School of Future Environments - Huri te Ao

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AUT is home to a number of renowned research institutes in architecture and creative technologies. The School of Future Environments - Huri te Ao strong industry partnerships and the unique combination of architecture and creative technologies within one school stimulates interdisciplinary research beyond traditional boundaries.

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    IoT-Enabled Smart Cities: A Hybrid Systematic Analysis of Key Research Areas, Challenges, and Recommendations for Future Direction
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-03-12) Omrany, Hossein; Al-Obaidi, Karam M; Hossain, Mohataz; Alduais, Nayef AM; Al-Duais, Husam S; Ghaffarianhoseini, Amirhosein
    Cities are expected to face daunting challenges due to the increasing population in the near future, putting immense strain on urban resources and infrastructures. In recent years, numerous studies have been developed to investigate different aspects of implementing IoT in the context of smart cities. This has led the current body of literature to become fairly fragmented. Correspondingly, this study adopts a hybrid literature review technique consisting of bibliometric analysis, text-mining analysis, and content analysis to systematically analyse the literature connected to IoT-enabled smart cities (IESCs). As a result, 843 publications were selected for detailed examination between 2010 to 2022. The findings identified four research areas in IESCs that received the highest attention and constituted the conceptual structure of the field. These include (i) data analysis, (ii) network and communication management and technologies, (iii) security and privacy management, and (iv) data collection. Further, the current body of knowledge related to these areas was critically analysed. The review singled out seven major challenges associated with the implementation of IESCs that should be addressed by future studies, including energy consumption and environmental issues, data analysis, issues of privacy and security, interoperability, ethical issues, scalability and adaptability as well as the incorporation of IoT systems into future development plans of cities. Finally, the study revealed some recommendations for those interconnected challenges in implementing IESCs and effective integrations within policies to support net-zero futures.
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    Biodiverse Residential Development: A Review of New Zealand Policies and Strategies for Urban Biodiversity
    (Elsevier BV, 2024-04-01) Varshney, K; MacKinnon, M; Zari, MP; Shanahan, D; Woolley, C; Freeman, C; Heezik, YV
    Urban residential development is expanding globally to accommodate increasing housing demand, greatly impacting biodiversity and human wellbeing. Enhanced sustainability of these developments requires an integrated approach to conserving, supporting, and restoring biodiversity through the built environment and understanding the implications of residential development policies, regulations, and guidelines. This paper details a review of current New Zealand policies, strategies, planning documents, and design guidelines that inform urban design and planning at national, regional, and local levels. Three major gaps in biodiversity considerations and opportunities for improvement in residential developments were identified. Firstly, current policies and strategies tend to protect significant indigenous habitats, but the interventions required to improve or retain biodiversity in residential developments are not explicitly considered. Secondly, there is a need for design guidelines with explicit biodiversity outcomes. Thirdly, existing planning documents and guidelines do not account for biodiversity monitoring and management and could be amended to include biodiversity-related outcomes. We conclude that current New Zealand policies and strategies related to residential developments are inadequate and fail to recognise or encourage the enhancement of urban biodiversity in any meaningful way. Holistic and strategic ecosystem-based approaches are required to protect and enhance urban biodiversity and human wellbeing through the built environment to ensure that biodiversity continues to thrive in New Zealand cities and enrich the lives of urban residents.
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    Monetised Sustainability Impacts of Integrated Planning in the Manufactured Construction Products Industry: A Transport Perspective From New Zealand
    (Anser Press Pte. Ltd., 2024-12-15) Dhawan, Kamal; Tookey, John E; GhaffarianHoseini, Ali; Poshdar, Mani
    The extensive, interdisciplinary nature of construction supply chains make them prone to inefficiencies at organisational interfaces. Inefficiencies are accentuated by the project-centric delivery paradigm, and complex logistics systems between multiple stakeholders. They manifest as a multitude of concurrent activities, processes, and systems both on and off-site. Transportation is the largest component of the logistics domain. Transport operations are inherently fragmented, intrinsic to every business, while vehicle ownership and deployment is typically externalised. Differentiated waste removal and materials delivery further disintegrate the already fragmented construction supply chain. Inefficiencies from the insularity of the planning process across segmental boundaries aggregate incrementally, with impacts visible at the macro level. Re-configuration of activities, resources and actors are acknowledged strategies for optimising logistics and transportation function. This paper investigates the impact of three integration strategies on a manufactured construction products supply chain efficiency. These strategies include vertical integration of distribution, integrated planning for transport operations, and integration of reverse logistics into operations. Sustainability impacts are evaluated according to domestically determined monetary parameters in order to benchmark performance at the business and national scale.
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    Urban Microclimate Impacts on Residential Building Energy Demand in Auckland, New Zealand: A Climate Change Perspective
    (Elsevier BV, 2024-01-31) Jalali, Z; Shamseldin, AY; Ghaffarianhoseini, A
    Urban development affects the urban microclimate (UMC) and, consequently, buildings' energy consumption patterns. Considering the urban heat island (UHI) effect in the energy simulation of buildings, especially regarding the uncertainty of future weather data, can support more accurate results and sustainable building designs. This study aimed to analyse the impact of urban microclimate on the energy consumption of an existing residential building in Auckland, New Zealand. The weather data was morphed using the Urban Weather Generator (UWG) and the data from an airport weather station. An existing building was simulated using the EnergyPlus simulation engine to examine the heating and cooling needs of a residential building under varying urban weather conditions and district characteristics. The inputs and assumptions were set based on the New Zealand energy code and available building documents and details. The results showed that the UHI effect has a noticeable impact on cooling demand in summer and heating demand in winter, with a difference of approximately 4.35% and 2.6%, respectively. The findings emphasise the role of urban morphology and characteristics in influencing local weather conditions, thereby highlighting the significance of urban design and arrangement in energy efficiency.
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    The Significance of Indoor Thermal Comfort on Occupants’ Perception: In University Buildings in Auckland, New Zealand
    (Informa UK Limited, 2024-05-06) Azzazy, S; Ghaffarianhoseini, A; GhaffarianHoseini, A; Naismith, N; Doan, DT; Hollander, JB
    Any building creates a unique micro-environment. Educational buildings tend to offer a wide range of purposes, with more operational functions than most other buildings. This paper focuses on the occupant’s experiences of Indoor Thermal Comfort (TC) in educational buildings in Auckland, New Zealand. The TC can impact the occupant’s experience and thus affects student learning. This survey-based study examines users’ experience of the educational building’s comfort levels. The collected data from educational building users (n = 109) was analysed to evaluate the relationship between the perceived experience and the building’s function. The key findings of the survey were: (a) Identifying TC as the most significant factor that directly impacts the occupants’ mood or mental state, even when compared to more cognitive factors; (b) Identifying the lecture room as the most critical space for occupants’ thermal perception; and (c) the deviation between the preferred and experienced mental state, in the selected campus were relatively matching. This study contributes to the existing knowledge of educational buildings by quantifying the impact of TC on the occupant’s experience.
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