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“Boring … there’s not much activity when using digital options”: Students’ rationale for choosing technological or manual devices to measure in the science classroom.
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The massive and ubiquitous invasion of the education landscape by artificial intelligence: Whither open, flexible and distance learning? Goodwill message.
No full textSmart Ideas MBIE proposal: Advancing Biomimetic Adaptive Building Façades (Bio-ABFs) as a promising solution to reduce energy use and emissions while improving building adaptability to climate changes.
No full textBuildings contribute 30% of global energy consumption and 27% of emissions from the energy sector. To address these critical challenges, researchers are advancing Biomimetic Adaptive Building Façades (Bio-ABFs) as a promising solution to reduce energy use and emissions while improving building adaptability to climate changes. The research addresses two significant barriers: the lack of large-scale experimental data and the limitations of existing building simulation tools in evaluating dynamic systems. By integrating advanced 3D printing technologies with machine learning, the project aims to optimise real time performance and improve the evaluation of Bio-ABFs under complex, real-world conditions. Additionally, the team is exploring 4D printing technologies using biomaterials inspired by plant adaptations to extreme climates. These biomaterials have the potential to provide passive, motor-free actuation through hierarchical microstructures, offering solutions to challenges related to durability and scalability in adaptive façade design
Disposal of stormwater flows generated by climate change-induced heavy rainfall events.
No full textStormwater pipes are a very important part of urban infrastructure. The designs are usually carried out to accommodate a stormwater flow due to 10-year ARI rainfalls. In such designs, historic long-term local climate/rainfall data were used to estimate stormwater volumes. Due to recent climate change, the rainfall events have increased in intensity, resulting in exceeding the capacity of stormwater pipe network. This is a new challenge for engineers sizing stormwater management devices for a design life of 100 years. This paper looks at the new design value amplifiers introduced in New Zealand to accommodate various future climate change scenarios. As a case study, a small (26 ha) new housing development in Auckland (New Zealand) is looked at, to ascertain the effect of having individual or common rainwater storage tanks, in reducing the flood peaks. It is shown that rather than increasing the stormwater sewer pipe sizes at a higher cost, providing the rainwater tanks on a cost recovery basis is an option the city council can investigate
