Edinburgh Napier University

A Method to Facilitate Uncertainty Analysis in LCAs of Buildings

Journal Article

Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Moncaster, A. M. (2017)

A Method to Facilitate Uncertainty Analysis in LCAs of Buildings. Energies, 10(4), 524. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10040524

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly becoming a common technique to assess the embodied energy and carbon of buildings and their components over their life cycle. Howev...

Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique

Journal Article

D 'Amico, B., Kermani, A., Porteous, J., Dhonju, R., & Zhang, B. (2016)

Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique. Construction and Building Materials, 129, 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.10.106

A new method to assess the raking performance of Platform timber framed walls, is provided in this study: each component of the unit wall assembly is assumed as rigid, hence a...

Augmented Virtual Reality Enhanced Building Information Modelling Technology for Bamboo-Timber Grid-shells

2022 - 2024

This project aims to develop the state-of-the-art building information modelling technology enhanced by augmented virtual reality function for design, manufacturing and building of the bamboo-timber g...

Funder: Construction Industry Council of Hong Kong | Value: £165,570

Stoane Lighting KTP

2022 - 2024

The overall aim of this project is to develop a world-first Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approach focused on the lighting industry Within the Lighting sector there is a growing focus around the key them...

Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £170,688

Restoring Environments, Societies, Ecosystems and Trees (RESET)

2021 - 2023

Africa is due to experience the most rapid urbanisation and population growth in this century. The combination of these phenomena in other countries has led to two dire outcomes: enormous loss of ecos...

Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £29,868

Researching and proposing a standard rule of responsibility for embodied carbon emissions through the value chain

2021 - 2026

Researching and proposing a standard rule of responsibility for embodied carbon emissions through the value chain

Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £15,195

SHELTERs: Sustainable Homes Enabling the Long Term Empowerment of Refugees

2020 - 2024

This project addresses this major moral, humanitarian, and knowledge gap by following on from a highly successful seed-funded project, which developed—through participatory design and interdisciplinar...

Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £314,324

Research informed teaching of sustainable development in South Africa: The case of 'Local' Building Materials and their Environmental impacts

2019 - 2023

The study examines the properties and benefits of selected local materials (such as clay and recycled elements) and whether their use as construction materials enhances environmental protection. The r...

Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £10,000

Circular design of emergency sheltering for Africa: a holistic approach

2018 - 2019

Africa is the continent with the highest number of displaced people due to wars, humanitarian crises, resource scarcity, and extreme climate events. Emergency sheltering always sets out with the best ...

Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £38,887

Informational Database for Sustainable and Energy Efficient materials in sub-Saharan Africa

2018 - 2019

The population in Africa is growing rapidly, and thus the urbanization is accelerated. The need for detailed information on the performance of materials is a crucial part of the decision-making proces...

Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering

Getting the numbers right and getting the right numbers: quantifying the embodied carbon of building structures

2018 - 2019

Building-related carbon emissions in the UK total over 200MtCO2e, which is more than 40% of the national figure. The correct measurement of the embodied carbon of structural materials would enable a r...

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £100,852

Circular futures: an interdisciplinary approach based on Circular Economy principles and Futures Studies methods to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) transitioning to circularity and a futures-oriented organisation

2018 - date

Mr Ricardo Weigend | Director of Studies: Prof Francesco Pomponi | Second Supervisor: Dr Bernardino D'Amico

Connecting Scottish public buildings to low temperature heat

2018 - date

Antoine Reguis | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie

Circular refurbishment and adaptability for the British non-domestic stock

2018 - date

Non-domestic buildings are likely to change to domestic use as there is an evident surplus over time across the UK, and their ...

Miss Ana Hernandez Garcia | Director of Studies: Dr Suha Jaradat | Second Supervisor: Prof Francesco Pomponi

Winner of the RISE award for Design, Innovation and Creativity

1 October 2019

The RISE Awards are the highlight of the annual Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference – and this year’s ceremony saw Edinburgh Napier’s Bernardino D'Amico and France...

Making Gridshells

Sheffield, UK

31 October 2016 - 4 November 2016