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Housing can influence exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) from outdoor and indoor sources
Using a model representing 11.5 million homes in England and Wales, CUSSH research shows we need to ensure sufficient ventilation in retrofit properties to reduce potential carbon monoxide exposure.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL IEDE is awarded £70k EU funding for research into low carbon straw bale housing insulation
A research project directed by IEDE’s Ben Croxford will be awarded the funding for research into how bio based composite materials can be used to bind the chopped straw which is used as insulation for prefabricated housing.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
New research finds extractor fans are key to improving CO safety in kitchens
On 21 November 2017, at the IGEM Research into Action conference, UCL published its Factors Contributing to Low-Level Carbon Monoxide (CO) Exposure in the English Housing Stock report.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL welcomes colleagues from the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, China
UCL welcomes colleagues from the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, China. 27 April 2016. On 4-5 April, 14 colleagues from the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, China took part in a joint workshop and stakeholder event in…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL IEDE-Tsinghua University collaboration on low carbon buildings in China funded by EPSRC
UCL IEDE-Tsinghua University collaboration on low carbon buildings in China funded by EPSRC. 4 November 2015. Researchers from UK and Chinese universities are collaborating on four new projects to work towards achieving low carbon cities in the UK…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
IBE Journal on Low Carbon Buildings, health and wellbeing features several Bartlett authors
IBE Journal on Low Carbon Buildings, health and wellbeing features several Bartlett authors. 19 June 2014. As the low and zero carbon agenda become increasingly important for new-builds and retrofits of both residential and non-domestic buildings,…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Low-carbon buildings, health and wellbeing: Current perspectives and critical challenges
Low-carbon buildings, health and wellbeing: Current perspectives and critical challenges. 28 May 2014. Low-carbon buildings, health and wellbeing: Current perspectives and critical challenges (Editorial for Special Issue). Indoor and Built…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Low-carbon buildings, health and wellbeing: Current perspectives and critical challenges
Low-carbon buildings, health and wellbeing: Current perspectives and critical challenges. 28 May 2014. Low-carbon buildings, health and wellbeing: Current perspectives and critical challenges (Editorial for Special Issue). Indoor and Built…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Call for papers: special issue on Designing Intelligent School Buildings: What do we know?
Call for papers: special issue on Designing Intelligent School Buildings: What do we know? 22 March 2013. School buildings are complex, dynamic, socio-technical systems seeking to provide solutions to a multitude of ill-defined and conflicting…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering