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Sustainable Built Environment

SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
STUDYING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

A strategic research cluster bringing together researchers from spatial planning, architecture and civil engineering to tackle some of the world's most pressing urban challenges.

  • Fostering strategic partnerships with other leading research centres;
  • Engaging with key research users and maximising impact;
  • Supporting our best early career researchers.

Our research is guided by the challenges of:

  • Environmentally Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development;
  • Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Prosperity and Opportunities for All;
  • Technological Innovation; and
  • … a need to meet Sustainable Development Goals for cities, climate, environment and communities.

Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Research Cluster - Staff and Projects

  

  • Staff and Projects 
  • Research Fellows
  • Example Projects

  

Academic Staff

Key Interests 

Email Address

Dr D. Adlakha Healthy cities; active living; sustainable lifestyles; urban transformations D.Adlakha@qub.ac.uk 
Dr G. Boyd  Architectural design; militarization; infrastructure and architecture; the architecture of coal; architecture of the supermarket; economics and architecture  g.boyd@qub.ac.uk
Mrs T. Brooks Social impact of policy on construction workers and organisations, looking at the unseen or hidden repercussions of taken for granted processes. Areas of research include digital construction, procurement, and quality management and its effectiveness in practice.   t.brooks@qub.ac.uk
Dr M. Campbell   mark.campbell@qub.ac.uk 
Prof G. Ellis Health and built environment; energy transition; environmental policy  g.ellis@qub.ac.uk
Dr W. Flannery Marine and coastal planning; stakeholder participation; flood risk management  w.flannery@qub.ac.uk
Dr L. Fox-Rogers Power and politics of planning; neoliberalisation; flood risk preparedness; creative economy   L.Fox-Rogers@qub.ac.uk
Dr J. Gunning    
Prof T. Jefferies    t.jefferies@qub.ac.uk
Prof G. Keeffe I’m interested in the productive city.  A new city that is self-sufficient in energy food and water, where these resources are produced at a range of scales from the personal to the regional.  hos.snbe@qub.ac.uk
Prof A. Long

Application of FlexiArch system to multi-span railway viaducts , In-situ testing of concrete

 a.long@qub.ac.uk  
Mr K. McAllister The built environment …. + autism; children; fear; health and well-being; inclusivity  k.mcallister@qub.ac.uk
Prof M. McEldowney    m.mceldowney@qub.ac.uk
Prof M. McGarry    m.mcgarry@qub.ac.uk
Dr S. McKay Regulation; practice; resilience  s.mckay@qub.ac.uk
Dr J. Mariotti Energy efficient cities; socialist architecture and urban planning; urban governance; urban centralities  j.mariotti@qub.ac.uk
Dr X. Meng    x.meng@qub.ac.uk
Mr C. Moore    c.moore@qub.ac.uk
Mrs C. Mulholland Architectural design and planning in contested societies, spatial practices, socio-spatial integration, intergroup mixing and community participation in the design process.   c.mulholland@qub.ac.uk
Prof B. Murtagh Social economics; urban regeneration; contested cities  b.murtagh@qub.ac.uk
Dr S. Nanukuttan Civil infrastructure management; testing and modelling  s.nanukuttan@qub.ac.uk 
Miss R. O'Grady    r.ogrady@qub.ac.uk
Prof W. Sha Alkali activated binders/concretes; fly ash; ground granulated blast furnace slag; microstructure; durability   w.sha@qub.ac.uk

Prof M. Soutsos (Cluster Research Director)

Alkali activated binders/concretes; fly ash; ground granulated blast furnace slag; microstructure; durability; high performance fibre reinforced concrete; impact and blast resistant structures; the effect of temperature on early age strength development (maturity functions)  m.soutsos@qub.ac.uk
Mr N. Turner

Architecture and media; cinema and space; computer vision and new visual research methodologies; augmented and mixed reality

 n.turner@qub.ac.uk

 

Research Fellows 

Researcher

Key Interests

Email Address

Dr S Cullen 

My research focuses on how the food-water-energy nexus shapes the contemporary city and how adapting and reimagining these systems can unlock new ways of living. The research visualises and communicates new spatial, social and economic opportunities for the city that mitigate and adapt to our changing climate. 

Sean.Cullen@qub.ac.uk 
Dr L Ferguson  Research interests predominantly centre on natural and cultural heritage, including issues relating to governance, tourism, and community resilience and adaptation.   l.ferguson@qub.ac.uk
Dr A Grounds Ethical property development; social economy; urban regeneration  a.grounds@qub.ac.uk 
Dr A Jenkins    andrew.jenkins@qub.ac.uk
Dr C Kelly     christina.kelly@qub.ac.uk
Dr J Kwasny  Alternative binders; lightweight materials; CO2 curing of concrete; CO2 sequestration in cementitious materials; concrete mix design and rheology  j.kwasny@qub.ac.uk 
Ms S Maatta Renewable energy; social acceptance; governmentality; low carbon transition  S.Maatta@qub.ac.uk 
Mr J Miller

Policy processes; energy policy; low carbon energy transitions; climate change; environmental policy; environmental governanance; comparative politics; federalism; sustainable development. 

 

 alex.miller@qub.ac.uk 

Mr R Wade

Examining the role of landownership and rent relations in wind energy production.  Other research interests include philosophy of science (critical realism) and distributed generation/P2P energy systems.

 
 r.wade@qub.ac.uk 

 

 

Example Projects

Re-Use and Recycling of Decommissioned Composite Material Wind Turbine Blades

http://www.re-wind.info

Reuse and Recycling of Materials and Structures in Energy Efficient Prefabricated Elements for Building Refurbishment and Construction http://www.re4.eu/
Low Carbon Footprint Precast Concrete Products for an Energy Efficient Built Environment

https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/geopolymer/lowcoprecon/

http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=102721

https://www.researchgate.net/project/LowCoPreCon-Low-Carbon-Footprint-Precast-Concrete-Products-for-an-Energy-Efficient-Built-Environment

Geopolymer Research https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/geopolymer/
Blast and Impact Resistant Concrete  
By-Products for Building Materials http://bybmproject.com/

 

News

Interview with a Coordinator of H2020 Projects

ACI Concrete Smart Brief TECHNOLOGY & TRENDS : Study: Can nails reinforce 3D-printed concrete?

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