New paper! Developing criteria for effective building-sector commitments in nationally determined contributions

This study addresses the need for a consensus-driven framework to define and assess effective building sector commitments in NDCs.
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New paper! This study provides actionable insights into how ELLs can make housing energy transitions more inclusive by linking institutional strategies with residents’ everyday practices and living environments.

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New CFP!
Climate Change Risk and Decision-Making.
Special issue of Buildings & Cities journal.
Abstracts due: 9 June 2025  
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New! Urban heat islands modify building heating and cooling loads and public exposure to non-optimal temperatures. This study uses personal weather stations to investigate urban temperatures in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Tampere, Finland.
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New! This research examines the acceptability of sufficiency consumption policies among Finnish households & how Finnish households experience sufficiency as a guiding principle. Factors are identified for increasing the acceptability of sufficiency policy measures (SPMs).
doi.org/10.5334/bc.573

Final CFP: Buildings & Cities journal
"The Complexity of Disaster Reconstruction"

Abstracts due: 24.03
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This special issue addresses the complexity & challenges of physical territorial reconstruction across diverse disciplines, stakeholders & governance

New commentary: "Co-ordinate Built Environment Research for the Public Good" by Gavin Killip & Kate Simpson.
Why we need a coordinated programme of research based on the PUBLIC GOOD.
Focus research on fulfilling society's & individuals' needs...
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SPECIAL ISSUE: ENERGY SUFFICIENCY

How can conditions be created for decent living standards for all without exceeding planetary limits?

The concept of sufficiency for the built environment entails a floor (minimum) and a ceiling (maximum) to ensure a "good life".
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Call for Papers: The Complexity of Disaster Reconstruction
Abstracts due: 24.03.2025

How can the complexity and challenges of physical territorial reconstruction (after disasters) across diverse disciplines, stakeholders and governance be organised and synthesised?

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