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Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest.

Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.049
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is becoming increasingly mainstream as an early-stage design-decision tool for buildings. Still, there are considerable variations in how the metho...

Bio inspired design: when sun and wind are there to help

Presentation / Conference
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L. & Moncaster, A. (2017, June)
Bio inspired design: when sun and wind are there to help. Paper presented at 23rd International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Bogota', Colombia
Colombia is increasingly acknowledging the role that bioclimatic design of buildings can play within both environmental sustainability — through reductions in energy consumpti...

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...

On The Intrinsic Flexibility of the Double Skin Façade: A Comparative Thermal Comfort Investigation in Tropical and Temperate Climates

Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Barbosa, S., & Piroozfar, P. A. (2017)
On The Intrinsic Flexibility of the Double Skin Façade: A Comparative Thermal Comfort Investigation in Tropical and Temperate Climates. Energy Procedia, 111, 530-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.215
Double Skin Façades (DSFs) are applied in both new and existing buildings, and most of such applications are found in temperate climates. Although research in this area is gro...

A method for visualising embodied and whole life carbon of buildings

Book
Pomponi, F. & Moncaster, A. (2017)
A method for visualising embodied and whole life carbon of buildings. In Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart ConstructionSpringer Verlag. ISBN 978-3319503455
No abstract available.

Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution

Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution. In Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction (31-44). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50346-2_3
Circular economy is quickly gaining momentum across numerous research fields. The founding principles of circular economies lie in a different perspective on, and management o...

Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice

Journal Article
De Wolf, C., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice. Energy and Buildings, 140, 68-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.075
Lowering the embodied carbon dioxide equivalent (embodied CO2e) of buildings is an essential response to national and global targets for carbon reduction. Globally, constructi...

Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region

Book
Mifsud, L., Pomponi, F. & Moncaster, A. (2016)
Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region. In Engineered Transparency 2016: Glass in Architecture and Structural EngineerinWiley. ISBN 978-3-433-03187-2
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Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework

Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143(1), 710-718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.055
The built environment puts major pressure on the natural environment; its role in transitioning to a circular economy (CE) is therefore fundamental. However, current CE resear...

Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region

Conference Proceeding
Mifsud, L., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016)
Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region. In Proceedings of the 2016 Engineered Transparency Conference
No abstract available.
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Unlocking the Potential of Alternative Building Technologies and Informal Construction Strategies in Sustainable Housing Provision

2023 - 2024
The project examines how new materials (specifically alternative building technologies - ABTs) can be integrated into the supply chain to address conventional materials' limitations and enhance sustai...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £12,500

Affordable and sustainable green homes for underprivileged people in Africa.

2022 - 2023
A product service innovation providing affordable, fast, modular & sustainable construction technology using a new-age construction material "Composite Paper Honeycomb Panel”. The panel has two compo...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £19,923

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

InFutUReWood

2019 - 2022
Timber and construction research
Funder: European Commission | Value: £122,942

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
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Carbon Neutrality Verification: a realistic contributory stage toward the goal of net zero?

2022 - date
Stephen Burt | Director of Studies: Prof Francesco Pomponi | Second Supervisor: Dr Bernardino D'Amico

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

2021 - date
Chris Landsburgh | Director of Studies: Prof Francesco Pomponi | Second Supervisor: Dr Bernardino D'Amico

Economic and environmental sustainability evaluation of bamboo-timber composite for construction based on an integrated LCC and LCA approach

2021 - date
Jianbin Yang | Director of Studies: Dr Bernardino D'Amico | Second Supervisor: Prof Francesco Pomponi

Will hemp become a mainstream building material in North America?

2020 - date
Chun Hua Liu | Director of Studies: Prof Francesco Pomponi | Second Supervisor: Dr Bernardino D'Amico

A social equity analysis in Scottish transport policy

2018 - date
Alan Rehfisch | Director of Studies: Dr Jonathan Cowie | Second Supervisor: Prof Achille Fonzone

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

Environmental impacts of heating and cooling upgrades, considering decarbonisation of the electricity grid

2018 - date
Ina Peukes | Director of Studies: Prof Francesco Pomponi | Second Supervisor: Dr Bernardino D'Amico

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

Performance and environmental sustainability assessment of an integrated solar water heater designed for disassembly, under Scottish weather conditions

2016 - 2021
"In the field of solar thermal technology there a...
Ruth Saint | Director of Studies: Prof John Currie | Second Supervisor: Dr Celine Garnier

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