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Exploring policy & practice across scales: cities, neighbourhoods, buildings. Independent, not-for-profit OA peer-review transdisciplinary journal

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Dr Francis (Frank) Cuthbert Duffy CBE passed away on 21st February, aged 85, following a long illness.
Frank’s extraordinary career had a far-reaching, permanent impact internationally, both on architecture and design, and the wider real estate industry.
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Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit 2026！

EVENT: 20-22 April 2026
Its aim is to accelerate the transition to a resilient built environment worldwide, with particular focus on emerging markets and developing economies. https://t.co/yQGV6FhcKe

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Call for Papers! Digitalisation meets transformative governance: Towards urban and regional sustainability

Deadline: 26.04.2026
https://t.co/nXmSDwgfVw

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New paper! Environmental impacts of reclaimed #bricks: comparing different #deconstruction methods
Reclaimed bricks have only 20% of the total environmental impact of virgin bricks and outperform them in all relevant impact categories.
https://t.co/Bo4VcdfdiX

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New paper! eCOMBINE: framework for energy, comfort, behaviour and a multi-domain environment
The eCOMBINE explores the relationships among combined #indoor environmental quality, occupant behaviour, global environmental comfort and building #energy use.
https://t.co/dgdZgrHIj2

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New paper! #Post-disaster #reconstruction: infill housing prototypes for Kathmandu

The key research objective is to explore the potential of a new typology that offers an alternative to the ubiquity of the #concrete-frame house. https://t.co/9nQvGRlwni

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Latest Special Issue! Living Labs: Agents for Change

What are the roles and impacts that #Living Labs play in increasing civic resilience and supporting ecological transition in different contexts and at different scales?
https://t.co/tNmkQ6IiKO

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Call for papers! Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes

Guest editors: Bill Bordass, Paul Ruyssevelt & Fionn Stevenson
Abstracts due: 23 March 2026 noon (GMT)
https://t.co/QDSyckH9gK

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New paper! Living labs and building testing labs: enabling #climate change adaptation

Climate action requires rapid, evidence-based, and locally appropriate adaptation measures. https://t.co/9UnTMj63He

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Calls for Papers! #Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes

What is the potential for BPE to support better outcomes? How can BPE become mainstreamed?
Abstracts due: 23 March 2026, noon (GMT)
https://t.co/uxKSq2RLxr

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New Book Review! Routledge Handbook of Degrowth

What is the meaning of degrowth? How long has it been around and where in the world? And why is it relevant to the built environment? https://t.co/uxfVxoJ8as

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The Editors of Buildings & Cities would like to thank all our reviewers for their contribution and support during 2025.

We wish to acknowledge and celebrate the dedication and efforts of all those who have contributed to this.
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Briefing Note: How #urban green #infrastructure contributes to carbon neutrality

Reaching the #carbon-neutrality targets of cities necessitates not only reducing emissions but also enhancing #carbon sinks. https://t.co/R7ItIYLoi8

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Call for Abstracts! Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse

Deadline for abstracts: due 10 February 2026

What practices and policies are needed for the viable reuse of building components? https://t.co/6rNfJLCNEh

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Environmental effects of #urban wind energy harvesting: a review

Urban wind #energy harvesting is still emerging, mainly with the use of small wind turbines. The positive and negative effects need to be weighed to inform policy decisions and regulations.
https://t.co/YJo26um7aq

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New paper! Designing for pro-environmental behaviour change: the aspiration–reality gap

Built-environment designers shape the spatial and material conditions that support or hinder pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs). https://t.co/rdBrJpLbyQ

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NEW CALL FOR PAPERS! Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse
Guest editors: Satu Huuhka, Kjartan Gudmundsson & Paul Jonker-Hoffrén
Abstracts due: 10 FEBRUARY 2026 (noon GMT)
More details: https://t.co/6rNfJLCNEh

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New papers! Co-creating urban transformation: a stakeholder analysis for Germany’s heat transition
The organisation of a real-world experiment on heat transition offers insights for practitioners and policymakers engaged in urban transformation. https://t.co/iqmoRVj9LY

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New papers! Youth engagement in urban living labs: tools, methods and pedagogies

Empowering youth in urban governance is essential to align immediate societal concerns with long-term sustainability. https://t.co/9haNdJ5J6W

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New papers! Expanding the framework of urban living labs using grassroots methods

By centring grassroots-situated knowledge and local agency, the study offers insights into a reflexive approach and a bridge between informal groups and formal structures. https://t.co/7Bi6ZADBrh