Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Piroozfar, P., & Moncaster, A. (2016)
Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values
Industrial ecology can potentially become the science of the circular economy as a recent call for papers of the Journal of Industrial Ecology demonstrates. Well known tools i...
The development of a hybrid racking panel - appraisal of methods for strength and stiffness calculation.
Conference Proceeding
Leitch, K., & Hairstans, R. (2010)
The development of a hybrid racking panel - appraisal of methods for strength and stiffness calculation. In 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010
Throughout the U.K, Timber Platform Frame is increasingly being utilized in the high volume, low cost housing market. Here, the client’s desire for fully detached housing ofte...
Energy demand benchmarking of non-domestic buildings in Scotland.
Conference Proceeding
Chetboul, J., Garnier, C., & Bros Williamson, J. (2015)
Energy demand benchmarking of non-domestic buildings in Scotland
Over the years building energy performance has become a predominant concern for owners and real estate managers. The focus is usually on residential buildings but in the last ...
Innovative refurbishment strategies for poorly performing housing stock in Scotland, UK
Conference Proceeding
Bros-Williamson, J., Stinson, J., Reid, A., & Gravrand, D. (2016)
Innovative refurbishment strategies for poorly performing housing stock in Scotland, UK. In 41st IAHS WORLD CONGRESS Conference Proceedings
Scotland is currently increasing its housing stock at a rate of less than 1% per year. With 174,000 households registered on local authority waiting lists for new or improved ...
New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings.
Conference Proceeding
Carty, L., Garnier, C., Bros Williamson, J., & Currie, J. (2014)
New thin aerogel based high performance internal wall insulation for existing solid wall buildings. In R. Amoêda, S. Lira, & C. Pinheiro (Eds.), Rehab 2014
Applications of nanotechnology in the form of high performing aerogel insulation are now widely used from space exploration to the oil and gas industry and in more recent year...
Wood as a designer's material.
Conference Proceeding
Davies, I. (2001)
Wood as a designer's material. In P. Wilson (Ed.), Designing with timber, 33-38
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Powder-coated Al-clad Windows: characteristics and performance.
Conference Proceeding
Asif, M., Davidson, A., & Muneer, T. (2000)
Powder-coated Al-clad Windows: characteristics and performance. In The Whole-life performance of facades - Proceedings, 63-69
Nor-Dan is the biggest windows manufacturing company in Norway and has been producing aluminium clad windows for the past 30 years. Over the last twenty years, powder coated a...
Structural behaviour of timber frame closed panels for specification in the United Kingdom.
Conference Proceeding
Menendez, J., Leitch, K., & Hairstans, R. (2014)
Structural behaviour of timber frame closed panels for specification in the United Kingdom
A series of closed timber frame wall panels were tested for racking capacity in
accordance with the standard BS EN594:2011 [1]. The test program was designed to
investigate th...
Conservation of a historic building through sympathetic thermal enhancement.
Conference Proceeding
Stinson, J., Bros Williamson, J., Reid, A., & Currie, J. (2015)
Conservation of a historic building through sympathetic thermal enhancement. In Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XIV, (633-642). https://doi.org/10.2495/STR150531
This paper documents research undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University to refurbish a historic library building by means of thermal improvements...
Stiffness changes during low temperature thermal treatment of Scots pine, assessed by acoustic NDT
Conference Proceeding
Ridley-Ellis, D., Popescu, C., Keating, B. A., Popescu, M., & Hill, C. A. S. (2014)
Stiffness changes during low temperature thermal treatment of Scots pine, assessed by acoustic NDT. In L. Nunes, D. Jones, C. A. S. Hill, & H. Militz (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Wood Modification
The change, over time, in density, longitudinal modulus of elasticity, shear modulus and chemical structure of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) under thermal treatment (110, 120 ...