Prof William Swan's Outputs (37)

Heat-flow variability of suspended timber ground floors: Implications for in-situ heat-flux measuring (2016)
Journal Article

Reducing space heating energy demand supports the UK’s legislated carbon emission reduction targets and requires the effective characterisation of the UK’s existing housing stock to facilitate retrofitting decision-making. Approximately 6.6 million U... Read More about Heat-flow variability of suspended timber ground floors: Implications for in-situ heat-flux measuring.

Assessing the performance of domestic heating controls in a whole house test facility (2016)
Journal Article

The energy consumed by domestic space heating systems represents a considerable share of the energy
consumed in the UK. At the same time up to a quarter of English homes have inadequate controls on the central heating systems. Current modelling tool... Read More about Assessing the performance of domestic heating controls in a whole house test facility.

The variability of UK domestic energy assessments (2016)
Journal Article
Gledhill, T., Kempton, J., Swan, W., & Fitton, R. (2016). The variability of UK domestic energy assessments. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 4(4), 264-279

The 2008 Climate Change Act has committed the UK to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent in 2050 from 1990 levels. Key to achieving this is a focus on reducing carbon emissions in residential property, where more than a quarter of the nation's carb... Read More about The variability of UK domestic energy assessments.

A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement (2015)
Journal Article

There is a growing body of evidence concerning the energy efficiency performance of domestic buildings in the UK, driven by policy-based agenda, such as the need for zero carbon dioxide homes by 2016 for new build homes, and Green Deal and energy com... Read More about A UK practitioner view of domestic energy performance measurement.

Erratum to: Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology (2015)
Journal Article
Brown, P., Swan, W., & Chahal, S. (2015). Erratum to: Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology. Energy Efficiency, 8(6), 1263-1263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-015-9381-z

Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house (2014)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Webster, P. (2014). Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house. Building and Environment, 77, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.012

This paper aims to investigate the likely thermal performance of a unique pre-1919 Victorian case study property by using both current and future projected weather data after a deep retrofit. The property is a re-construction within an environmental... Read More about Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house.

Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology (2014)
Journal Article

Retrofit has been described as one of the major engineering challenges of the twenty-first century (Kelly 2009). However, the industry needs to look beyond regarding the problem as restricted to the physical upgrade of properties. Asset managers, eng... Read More about Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology.

Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing (2013)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Ruddock, L., Smith, L., & Fitton, R. (2013). Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing. Structural survey, 31(3), 181-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-12-2012-0039

Purpose
– The study was designed to assess the knowledge, adoption and perceived effectiveness of sustainable retrofit technologies within the UK social housing sector.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study was undertaken using a s... Read More about Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing.

Low carbon retrofit : attitudes and readiness within the social housing sector (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose – The study was designed to assess the attitudes, strategic readiness and drivers and barriers to the adoption of sustainable retrofit within the UK social housing sector.

Design/methodology/approach – The study was undertaken using a str... Read More about Low carbon retrofit : attitudes and readiness within the social housing sector.

Building trust in construction projects (2007)
Journal Article
Khalfan, M. M., McDermott, P., & Swan, W. (2007). Building trust in construction projects. Supply Chain Management, 12(6), 385-391. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598540710826308

Purpose
The objective of this paper is to present different perspectives on building “trust” among supply chain participants working on construction projects.

Design/methodology/approach
A case study methodology was adopted; with five constructi... Read More about Building trust in construction projects.

Mutual objective setting for partnering projects in the public sector (2007)
Journal Article
Swan, W., & Khalfan, M. (2007). Mutual objective setting for partnering projects in the public sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 14(2), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980710731254

Purpose – The use of partnering has grown within the public sector of the UK construction industry. Central to partnering is the use of the partnering charter. The charter establishes the mutual objectives of the project team. The purpose of this pap... Read More about Mutual objective setting for partnering projects in the public sector.

The application of social network analysis to identify trust-based networks in construction (2007)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Khalfan, M., & McDermott, P. (2007). The application of social network analysis to identify trust-based networks in construction. International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 4(4), 369-382. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNVO.2007.015720

The role of trust has been identified as a central influencer on the performance of project teams in both research and policy contexts, to an extent that it is almost taken for granted. However, actually identifying where trust exists and how it impa... Read More about The application of social network analysis to identify trust-based networks in construction.

Interventions to manage trust in construction projects (2006)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Khalfan, M., McDermott, P., & Kyng, E. (2006). Interventions to manage trust in construction projects

Trust is described as an elusive concept, difficult to describe, understand, and therefore manage. The Trust in Construction project undertook five exploratory case studies in order to understand how trust is formed and the impact this has on project... Read More about Interventions to manage trust in construction projects.

The development of trust inventory (2005)
Journal Article
Swan, W., McDermott, P., Khalfan, M., Cooper, R., Rees, C., & Wood, G. (2005). The development of trust inventory. Journal of construction procurement, 11(1), 40-54

The Trust in Construction project was a two-year EPSRC funded research into the impact of trust on construction project performance. Here we outline the development of the measurement tool used for assessing the level of trust in project team relatio... Read More about The development of trust inventory.

‘Trust’ in construction projects (2005)
Journal Article
McDermott, P., Khalfan, M., & Swan, W. (2005). ‘Trust’ in construction projects. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 10(1), 19-31

• Trust is described as an elusive concept (Gambetta 1988), difficult to describe, understand and, therefore, manage. The Trust in Construction project undertook 6 exploratory case studies, of which 4 are presented in this paper, in order to understa... Read More about ‘Trust’ in construction projects.

The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry (2002)
Journal Article
McDermott, P., Swan, W., & Wood, G. (2002). The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry. Business Ethics: A European Review, 11(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8608.00254

As inter-organisational relations represent an increasingly important element in business the ability to build sustainable relationships becomes a key skill. To achieve sustainable relationships parties need to move from a low trust/low ethics base t... Read More about The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry.

Viewing the corporate community as a knowledge network (2000)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Langford, N., Watson, I., & Varey, R. J. (2000). Viewing the corporate community as a knowledge network. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 5(2), 97-106. https://doi.org/10.1108/13563280010372522

The inter‐organizational network is becoming an increasingly common form of organization. The majority of trade is carried out between organizations, rather than organizations and households. Many of these networks are concerned with the exchange of... Read More about Viewing the corporate community as a knowledge network.