Abstract The aim of this study was to test the performance a vegetable oil blend formulated as alternative pure palm frying medium. For purpose, evolution many analytical parameters (free acidity, spectrophotometric indices, total polar components, fatty acid composition, short‐chain acids, tocopherol and tocotrienol content color, flavor evaluated by means an electronic nose) selected (sunflower/palm 65 : 35 vol/vol) has been monitored during prolonged process (8 h discontinuous without...

Lockdown impositions have impacted people's lives, their health and wellbeing, changing the ways in which dwellings are used occupied. Spaces within home had to be rapidly renegotiated, redesigned resynchronised not yet fully explored or understood. Social relationships shifted adapted as a result of 'enforced togetherness'. This study presents rich snapshot 23 UK designer-architects' transformative lived experiences lockdown, using an interpretative phenomenological approach. It identifies...

This paper discusses observations of an architecture and environmental engineering undergraduate design studio project assigned to 4th year students at a UK university. In the UK, most courses are characterised by high proportion teaching supported varying amount technical modules that include construction learning. Recent scholarship on sustainability education in architecture, necessity for new approaches enhance transdisciplinarity, autonomy independent decision-making. However, despite...

Summary The disposal of olive oil mill wastewater, the main effluent resulting from production oil, presents technical difficulties which are still unsolved. Several techniques have been proposed for treatment this effluent, but only a few processes applied at pilot or industrial scale and, nowadays, management wastewaters represents an environmental problem in oil‐producing countries. Tests were carried out scale, by means plant with 1 m 3 h −1 capacity; process and valorisation was...

This paper examines the effects of early stage design energy modelling technology on architects' practice. Energy analysis in has traditionally been domain building services engineer with emphasis placed verifying established simulation models at late stages design. Recently, however, advances digital media, leading architectural firms are acquiring in-house for modelling. The broadening use architecture practice or process are, poorly understood. Industry and academic attention gathering...

Architects can play a key role in the wider public health workforce, ensuring building and urban design is promoting. However, there no requirement to teach by architectural accreditation bodies across Europe. To evaluate long-term individual organisational impacts of Public Health Practitioner Residence (PHPiR) programme – an educational initiative British university help realise architecture profession's potential contribute improved population health. A longitudinal mixed-methods...

This paper examines the ways architects negotiate new early stage design energy modelling tools in their practice. Energy have traditionally mostly been usedby building services engineers with engagement often occurring at late stages to largely verify and validate already established ideas. Recently, however, a growing international agenda development of technologies there has greater need for broadening use particularly design. Yet despite use, increased importance placed on performance,...

The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon architecture and environmental engineering students’ approaches health wellbeing issues in design studio project briefs. a key aspect the fourth year programme dual accredited (RIBA/ARB CIBSE) BEng course SW England. Whilst overarching site brief are set by leader, each student develops their own agenda drawing on extensive urban analysis as well precedent research. Particular detailed aspects then further analysed researched part an report study....

Whilst calls for upskilling and retraining the UK construction workforce to meet increasingly stringent energy targets are repeatedly documented in strategy policy reports, it remains unclear how higher education, particularly architecture, is responding. The purpose of this paper examine educators students across architecture institutions view energy-related content their teaching learning, some initiatives being approached. analysis focuses on what perceive taught they evaluate issues that...

Space for living in new build houses the UK is at premium and households have more stuff than ever before. The way this accommodated dwellings can significantly affect residents’ quality of life well-being. This paper presents a conceptualisation material possessions that could be use to those involved housing design. Three universal characteristics possessions; value, temporality visibility are used identify space home might require. A conceptual framework integrates these with spatial...

Inhabitants of UK housing have more possessions than ever, whilst space for living in standardised houses is at a premium. The acquisition material possessions, and how it affects both inhabitants’ wellbeing, has not previously been considered architectural practice or policy research fields. This paper addresses this gap, by exploring practising architects design the storage housing. For first time, places practices centre thinking, engaging intervention to explore original solutions that...

Creative residencies have been used in many different settings to provide new perspectives amongst communities, a workplace, historic site or cultural venue. This project took the concept of ‘scholar-in-residence’ experiment with pedagogic approach educational architectural studio. With aim bringing issues health and well-being into education, joint fifth sixth year studio cohort was provided public practitioner residence. The framed lines enquiry contributed design investigations through...

Advanced energy-efficient heating technologies are often integral to low-energy home design, practice, and policy. The expectation is that designed lower space-heating energy use may also contribute better performing buildings a comfortable indoor environment. Too often, though, it found residents do not as intended due multiple socio-technological phenomena. Whilst increasing efforts have been made understand residents’ social engagement with technologies, there lack of evidence takes into...

Abstract Background Current public health challenges necessitate the closer working of with built environment professionals. Despite growing evidence benefits, there remains little progress in practice. Architects can play a key role ensuring urban and building design is promoting, however no requirement to teach by architectural accreditation bodies across Europe. Objectives In United Kingdom 2010, Public Health Practitioner Residence programme (PHPiR) was established address this...