Project Manager

Dr. Rubina Greenwood has extensive experience in application of sustainable development agenda into built environment with particular reference to the construction waste minimisation and energy and water efficiency in buildings. Dr Greenwood recently completed a Best Practice Guide for Construction Waste Minimisation which will provide a valuable resource to SMEs. She has experience in managing a range of cluster projects on sustainability in the built environment funded by European Social Fund, European Regional Development Fund and central and local government.

Research Interests

• Sustainability appraisal methods for the built environment
• Benchmarking and performance indicators for the built environment
• Construction and demolition waste minimisation

Publications

Book:

• Construction Waste Minimisation: A handbook for small and medium construction companies, funded by Welsh Assembly Government and Cardiff University, 2003.

Research Papers:

• Best practice in construction waste minimisation, Conference Proceedings, Recycled Materials in transportations, 13-15 Nov 2001, Washington DC, USA.
• Construction waste minimisation, Conference Proceedings, 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference, Sustainable Environment Technologies, 3-6 December 2000, HongKong.
• Soil Stabilised Blocks for Low-income Houses, Conference Proceedings, 5th International Masonry Conference, 12-14 October 1998, London.
• Calcium Chloride Stabilised Earth Block, Conference Proceedings, The World Renewable Energy Congress-V, 19-25 September 1998, Florence, Italy.
• The Need for a Gender Approach to Urban Development, Conference Proceedings, 8th International Planning History Conference on Twentieth Century Urban Planning Experiences, 15-18 July 1998, Sydney, Australia.
• Mixing of Well-graded Concrete Sand to stabilise Soil, Conference Proceedings, The Third World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology, 6-9 July 1998, Berlin, Germany.
• Effective Adaptation of Blend Technology with Reference to Soil Stabilisation for Rural Housing, Conference Proceedings, Leadership and Total Quality Management in Construction and Building, 6-8 October 1997, Singapore.
• Spatial Organisation and Rural Settlement of Sindhi Villages, Conference Proceedings, Tradition and Modernity, 9-11 December 1996, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Other Information

• Chair for Conference Session II in 3rd Asia Pacific Conference Sustainable Environment Technologies in Hongkong (Dec 2000).
• Visiting scholar, California State University, Sacramento (July to September 1997).
• Vice chairperson, World Sindhi Congress (1998 -) Accredited member of Liberation (NGO:UK) and United Nations Association, Cardiff (NGO:Wales) to present and promote the Right of Development of various affiliated regions of South Asia at the Human Rights Commission, UN at Geneva.
• Member, Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners.