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Incorporating Green Building Features into Property Valuation Practices
Incorporating Green Building Features into Property Valuation Practices. 1 January 2015. The aim of this paper is to review the relationship between sustainability and property value in commercial real estate and provide some suggestions for valuers…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Urban social housing resilience to excess summer heat
Urban social housing resilience to excess summer heat. 1 January 2015. The potential levels of exposure to indoor overheating in an urban environment are assessed for vulnerable social housing residents. Particular focus is given to the synergistic…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Mapping the effects of urban heat island, housing, and age on excess heat-related mortality in London
Mapping the effects of urban heat island, housing, and age on excess heat-related mortality in London. 1 January 2015. With the predicted increase in heatwave frequency in the UK due to climate change, there has been an increasing research focus on…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Strategies for reducing poor indoor air quality and adverse temperature exposure in Delhi's households: A multi-objective assessment
Strategies for reducing poor indoor air quality and adverse temperature exposure in Delhi's households: A multi-objective assessment. 1 January 2015. High temperatures, an extremely polluted ambient environment, alongside disparities in housing…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Indoor air quality in London schools. Part 1: ‘performance in use’
Indoor air quality in London schools. Part 1: ‘performance in use’. 1 January 2015. This study aims to assess the adequacy of current guidelines, framed around thermal comfort, estimated ventilation rates, and CO2 levels, for the provision of…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Shifting the balance of energy use and health impacts across Delhi's housing stock
Shifting the balance of energy use and health impacts across Delhi's housing stock. 1 January 2015. Disparities in household energy-consumption and health risks from temperature and PM2.5 exposure in Delhi are partly driven by a largely unplanned (76…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Microclimatic effects of green and cool roofs in London and their impacts on energy use for a typical office building
Microclimatic effects of green and cool roofs in London and their impacts on energy use for a typical office building. 1 January 2015. This paper presents the results from a modelling study that assessed the effectiveness of retrofitted green and…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Using the new CIBSE design summer years to assess overheating in London: Effect of the urban heat island on design
Using the new CIBSE design summer years to assess overheating in London: Effect of the urban heat island on design. 1 January 2015. The new CIBSE design summer years (DSYs) for London Weather Centre, Heathrow and Gatwick in London are now available…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Impact of climate change on the domestic indoor environment and associated health risks in the UK
Impact of climate change on the domestic indoor environment and associated health risks in the UK. 1 January 2015. There is growing evidence that projected climate change has the potential to significantly affect public health. In the UK, much of…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL IEDE 2014 highlights
Highlights from UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering in 2014…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering