GCHU Intern and MEng Engineering student Eleanor Cosford analyses the effects of embodied energy usage in construction on the environmental impact of buildings.
Trends in urban sustainable experiments and the importance of post-occupancy testing
GCHU Intern and BA Geography student Juan Garcia Valencia reviews the current experiment trends in urban sustainability.
Achieving net zero household energy use
GCHU Intern and MPhys Physics student Lucy Main analyses the energy saving strategies to achieving net zero household energy use.
GCHU in conversation with ‘Healthy Cities and Communities’ at the World Economic Forum
Dr Juliet Carpenter (GCHU Research Fellow) writes on her recent meeting with the Healthy Cities and Communities team of the World Economic Forum.
Cycling’s Risky Business: An Update – 11 March, 2022
GCHU Co-Director, Professor Carl Heneghan writes on the urgency required in improving cycle infrastructure in Oxford.
Fuel poverty: UK’s growing challenge – affordable fuel for all?
GCHU Intern and BPhil Philosophy student Michael O’Connor analyses the various indicators of fuel poverty in the UK and the importance of addressing energy vulnerability.
Changes in travel? A review of research on transport during the COVID-19 pandemic
GCHU Intern and BA Economics and Management student Conrad Tuckey writes on the radical effect of COVID-19 on travel behaviour across the globe.
Healthy homes or ‘toxic boxes’? Why the answer is still unclear
Chloe Curtis DPhil Medical Anthropology student, University of Oxford Email: [email protected] We spend about 90% of our time in closed indoor environments, the majority at home. While this figure may differ between countries, creating healthy indoor environments is of global…
Current limitations in health and urbanisation research in low- and middle- income countries
Daniel He BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics & Economics student, University of Oxford Email: [email protected] Urbanisation is occurring rapidly in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), yet comparatively little is known about the effect urbanisation will have on health in this…
‘The Healthy City’ – findings on the built environment’s impact on physical and mental health
Inés Buetow Peláez describes the work she conducted as a Research Analyst during her Microinternship at GCHU