Search Results - "Cotgrave, Alison"
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Learning Space Design: The Presentation of a Framework for the Built Environment Discipline
Published in International journal of construction education and research (02-04-2020)“…This paper reports on research undertaken to identify the specific learning space preferences of built environment students within a UK university. Through an…”
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The adaptive thermal comfort review from the 1920s, the present, and the future
Published in Developments in the built environment (01-11-2020)“…The typical method for comfort analysis is the Predicted Mean Vote and Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied (PMV-PPD). However, they present limitations in…”
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A Novel Adaptive Lighting System Which Considers Behavioral Adaptation Aspects for Visually Impaired People
Published in Buildings (Basel) (01-09-2020)“…The number of visually impaired people and elderly people groups are significant, but the current lighting system used in buildings, which is based on the…”
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Influence of Sawdust Particle Sizes on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Unfired Clay Blocks
Published in Designs (01-09-2021)“…Sawdust, which is a waste/by-product of the wood/timber industry, can be utilised as a valuable raw material in building material production due to its…”
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Application of agro and non-agro waste materials for unfired earth blocks construction: A review
Published in Construction & building materials (10-09-2020)“…[Display omitted] •Application of agro and non-agro wastes in unfired earth blocks is reviewed.•Physico-mechanical and thermal properties of the composites are…”
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Utilisation of nut shell wastes in brick, mortar and concrete: A review
Published in Construction & building materials (26-07-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Utilisation of nut shell wastes in brick, mortar and concrete is reviewed.•Different properties of the developed materials are…”
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Influences of agro-wastes on the physico-mechanical and durability properties of unfired clay blocks
Published in Construction & building materials (07-02-2022)“…[Display omitted] •Unfired clay blocks were made with eggshell, sawdust and coconut husk.•The physicio-mechanical and durability tests were done for different…”
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Field studies of the Artificial Intelligence model for defining indoor thermal comfort to acknowledge the adaptive aspect
Published in Engineering applications of artificial intelligence (01-07-2024)“…Numerous Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are available for achieving thermal comfort. They were either trained with limited datasets or using…”
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A Smart Adaptive Lighting System for a Multifunctional Room
Published in 2019 12th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE) (01-10-2019)“…Young professionals and millennials who live alone or are living in small groups and seek practicality, trigger the trend of smaller, modular and micro houses…”
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Sustainable development: A qualitative inquiry into the current state of the UK construction industry
Published in Structural survey (05-08-2014)“…Purpose - Despite the surge of interest in construction sustainability and the many Government initiatives encouraging reform in the UK construction industry…”
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Sustainability literacy in action: student experiences
Published in Structural survey (01-01-2013)“…Purpose - Previous research by the authors has outlined ways in which sustainability literacy has been promoted within higher education. The purpose of this…”
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Developing a Reliable Shallow Supervised Learning for Thermal Comfort Using Multiple ASHRAE Databases
Published in IEEE transactions on artificial intelligence (01-07-2024)“…The artificial intelligence (AI) system faces the challenge of insufficient training datasets and the risk of an uncomfortable user experience during the data…”
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Promoting sustainability literacy in construction students: Implementation and testing of a curriculum design model
Published in Structural survey (12-07-2011)“…Purpose - The development of a model to promote sustainability literacy in construction students was described by the authors in a previous paper in this…”
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Sustainability literacy: the future paradigm for construction education?
Published in Structural survey (10-04-2007)“…Purpose - This paper seeks to analyse the hypothesis that sustainability is destined to become the operating paradigm for construction education in the…”
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A Novel Adaptive Lighting System Which Considers Behavioral Adaptation Aspects for Visually Impaired People
Published in Buildings (Basel) (01-09-2020)“…The number of visually impaired people and elderly people groups are significant, but the current lighting system used in buildings, which is based on the…”
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Developing a model promoting sustainability literacy through construction curriculum design
Published in Structural survey (30-08-2010)“…Purpose - The aim of this paper is to describe the research and process used to develop a curriculum design guidance model that can be used to develop a…”
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Critical strategic issues for the integration of facilities management into the development process
Published in Property management (21-08-2017)“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical strategic issues for the integration of facilities management (FM) into the development process…”
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Assessing The Impact of Indoor Plants Towards Physical Indoor Office Building Environment in Hot and Humid Climates
Published in Journal of design and the built environment (29-04-2022)“…Several studies have shown that plants with a variety of performance categories can improve indoor air quality (IAQ). In addition, it has positive impacts on…”
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Factors that influence students’ satisfaction with their physical learning environments
Published in Structural survey (11-07-2016)“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify personality types between different university disciplines, and to establish whether there are differing…”
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Developing the Reliable Shallow Supervised Learning for Thermal Comfort using ASHRAE RP-884 and ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II
Published 03-03-2023“…2024, Aug Vol 1 The artificial intelligence (AI) system designer for thermal comfort faces insufficient data recorded from the current user or overfitting due…”
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