Nicholls, Richard (2017) Energy Aspects of Default Heating Programmer Settings. In: International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2017 : Conference Proceedings. Leeds Sustainability Institute, pp. 158-167. ISBN 978-0-9955690-2-7
Nicholls, Richard and Richardson, Clive (2016) Measuring the Embodied Carbon Content of Concrete Paving. In: International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2016. Leeds Sustainability Institute, pp. 262-273. ISBN 9780995569010 (Unpublished)
Nicholls, Richard (2006) Green Building Bible: Volume 2: Low energy design technical reference. Green Building Press. ISBN 1898130043
Nicholls, Richard (2002) Low energy design. Interface. ISBN 978-0953940929
Nicholls, Richard (2002) Heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Interface, Oldham. ISBN 0953940934
Nicholls, Richard (1999) Water conservation. In: Sustainable architecture: European directives and building design. Architectural Press, Oxford. ISBN 0750641347
Nicholls, Richard (1998) Designing for water conservation. In: Sustainable Architecture: European Directives and Building Design. Architectural Press, Oxford, pp. 121-133. ISBN 9780750641340
Nicholls, Richard www.info4study.com. [Web page]
Rajendra, Anom, Nicholls, Richard and Temple, Nicholas (2015) Challenges of coast based Balinese ritual traditions. In: Sharing Cultures 2015: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intangible Heritage. Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development, pp. 293-300. ISBN 978-989-8734-12-9
Rajendra, Anom, Nicholls, Richard and Temple, Nicholas (2015) The Importance of the Physical Boundary Line on Bali Coastal Tourist Resorts. In: Recent Decisions in Technologies for Sustainable Development. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Technology Development (ICSTD 2014), October 30-31, 2014, 1 . Trans Tech Publications, Bali, Indonesia, p. 163. ISBN 9783038355045
Rajendra, Anom, Temple, Nicholas and Nicholls, Richard (2014) Renegotiating Boundaries on Bali Coastal Tourist Resorts. In: The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Technology Development ICSTD, 30th-31st October 2014, Bali, Indonesia. (Submitted)
Rajendra, Anom and Nicholls, Richard (2013) Public Space Issues in Bali Tourist Beaches. In: Proceedings of REAL CORP 2013. CORP Association, Rome, Italy, pp. 743-749. ISBN 978-3-9503110-4-4
Richardson, Clive and Nicholls, Richard (2004) Embodied carbon research. Architectural Technology (51). p. 14. ISSN 1361-326X
Sabie, Khalid Kamil, Pitts, Adrian and Nicholls, Richard (2014) Sustainability Assessment Methods for the Gulf Region. In: PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) Conference 2014, 16th-18th December 2014, Ahmedabad, India.