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- The Elephant in the Climate Change Room
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- A History of Failed Dreams: Modern Methods of Construction and Katerra
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- Zero Carbon Buildings: A Brazilian Perspective
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- The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet
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- Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort
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- The Venice Variations: Tracing the Architectural Imagination
- Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
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- Energy - People - Buildings: Making Sustainable Architecture Work
- Urban Schools: Designing for High Density
- Modern Architecture and Climate Design before Air Conditioning
- High Office: Fire Safety in Tall, Supertall and Megatall Office Buildings
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- The Environmental Imagination: Technics and Poetics of the Architectural Environment
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- Redeploying Urban Infrastructure: The Politics of Urban Socio-Technical Futures
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- Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management and Mitigation
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Clothing: The First Layer of Personal Comfort
Alongside personal comfort systems (PCS) devices, clothing is another key site for (re)design in a body-centred personal comfort paradigm. Janine Morley (Lancaster University) explains how clothing and PCS could transform how thermal comfort is achieved whilst delivering energy savings and, potentially, increased satisfaction.
Can Personal Carbon Allowances Help Cities Reach Their Climate Targets?
Many cities throughout the world have set carbon and / or energy targets including renewable energy production and emissions reduction goals. Despite the commitment to take action, cities do not directly control the majority of the uses of energy or consumption-related sources of carbon emissions within their boundaries. Could a focus on household energy use, personal travel and consumption of material goods help to achieve this transition at city level? Tina Fawcett (University of Oxford), Kerry Constabile (University of Oxford) and Yael Parag (Reichman University) consider whether and how cities could harness personal carbon allowances in a practical manner.