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Beyond the Solar Panel: Engaging Communities in Low-Carbon Housing Design

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

This project will create an interactive webpage that challenges the tendency to frame carbon reduction in housing primarily as a technological issue. Through visual, plain-language
comparisons of archetypal design examples at multiple scales, the site will show how ordinary design choices — such as layout, architectural form, and materials — affect both embodied and operational carbon. The project aims to build the design literacy that communities need to engage meaningfully with housing decisions that currently happen without them.
Short titleAHRC IAA Round III/2025-26
StatusActive
Effective start/end date27/05/2631/01/27

Funding

  • UKRI - Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC): £4,248.58

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