Transforming Homes: December 2025 Newsletter
Join us on our journey to develop scalable design solutions to transform existing housing by working with, and for, communities.
- Featured articles
Prof Jo Patterson reflects how interdisciplinary collaboration can help advance research, drawing on her and fellow Transforming Homes colleagues’ contributions to The Environmental Scientist’s ‘Interweaving disciplines’ edition.
Dr Andy Shea, Dr Francis Moran and Dr Neal Holcroft explore how full-scale measurement helps close the building performance gap. They explain how large-scale prototype testing at the University of Bath’s Large Environmental Chamber is helping inform design decisions in the Bristol and Swansea demonstration homes.
Dr Louise King and Dr Lucy McFadzean reflect on how sharing Transforming Homes research internationally is broadening conversations around housing and resident co-design.
- Spotlight on:
Dr Will Hawkins, Lecturer at the University of Bath and Transforming Homes co-investigator, who brings expertise in life-cycle assessment and bio-based materials to inform low-carbon housing design within the project.
Dr Chenfei Liu, Research Associate at Cardiff University, who leads performance modelling and evaluation within Transforming Homes to evidence the impact of design-led housing transformations.