Outputs (12)

Build it and they will come? - A case study of a 'softer landings' approach in creating a low-carbon community (2024)
Journal Article

This paper explores an emerging low-carbon construction business model through a case study of a low-carbon community supported by a private Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) in Lincolnshire. The study highlights the developer's extended aftercare and... Read More about Build it and they will come? - A case study of a 'softer landings' approach in creating a low-carbon community.

Offsite Construction for Mass-Retrofit: Barriers and Opportunities (2024)
Book Chapter
Duran, O. (2024). Offsite Construction for Mass-Retrofit: Barriers and Opportunities. In Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry (185-197). Routledge

UK housing is one of the most energy inefficient in Europe. Energy-efficient retrofit is one of the key mitigations to housing crises, fuel poverty, and reducing carbon emissions. The UK housing stock is aimed to be decarbonised by 2050 and this requ... Read More about Offsite Construction for Mass-Retrofit: Barriers and Opportunities.

Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM Excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces. This research focuses on winter conditions and the ou... Read More about Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies.

Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces: The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM Excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces. This research focuses on winter conditions and the ou... Read More about Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces: The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies.

Collaborative Approach to Design: Case-study of Future-Proofing A Paragraph 80 House (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper demonstrates future-proofing preliminary design phase of a Paragraph 80 (DLUHC, 2021) housing case study by using Building Performance Simulation. Paragraph 80 is about the design of new isolated homes in the countryside defined as outstan... Read More about Collaborative Approach to Design: Case-study of Future-Proofing A Paragraph 80 House.

Impact of Location Selection on Whole Life Carbon of a Multi-National Manufacturing Facility (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Global companies locate new facilities to suit their market opportunities and budgetary costs,
however, with increasing expectations to cut emissions and with expectations to meet net-zero commitments,
selecting sites based on resulting whole-li... Read More about Impact of Location Selection on Whole Life Carbon of a Multi-National Manufacturing Facility.

Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building.

Students as co-Researchers; POE of a Post-Pandemic Study Space (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Students as co-Researchers; POE of a Post-Pandemic Study Space.

An Advanced Refurbishment Evaluation Methodology for Modernist Office Buildings (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The energy used in non-domestic buildings accounts for 18 \% of the energy use in the UK. Modernist office buildings, typically defined as those built between 1945 and 1985, represent a promising sector for refurbishment and energy demand reduction.... Read More about An Advanced Refurbishment Evaluation Methodology for Modernist Office Buildings.

Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction (2021)
Journal Article
Duran, Ö., & J. Lomas, K. (2021). Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction. Journal of Building Engineering, 42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102746

Within the UK non-domestic building stock, offices built between 1940 and 1980, are especially in need of retrofit, they can suffer from high energy consumption and thermal discomfort. Many post-war offices will still be in use throughout the first h... Read More about Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction.