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Bellway Homes "The Future Home" Baseline Performance Report (2024)
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Fitton, R., Diaz, H., Farmer, D., Henshaw, G., Sitmalidis, A., & Swan, W. (2024). Bellway Homes "The Future Home" Baseline Performance Report. Salford: ERDF & Innovate UK

This report examines the fabric thermal performance of a prototype home (The Future Home, or TFH) built by Bellway Homes. The home was designed and built to meet the anticipated Future Homes Standard in terms of fabric performance. The research was c... Read More about Bellway Homes "The Future Home" Baseline Performance Report.

Saint Gobain & Barratt Developments “eHome2” Baseline Performance Report (2024)
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Fitton, R., Diaz Hernandez, H., Farmer, D., Henshaw, G., Sitmalidis, A., & Swan, W. (2024). Saint Gobain & Barratt Developments “eHome2” Baseline Performance Report. Salford: ERDF & Innovate UK

This report examines the fabric thermal performance of a prototype home (eHome2) built through a partnership with Saint Gobain and Barratt homes. The home was designed and built to meet the anticipated Future Homes Standard in terms of fabric perfor... Read More about Saint Gobain & Barratt Developments “eHome2” Baseline Performance Report.

Supporting Climate-Resilient Urban Planning: 10 Lessons from Cities in Southern Africa (2023)
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Bharwani, S., David Daron, J., Siame, G., Jones, R., Mcclure, A., Jack, C., …O'Shea, T. (2023). Supporting Climate-Resilient Urban Planning: 10 Lessons from Cities in Southern Africa. UKAid, NERC & Future Climate For Africa

This brief presents key insights on integrating climate information into climate change-related adaptation planning in African cities. The projects – FRACTAL (Future Resilience for African CiTies And Lands) and its successor, FRACTAL-Plus – took plac... Read More about Supporting Climate-Resilient Urban Planning: 10 Lessons from Cities in Southern Africa.

Unlocking Resource Efficiency. Phase 1 Construction Report (2023)
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(2023). Unlocking Resource Efficiency. Phase 1 Construction Report. HM Government (DESNZ & DEFRA)

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero commissioned a research project to explore the potential benefits from increasing resource efficiency in the UK. This research was carried out in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food... Read More about Unlocking Resource Efficiency. Phase 1 Construction Report.

Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK (2023)
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Metcalf, O., Abrahams, C., Ashington, B., Baker, E., Bradfer-Lawrence, T., Browning, E., …Smith, S. Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK

The popularity of ecoacoustics as an innovative environmental discipline has enjoyed immense growth within the last five years, to a point where it is now becoming difficult to keep up with all the new research papers published. What soon becomes a... Read More about Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK.

Evaluation of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Green Social Prescribing Funding Programme (2023)
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Kenyon, A., Coventry, P., White, P., Montasem, A., Phukan, S., & Ozols-Riding, J. (2023). Evaluation of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Green Social Prescribing Funding Programme

A growing body of evidence shows health, wellbeing and ecosystem benefits of investment in Green Social Prescribing. West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership funded nine Green Social Prescribing pilot projects, with the aim of supporting and improv... Read More about Evaluation of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Green Social Prescribing Funding Programme.

Study on fair and equitable distribution of aircraft at Gatwick (2022)
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Torija Martinez, A., Clark, C., Lavia, L., Manuel, G., & Lomax, C. Study on fair and equitable distribution of aircraft at Gatwick

Fair and Equitable Dispersion (FED) was introduced in 2015 as an aspirational objective among others, by communities affected by noise from aircraft using London’s Gatwick Airport. The airport’s Noise Management Board (NMB) was established as a resul... Read More about Study on fair and equitable distribution of aircraft at Gatwick.

Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters (2021)
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Torija Martinez, A., Elliott, A., Harris, L., Podwinska, Z., Welham, C., Nicholls, R., …Williams, D. Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters

• emTransit B.V (Dott) is a European mobility operator currently operating over 30,000 electric scooters in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and now the UK. The company aims to expand its UK operations and has recently won a tender for the Tra... Read More about Generation and analysis of artificial warning sounds for electric scooters.

Building energy performance assessment based on in-situ measurements : challenges and general framework (2021)
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Fitton, R. (2021). Building energy performance assessment based on in-situ measurements : challenges and general framework

Subtask 1 investigated the possibilities and limitations of common data bases and monitoring systems. This subtask is strongly related to subtasks 2 and 3 by linking the available input data – as much as possible based on existing (non-intrusive) mon... Read More about Building energy performance assessment based on in-situ measurements : challenges and general framework.

Home improvements: housing research in practice (2019)
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Coucill, L. (2019). Home improvements: housing research in practice

This project presents a picture of the current state of architectural housing research in the UK and provides guidance for architects undertaking research in practice.

Post-excavation assessment : land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester (2019)
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Burns, M., & Harvey, K. (2019). Post-excavation assessment : land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester

Bellway Homes Limited (Manchester Division) has obtained planning consent for a large residential development at Land Gate, near Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan (centred on NGR SD 57140 01220). The consented scheme allows for the construction of 157 d... Read More about Post-excavation assessment : land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester.

Archaeological Excavation and Historic Building Investigation : Local Crescent, The Crescent, Salford (2019)
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Harvey, K., & Stitt, L. (2019). Archaeological Excavation and Historic Building Investigation : Local Crescent, The Crescent, Salford

In July 2017, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by Domis Property Group, acting on behalf of Property (Done) Ltd, to undertake an historic building investigation of the former Black Horse Hotel on The Crescent on the fringe of Salford city centr... Read More about Archaeological Excavation and Historic Building Investigation : Local Crescent, The Crescent, Salford.