User research for healthcare buildings
A workshop survey run for CABE by Cambridge Architectural Research was part of a presentation to the ‘Sustainable Healthcare through the Built Environment’ conference. The survey had two aims: to…
The Scottish Parliament which cost £348 million emits more than 140 kg CO2 / sqm
Post-Occupancy evaluation
There are dozens of buildings now with very high aspirations for sustainability in general and energy use or CO2 emissions in particular. However, most of these buildings fail to deliver…
CAR conducted a survey of user opinion to help guide the refurbishment and extension of a secondary school.
Evaluating school buildings
The construction industry and design professions focus their attention on the building process, but for building users the story starts when construction ends. The real success or otherwise of a…
CAR monitored the environmental performance and evaluated the users’ experience of Bartholomew Barn, King’s Hawford School.
King’s Hawford School
Low energy buildings must perform efficiently – but also provide a comfortable and pleasant environment for their users. CAR worked with building materials manufacturer St. Gobain on the monitoring and…
New Generation Whole-life Costing
The book New Generation Whole-life Costing by Ian Ellingham and William Fawcett was published by Taylor & Francis in 2006. It is the outcome of two research projects at CAR funded through…