrofit Evaluation of Non Domestic Buildings in Scotland prior to 4th Generation Heat Networks

2018 - 2022
The development of a 4th generation smart heating and cooling network is an emerging technology to supply low carbon heat. However, the technology relies on low-temperature flow delivery temperatures ...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £68,796

Wood Products Innovation Fund

2018 - 2019
The purpose of this proposed research is to deliver timber product and process innovation whilst developing human capital. 4 thematic areas of research have been identified for exploration: 1. Digitis...
Funder: Scottish Forestry | Value: £60,000