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Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings (2014)
Journal Article
Adams, C., Douglas-Jones, R., Green, A., Lewis, Q., & Yarrow, T. (2014). Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice, 5(2), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1179/1756750514z.00000000053

Drawing on interdisciplinary research focusing on Durham University estate, we describe how buildings constructed as part of an eighteenth century transition to a high carbon coal-based economy, are used and understood by their current inhabitants. A... Read More about Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings.

Local energy generation projects: assessing equity and risks (2014)
Journal Article
Adams, C., & Bell, S. (2015). Local energy generation projects: assessing equity and risks. Local Environment, 20(12), 1473-1488. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2014.909797

Micro- and small-scale low-carbon energy generators embedded within villages, towns and cities can provide a valuable income stream for local communities among other potential benefits. There are a range of social, political, technical and environmen... Read More about Local energy generation projects: assessing equity and risks.

Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation (2014)
Journal Article
Davies, R., Almond, S., Ward, R., Jackson, R., Adams, C., Worrall, F., …Whitehead, M. (2014). Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 56, 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.03.001

Data from around the world (Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, the UK and the USA) show that more than four million onshore hydrocarbon wells have been drilled globally. Here we assess all the reliable datasets (25)... Read More about Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation.