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Sustainable Energy Transitions: Changing the ‘Business as Usual’ Trajectory in Sub-Saharan African Urban Areas
(The Center for African Development Policy Research, 2018)
This paper describes a novel approach to helping municipal authorities address the sustainable energy challenges associated with rapidly growing urban populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Population in Africa is expected to ...
Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?
(Elsevier, 2020-01-10)
People’s subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results col- lected in ...
Architectural education in sub-Saharan Africa: an investigation into pedagogical positions and knowledge frameworks
(Routlegde, Taylor and Francis group, 2020-09-08)
Formal architectural education in sub-Saharan Africa was established in the 1920s, initially in South Africa, and later in Kenya and Nigeria during the 1950s. The first postcolonial schools in Ghana and Sudan were also ...
Investigating the variation in student performance in the A'level examinations in Uganda:
(University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2014)
Student performance in the A’Level national examinations in Uganda is the main criterion for selection for higher education, particularly university. About 2000 merit-based scholarships are available annually for the best ...
Research and the future of architecture educaton in East Africa
(2013)
Research in architecture education in East Africa has for the most part been presented in what can best be described as a “silo” approach, presented in a stand alone “Research Methodology” courses that are separate from ...
Urban Open Spaces in Kampala, Uganda
(Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs’ University, Uganda, 2008)
Kampala is one of the few cities in Africa arguably of African origin, having been the location of
the capital of the Kingdom of Buganda - one of the largest and oldest kingdoms in the region -
for close to a century ...
People's perception of 'New' architecture: a diaogue between the architect, the architecture and the consumer
(Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda, 2013)
While the design process is meant to be participatory, the limits to how many (potential) users are involved and how the design team interprets their needs is perhaps often substituted by empirical evidence, architectural ...
Estimating the difficulty of A'level examination subjects in Uganda
(University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2014)
In order to gain access to institutions of higher learning in Uganda, including universities, all students sit a
national examination at the end of A’Level, the scores of which determine their selection into various ...
Educating built environment professionals:
(Faculty of Building Technology and Architecture, 2006)
In 2000, the Uganda Martyrs University introduced a new built environment program, a Bachelor of Science in Building Design and Technology (BSc BDT), marking the first time a private institution had entered the field of ...
Ethical Positions in Built Environment Education
(2010)
Architecture has among its goals, to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of society. It is therefore inevitable that ethical decisions are made in the process making architecture. The perceived value of the product, ...