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Read more at: Ronita presents at the HD4 Seminar series in Singapore

Ronita presents at the HD4 Seminar series in Singapore

22 August 2025


Read more at: Research by Bardhan and Li featured in Forbes

Research by Bardhan and Li featured in Forbes

26 July 2025

Research on "cooling efficacy of tress" led by Prof. Ronita Bardhan and PhD student Haiwei Li featured in Forbes


Read more at: Joint Seminar Day with NUS Urban Analytics Lab on 27th June, 2025

Joint Seminar Day with NUS Urban Analytics Lab on 27th June, 2025

30 June 2025

Sustainable Design Group , University of Cambridge hosted researchers from the NUS Urban Analytics Lab led by Filip Biljecki from National University of Singapore for a Joint Seminar Day pn 27th June, 2025 in Cambridge. Both research groups presented joint seminars, and shared exciting research on decarbonisation of built...


Read more at: Saitabau Kumary, - Phd student awarded the Postgraduate Research Symposium for African Scholars, 2025

Saitabau Kumary, - Phd student awarded the Postgraduate Research Symposium for African Scholars, 2025

30 June 2025

MasterCard funded PhD student Saitabau Kumary wins the Postgraduate Research Symposium for African Scholars held on 30th June, 2025, Cambridge, UK.


Read more at: Maoran Sun, 3rd year PhD student presents his PhD research at CUPUM 2025

Maoran Sun, 3rd year PhD student presents his PhD research at CUPUM 2025

25 June 2025

We are pleased to share that PhD candidate Maoran Sun presented her research titled ‘Heat Stress Dichotomy: Long-Term Adaptation and Acute Shock in London Domestic Environments’ at the 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM). The conference took place in London and was...


Read more at: SDG congratulates Dr Jiayu Pan on being awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2025

SDG congratulates Dr Jiayu Pan on being awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2025

25 June 2025

Dr Jiayu Pan, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and Bye‑Fellow at Murray Edwards College, has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2025 . The Leverhulme Fellowship is a highly competitive national award and supports outstanding...


Read more at: Congratulations to Professor Ronita Bardhan!

Congratulations to Professor Ronita Bardhan!

12 June 2025

We are delighted to share the news that our Director, Dr Ronita Bardhan has been promoted to Professor. This well-deserved recognition reflects her outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and academic leadership in the field of sustainable built environments. Warmest congratulations from all members of Sustainable...


Read more at: Ronita presents keynote at the ADB - Rising Heat, Rising Actions, conference in Bangkok

Ronita presents keynote at the ADB - Rising Heat, Rising Actions, conference in Bangkok

3 June 2025

Ronita presents her research on data -led and equity driven built environment design solutions for gendered impacts from climate warming in the Global South at the Asian Development Bank - Rising Heat Rising Actions conference , 2nd June 2025, Bangkok, Thailand


Read more at: Maoran Sun presents his PhD research at 44th EARSeL Symposium

Maoran Sun presents his PhD research at 44th EARSeL Symposium

29 May 2025

Maoran Sun was nominated for oral presentation at the 44th EARSeL Symposium on Deciphering Exterior: Building Energy Efficiency Prediction with Emerging Urban Big Data. His research was selected to presented at the Young Scientist Awards Session


Read more at: Flora wins the Best presentation award

Flora wins the Best presentation award

23 April 2025

Haiwei Li (Flora) wins the Best Presentation prize at the Department of Architecture, PhD Conference 2024-25. Her work centres around design research where she intends to develop low cost shading solutions to meet the cliamte related heat stress in resources constraint communities.