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Centre for Mind, Creativity and Environment Research

Are we more productive at home or in the office? How can we adapt buildings to be flexible in their usage? How can we teach our next generation to be creative and innovative thinkers in the workplace? How can we design inclusive and adaptable space to enhance cognitive flexibility and innovation? The Centre for Mind and Creativity Research examines how environmental influences affect cognition and vice versa how we can successfully bring cognition into environmental design (buildings, spaces, software, robots). The blog will present the work of our centre in an accessible way to engage with academic colleagues, industry partners, public services, and the general public.

Developing a framework to increase efficiency and improve performance across the lifecycle of buildings

By Dr Suha Jaradat and Professor Mark Deakin

Dr Suha Jaradat had been awarded £169 000 from Innovate UK to work with an architectural enterprise in developing an innovative framework that allows buildings to increase energy efficiency and improve performance in energy savings. The project starting in September 2022 focuses on how building information modelling (BIM), that is, tools, processes and technologies that digitally document a building’s performance, planning, construction and operation can be implemented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The output will be a framework and recommendations for effective BIM implementation in SMEs.