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Removing barriers to BIM adoption: clients and code checking to drive changes. (2010)
Book Chapter
HARTY, J. and LAING, R. 2010. Removing barriers to BIM adoption: clients and code checking to drive changes. In Underwood, J. and Isikdag, U. (eds.) Handbook of research on building information modeling and construction informatics: concepts and technologies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global [online], chapter 24, pages 546-560. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-928-1.ch024

Building information modelling (BIM) is not only an authoring tool for architects and engineers, but also for all stakeholders in the building programme procurement process. Analysis tools like code checking of building regulations and environmental... Read More about Removing barriers to BIM adoption: clients and code checking to drive changes..

Office buildings' daylighting design in hot arid regions: forms, codes and occupants' point of view. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
BELAKEHAL, A., BENNADJI, A. and AOUL, K. 2010. Office buildings' daylighting design in hot arid regions: forms, codes and occupants' point of view. In Abdo, A.M.A. and Akash, B.A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2010 International engineering conference on hot arid regions (IECHAR-2010): challenges, technologies and opportunities, 1-2 March 2010, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. Al-Ahsa: King Faisal University, pages 343-347.

In hot and arid regions, contemporary designers need more daylighting related information in order to achieve an environmental friendly and energy efficient architecture design. This paper presents the results of a Post Occupancy Evaluation research... Read More about Office buildings' daylighting design in hot arid regions: forms, codes and occupants' point of view..

Home making and identity: a psychology of personality processes in North East Scotland. (2010)
Thesis
TOWNSEND, L. 2010. Home making and identity: a psychology of personality processes in North East Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis investigates the roles of identity and personality in the home making process. Well-known approaches to identity typically define context in social or temporalterms, largely neglecting the physical environment. Personalisation of the dwel... Read More about Home making and identity: a psychology of personality processes in North East Scotland..

The client perspective on factors in the retrofitting of sustainable technologies to traditional rural homes in North East Scotland. (2010)
Journal Article
MOORE, D.R. 2010. The client perspective on factors in the retrofitting of sustainable technologies to traditional rural homes in North East Scotland. Journal of building appraisal [online], 6(2), pages 117-128. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/jba.2010.18

Through the study of a project completed in 2009, this article seeks to determine what barriers can be encountered by homeowners when trying to improve the performance of older properties with regard to energy use and CO2 emissions. The scope of the... Read More about The client perspective on factors in the retrofitting of sustainable technologies to traditional rural homes in North East Scotland..