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Vehicle emissions: It’s time to put emphasis back on human health
Vehicle emissions: It’s time to put emphasis back on human health. 6 October 2015. UCL IEDE's Clive Shrubsole blogs about the emissions-rigging scandal and his controversial decision to buy a new VW. "Last Saturday, I purchased a new VW Polo 1.2…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Assessing uncertainty in housing stock infiltration rates and associated heat loss: English and UK case studies
Assessing uncertainty in housing stock infiltration rates and associated heat loss: English and UK case studies. 1 October 2015. Strategies to reduce domestic heating loads by minimizing the infiltration of cold air through adventitious openings…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Using Gamification and 4D Visualisation to Enhance Understanding of Building Performance
Using Gamification and 4D Visualisation to Enhance Understanding of Building Performance. 22 September 2015. Using Gamification and 4D Visualisation to Enhance Understanding of Building Performance. Zero Energy Mass Custom Housing network (ZEMCH 2015…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Flashy university buildings: do they live up to the hype?
Flashy university buildings: do they live up to the hype? 21 September 2015. Alexi Marmot, Professor of Facility and Environment Management at 911±¬ÁÏÍø IEDE, writes in The Guardian Higher Education Network exploring whether edgy, statement university…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Techno-utopia and office design
Techno-utopia and office design. 13 September 2015. Through a selective review of workplace interiors in two internationally renowned design journals from 1960 to the present, this paper explores the physical objects of office work, particularly…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Radical openness – Innovative or destructive force?
Radical openness – Innovative or destructive force? 13 September 2015. All over the world, the way people connect and collaborate is undergoing an astonishing transformation. Smart organizations are shunning their old, secretive practices and…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
A tool for the assessment of rooftop solar photovoltaic potential towards meeting domestic energy demands, using New Delhi, India as a pilot study
A tool for the assessment of rooftop solar photovoltaic potential towards meeting domestic energy demands, using New Delhi, India as a pilot study. 11 September 2015. A tool for the assessment of rooftop solar photovoltaic potential towards meeting…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
White light in Road and Car lighting
White light in Road and Car lighting. 10 September 2015. The article deals with the use of white light for car and road lighting. It starts with a basic investigation about brightness evaluation of different headlamps (H7, D2S, LED). The relevance…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Daylighting standards: Do we have the correct metrics?
Daylighting standards: Do we have the correct metrics? 8 September 2015. Daylight in buildings is important in a number of ways and can bring benefits to building users and save energy. There are a number of ways to regulate the quality of daylit…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Modification of outdoor heat-mortality relationship by housing vulnerability to overheating in England and Wales
Modification of outdoor heat-mortality relationship by housing vulnerability to overheating in England and Wales. 3 September 2015. Modification of outdoor heat-mortality relationship by housing vulnerability to overheating in England and Wales.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering