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Energy efficiency measures for housing may affect indoor air quality and lead to radon exposure
CUSSH research suggests that, while energy efficiency measures are likely to lead to energy savings and warmer homes, care should be taken not to reduce air quality when increasing airtightness.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Energy poverty is no longer just about keeping warm at reasonable cost: it's about keeping cool too
CUSSH researchers say the definition of energy poverty should be changed to address the ability of a household to maintain safe indoor temperatures and consider cooling needs and overheating risk.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
What can we do to reduce high indoor temperatures in converted lofts now and in the future?
Researchers on the CUSSH project investigated ways to reduce overheating in converted lofts under current and future climate scenarios.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
The Integrated Building Design webinar series
Join us online for the launch of our 2023 Integrated Building Design webinar series with our first webinar on, 'Integrated Passivhaus Design and Delivery'…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Demolition or Retrofitting? UCL researchers feature in a BBC documentary on building management
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering researchers Yair Schwartz and Rokia Raslan gave their expertise to the BBC on new builds, retrofitting and refurbishment…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
We're hiring: Research Fellow in Building Information and Energy Modelling
The UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to the Horizon Europe project “High-Quality Data-Driven Services for a Digital Built Environment towards a Climate-Neutral Building Stock”…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Spotlight on Yiming Qi, Environmental Design and Engineering MSc graduate
We asked Yiming Qi about her experience of completing an MSc at the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, what she learnt and what she's doing now.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Communicating your research – co-creating a toolkit with and for students
Increasing the influence and impact of sustainability and health research.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL academics produce report on delivering Net Zero Carbon in the Workplace
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering researchers advise British Business on reducing their emissions…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Silenzi in Scotland is Exploring Soundscapes of Scottish Highlands
UCL researchers work to understand how soundscapes in national parks are perceived, in order to help their preservation…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering