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ISSN 2632-6655 · Ubiquity Press · 383 artikel di indeks
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Living labs and building testing labs: enabling climate change adaptation
Climate action requires rapid, evidence-based and locally appropriate adaptation measures. Effective responses in the built environment depend on integrated, multilevel solutions developed through inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration. Long-term, effective adaptation must fulfil five key…
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Mediation roles and ecologies within resilience-focused urban living labs
Urban living labs (ULLs) are increasingly exploring resilience and sustainability-related themes. This paper contributes to the gap in the research of ecologies of intermediation in processes of ecological transition through civic resilience. It investigates mediation roles and ecologies in four…
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Negotiating expertise in Nepal’s post-earthquake disaster reconstruction
One characteristic feature of post-earthquake recovery in Nepal after the 2015 earthquakes was an owner-driven approach to house reconstruction in the most devastated rural regions, which combined a commitment to appropriate technology and building safety. To implement the model, engineering…
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Towards a universal framework for heat pump monitoring at scale
As heat pump installation across Europe increases, monitoring system performance on a large scale is key for policy decisions and customer confidence. However, in-situ heat pump monitoring has been found in previous work to be very challenging. This paper explores current approaches to heat pump…
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Living labs: a systematic review of success parameters and outcomes
Living labs (LLs) have emerged as a prominent vehicle for open, user-centric innovation; however, systematic evaluations of their effectiveness remain scarce. This assessment gap is addressed by conducting a systematic literature review that assesses the efficacy of LLs. Building on four types of…
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Energy sufficiency, space temperature and public policy
Reductions in absolute levels of energy demand in the Global North are increasingly understood to be important for timely net zero transitions. Accordingly, there is growing interest in sufficiency as a basis for policy. This paper explores how indoor air temperatures, as an aspect of heating and…
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Living knowledge labs: creating community and inclusive nature-based solutions
Living knowledge labs (LKLs) serve as a strategic tool for co-creation and experimentation, fostering the active participation of diverse stakeholders, including communities, local administrations, associations and researchers. Rooted in the Quadruple Helix model of innovation, LKLs facilitate…
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A living lab approach to co-designing climate adaptation strategies
Climate change intensifies vulnerabilities in semi-arid regions, underscoring the need for community-driven solutions that strengthen civic resilience. A living lab used a participatory modelling framework to co-design adaptation strategies with farmers in Sadivayal, India. Through mind mapping…
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Thermal comfort, ventilation and mosquito-borne disease risk in Zanzibar hospitals
This pilot study investigated how thermal discomfort and indoor CO2 accumulation in four newly constructed district hospitals on Unguja island, Zanzibar, may elevate the risk of mosquito-borne disease (MBD) transmission, as heat-stressed occupants opening windows and doors inadvertently create…
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Urban form metrics for building occupancy modelling: applications and impacts
Within urban morphology research, understanding urban spaces and their functions is crucial in several application fields including, but not limited to, city and transport planning, risk management, and urban climate. An important task is building occupancy modelling, which can be studied by using…
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Prefabrication for housing retrofit: governance, innovation and resident experience
Prefabricated insulation elements offer a proven solution for deep renovation, yet implementation across Europe remains limited to individual pilots. This action research evaluates Estonia’s first nationwide retrofit industrialisation programme (2021–24), involving 19 owner-occupied apartment…
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Reusing precast concrete elements in construction: assessing the economic conditions
The reuse of building components such as precast concrete elements (PCEs) is a promising strategy for reducing construction emissions, but its economic feasibility remains a barrier to wider adoption. Although technical and value creation aspects have been studied, microeconomic conditions remain…
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Institutional readiness for industrialised social housing in Vietnam
Despite policy endorsement and pressure to accelerate delivery, why are industrialised building systems (IBS) concentrated at lower levels of prefabrication in Vietnam’s social housing sector? Drawing on semi-structured interviews (n = 21) with government and regulatory actors, developers…
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From strategy to delivery: a comparative analysis of MMC roadmaps
Modern methods of construction (MMC) are promoted as a means of delivering infrastructure more quickly, affordably and sustainably. However, uptake remains uneven, constrained by a fragmented industry, misaligned incentives and limited institutional coordination. In response, governments have…
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Reorganising specification practice for component reuse: an exploratory study
Despite increasing policy attention to circular economy strategies, building component reuse remains limited in mainstream construction practice. Existing research has demonstrated the environmental potential of reuse and identified the importance of material information, assessment and…
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Retrofit realism: affordable low-carbon policies for existing homes
Residential buildings are major users of energy and emitters of CO2. They have long lifetimes and therefore decarbonisation of the heating and cooling of existing homes is critical for the goal of net zero emissions. The challenge of zero-carbon retrofitting also needs to address comfort in a…
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Negotiating net-zero carbon: an ANT analysis of two buildings
The request for a net-zero carbon (NZC) building poses a major challenge for project teams. As a goal, the concept is both ambitious and underspecified. While much of the literature treats NZC building as a problem of standard setting, technical specifications and management protocols…
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Design for disassembly: a review of public policy proposals
Design for disassembly (DfD) has been identified as an effective strategy to facilitate the transition to a circular economy within the construction sector. Yet despite substantial technical research, technical solutions and growing expertise, its practical uptake remains limited. Increased efforts…
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Reusing concrete products in indoor environments: chemical hazard assessment
The reuse of construction products is promoted as a strategy for reducing environmental impacts and consumption in construction. In indoor environments, reuse raises challenges related to hazardous chemical substances and the interpretation of regulatory obligations, for which legislation and…
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Urban informal settlements in Africa: transforming adaptation governance
International bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, are increasingly considering adaptation efforts in urban informal settlements in their core agendas. Although urban informal settlements serve as sites for seeding and scaling locally led initiatives, existing literature…