AI trained to identify least green homes by Cambridge researchers
02 Nov 2023 First of its kind AI-model can help policymakers efficiently identify and prioritize houses for retrofitting and other decarbonizing measures.
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House of moveable wooden walls promising cheaper, greener alternative to ‘knocking through’, wins award
22 Jun 2023 Cambridge architects have won a public choice award at the London Design Biennale for a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition...
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Cambridge engineer to co-lead earthquake reconnaissance mission to Turkey
13 Feb 2023 Professor Emily So will lead a UK response to uncover the causes of the extensive damage and loss of life
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COP must reverse rising pessimism over building sector decarbonisation
17 Nov 2022 Social media engagement with climate policy events is vital to reducing building emissions and ensuring environmental justice, research led by...
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A retrofitting revolution
06 Oct 2022 Laying the foundations for buildings to stay cool in extreme heat.
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Fixing India’s slum rehabilitation housing
13 Feb 2020 Millions of new houses being built for former slum-dwellers are failing their residents and fuelling unnecessary energy use. New research aims to...
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New book shows how to build a more flood resilient future
04 Feb 2020 We urgently need to adapt our built and natural environment to be more flood resilient in the face of climate change, a new book shows.
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Ely’s new cathedral (of books) opens for business
27 Jun 2018 Visitors to Ely may spot a new landmark on the city’s horizon aside from its famous 1,000-year-old cathedral – a vast, new state-of-the-art storage...
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Bioengineering, embryos and eggshells
17 May 2017 Homerton Fellow Dr Michelle Oyen explains why she has dedicated her working life to investigating why pregnancies go wrong.
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