Alasdair ReidEdinburgh Napier University · Institute for Sustainable Construction (ISC)
Alasdair Reid
MSc City Planning and Regeneration
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This paper closes a gap in the literature on smart cities relating to the metrics of future Internet-based developments. It achieves this by presenting the findings of a case study that overcomes the methodological shortcomings that otherwise exist in the metrics of future Internet-based developments and sets the stage for the renewable energies th...
Urban poverty represents one of the greatest and most urgent challenges that modern society is facing. The criticality of this global issue is represented by a rapidly growing body of academic literature which aims to explain the dynamics of urban poverty and promote effective and enduring solutions. However, despite many years of research, no stud...
This paper describes current trends in scientific research on Smart Specialisation by answering the following questions: (1) How many scientific publications on Smart Specialisation have been produced since this concept emerged and what are their characteristics in terms of type and influence?; (2) How large is the community of researchers, organis...
This paper reviews Mitchell's thesis on the transition from the city of bits to e-topia. The review finds it wanting and suggests the problems encountered with the thesis rest with the lack of critical insight e-topia offers into the embedded intelligence of smart cities. It also suggests the difficulties, which the thesis experiences in accounting...
Overcoming the dichotomous nature of smart city research is fundamental to provide cities with a clear understanding of how smart city development should be approached. This paper introduces a research methodology for conducting the multiple-case study analyses neces-sary to meet this challenge. After being presented, the practical feasibility, eff...
Recent studies reveal a deep-rooted division in research on smart cities, which surfaces as a set of dichotomies that question whether smart city development should be based on a: (1) technology-led or holistic strategy; (2) double or quadruple-helix model of collaboration; (3) top-down or bottom-up approach; (4) mono-dimensional or integrated inte...
Bibliometrics is a powerful tool for analyzing knowledge domains and revealing their cognitive-epistemological structure. Different mathematical models and statistical techniques have been proposed and tested to carry out bibliometric analyses and demonstrate their effectiveness in uncovering how fields of research are intellectually structured. Th...
This paper reports on the findings of the Online-S3 project, funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme (ISSI-4-2015), which tries to address the challenge of strengthening regional smart growth policies by developing an online platform for policy advice. The Online-S3 Platform offers a web-based environment for supporting the design, implementation a...
This article suggests the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EPD) that underlies Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) is not so much caught in the transition from the Triple to the Quadruple Helix, as rooted in a division within civil society. In particular, rooted in a division within civil society, over public trust...
Smart Specialisation has generated a paradigmatic change in regional innovation policies and the European Union has shown a strong interest in supporting research that investigates the developments of this new science-related topic. This paper helps to generate the intellectual capital necessary to support the European Union's project of Smart Spec...
More than 20 years have now passed since the concept of smart city first appeared in a scholarly publication, marking the beginning of a new era in urban innovation. Since then, the literature discussing this new concept and the ICT-oriented urban-innovation approach it stands for has been growing steadily, along with the number of initiatives that...
This paper reviews the literature on smart cities. Offering a critical synthesis of the material, it advances a Triple Helix inspired account of smart cities as future internet-based developments. In particular, as future internet-based developments covering the digital infrastructures, data management systems, renewable energies and cloud computin...
Scotland is currently increasing its housing stock at a rate of less than 1% per year. With 174,000 households registered on local authority waiting lists for new or improved housing, the energy-efficient retrofit of derelict and dilapidated housing stock is seen as a key strategy in meeting this demand. The traditional " 4-in a block " archetype i...
It is estimated that by 2020 some 53 million, next-generation gas and electricity meters, commonly known as 'smart meters', will be installed in approximately 30 million homes and small businesses across the UK. A significant feature of the smart meter device will be the In-Home Display (IHD), promoted by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Cha...
Resumen Compuestos alternativos en el sector de la envolvente se obtienen por extrusión de estirado de secciones y perfiles de panel de enclavamiento estrechas. Estos elementos estructurales, resistentes al impacto, tienen la ventaja de una instalación más rápida y segura, y su diseño modular les hace idóneos para muchos edificios y otras aplicacio...
This paper documents an innovative partnership project between Historic Scotland, the Scottish Energy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University and Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association in which five Category B Listed, traditional pre-1919, solid wall ‘hard-to-treat’ residential tenement properties located within Edinburgh’s historic UNESCO World Her...
This paper documents research undertaken to evaluate the thermal transmittance of building elements – walls, windows and ceilings - both before and after the addition of insulation in traditionally constructed Scottish buildings. Thirteen different types of insulation (both natural and synthetic) were assessed during the study in a range of buildin...
This paper documents research undertaken by the Scottish Energy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University to refurbish a historic library building by means of thermal improvements. The interventions selected were specifically chosen to minimalise any impact on the architectural integrity of the building.
The study involved thermally enhancing the ceil...
Table 6.1 relates the area-based energy consumption and carbon emissions to the STVR and PVTVR ratios for measuring consumption and emissions and goes on to cross reference these against the structure of tenure across the respective LSOAs for Hackbridge. These figures are in turn used to calculate the energy savings and carbon reductions for the re...
When reviewing the current literature available on mass retrofits, it soon becomes clear this is at best patchy in addressing the challenges the Hackbridge project sets in terms of the policy statements made by the London Borough of Sutton with respect to the vision, master plan, design and redevelopment strategy the sustainable suburb is based on....
What follows extends the previous chapter on buildings by systematically integrating the thermal, lighting, power and heating components of the retrofit proposal it serves to highlight the significance of. In particular, it provides an account of how to set the baseline needed to confirm the relative underperformance of buildings and improvements t...
The data that are used for this model have been extracted from the Energy Options Appraisal for domestic buildings in Hackbridge’, commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton and Bioregional in 2008 (BioRegional Consulting 2008). In this study, the housing stock in Hackbridge is categorised by property type (terraced house, semi-detached house, ma...
The grounds for this study of urban morphology rests with research undertaken for the UK Engineering Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) funded SURegen project, and desktop studies carried out to examine the institutional arrangements of mass retrofits within the residential sector of the property market (see Ravetz 2009). In particular, thos...
Recent studies of urban morphology suggest the design, layout and texture of district centres, neighbourhoods and buildings have as much a bearing on levels of energy consumption and rates of carbon emission as either buildings or their occupation. This paper aims to reiterate this message and demonstrate how urban morphology does matter. Not only...
The drive to establish Manchester as a forerunner in the digital economy means the city is now considered the “powerhouse” of the North of England, with salaries for city workers at the highest in the UK outside of London. Despite this, Manchester remains home to some of the most socially and economically deprived communities in the UK: just as tho...
The need to protect the environment from the wanton ecological destruction of unfettered economic growth and conspicuous consumption is unquestionable. What is still in question, however, is how environmental assessment methods can be used as a means to evaluate the sustainability of urban development. For while the number of environmental assessme...
Recent studies of urban morphology, suggest the design, layout and texture of district centres, neighbourhoods and buildings have as much a bearing on levels of energy consumption and rates of carbon emission as either buildings or their occupation. They suggest urban morphology matters and both the design, layout and texture of district centres, n...
A discussion covers a case-study involving an attempt to reduce energy consumption and the associated levels of CO2 emissions via an "an active and integrated institutional arrangement"; a mass retrofit proposal that is active and integrated through an urban regeneration strategy; program of renewal and redevelopment scheme capable of transforming...
This paper examines a recent attempt to reduce energy consumption and the associated levels of carbon emissions by way of and through what has been termed: “an active and integrated institutional arrangementâ€. That is, by the integration of a mass retrofit proposal into an urban regeneration strategy, with the vision, master-plan, programme of r...
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This project has three main objectives: (1) Analysing the available evidence in order to identify the potential benefits and barriers of adopting offsite construction for affordable housing provision; (2) Mapping the current and future industry capacity in Scotland; and (3) Co-designing effective solutions to existing barriers with a wide range of local stakeholders.
This project has been funded by Scottish Government, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), and Scottish Enterprise, with a research grant of about £120,000.
Smart Kids is a two-year research project funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ scheme. The project aims to develop a complementary educational module for 10 to 14-year old pupils which will introduce the Smart City concept and its multidisciplinary perspective in the curriculum offered by primary and secondary schools.
Project website: https://smartkidsproject.eu
RESta(r)t aims at investigating the guiding principles characterising the development process of smart city strategies in European cities by using case study research. This project has received funding from the Italian Bank Foundation Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia, and results from the collaboration between Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering (ABC) and the Centre for Smart Cities at Edinburgh Napier University.
