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Cardiff University People with green space on their doorstep or access to a private garden reported better health and wellbeing during and after the first lockdown in the UK, according to a new study. Researchers from Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University have shown that people with a garden and a park nearby were more likely to say they were feeling calm, peaceful and had a lot of energy as compared to those with no access to a garden or living further away from a green space. Official figures show that around one in eight households in Great Britain had no access to a priva...

Tributes paid to Knight Architects director Sam White (1978-2021) 1/5 Sam White (1978-2021) Source: Hélèna Chateau 2/5 • Sam White with Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council (centre) and Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency (right) at the opening of Knostrop Footbridge, October 2017 Source: © Heather Magner Source: Paul White Source: Patrick Reynolds Tributes have been paid to Knight Architects director Sam White, who has died ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’, aged just 42 The practice said its was ‘heartbroken’ to announce the news about White, who ...

Energy positive house slashes bills by £1,000 a year The house designed by Cardiff University is net negative in carbon emissions Image: SOLCER House / Cardiff University A three-bedroom house built at Welsh village of Pyle, considered to be the first affordable energy-positive housing project in the country, could save £1,000 a year on bills. The 100 square-metre house was designed and built by experts from Cardiff University as a prototype to meet the government’s zero carbon housing target. It was constructed to generate more energy over a year than it needed, to heat, ventilate, ligh...

January 19, 2021 Social media messages Source: Medical Express Sending direct messages on social media informing people of the negative health and environmental impacts of consuming meat has proven successful at changing eating habits, a new study from Cardiff University has shown. senger led to a significant reduction in the amount of red and processed meat the participants consumed over a 14-day period. Participants reported, on average, eating between 7 and 8 portions of red or processed meat during the previous week before the Facebook messages were sent, which then dropped to between 4...

Mohammed bin Rashid Abaalkheil has been vice president of the corporate relations sector at STC Group since October. Abaalkheil received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 2000. Between 2002 and 2004, he obtained a Master of Business Administration from Cardiff Business School and a degree in architecture from the Welsh School of Architecture, UK. He also attained an advanced certificate for executives in management, innovation and technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2013. He has been participating in the ...