by Pontip Stephen Nimlyat, Yaktor Joshua Inusa, Pwajok Kim Nanfel
ABSTRACT: Building indoor spaces requires constant access to fresh air for occupants’ health, well-being, and performance. Clean breathing air can be achieved through the removal of pollutants from within...
by Mona Mahrous Abdel Wahed, Nanice Abd El Monem Mohammed, Tarek Saeed Ismaeel
ABSTRACT: Climate change and global warming are the biggest challenges facing the world. They are caused by different human activities, especially in urban areas, such as construction, industry and...
by Hassan Fehan, Osaro Aigbogun
ABSTRACT: While investigating how environmental factors affect the performance of construction enterprises has remained a topical issue in the literature, many concerns about these factors, particularly in...
by Dalia Aly, Zhen Chen, Branka Dimitrijevic
ABSTRACT: Green spaces have a major role in achieving sustainability in cities and improving the quality of life of their residents. Despite their vital role, they do not receive proper attention and care...
by Frederik Bruun Eriksen, Aliakbar Kamari
ABSTRACT: As Denmark seeks to be a pioneering country in terms of sustainability, the voluntary sustainability class, also known as the frivillige bæredygtighedsklasse (FBK) in Danish, is the most recent...
by Giuliana Quattrone
ABSTRACT: The growing impact of extreme weather phenomena in different areas of the globe and the empirical evidence of the economic, social and environmental damage caused by global warming, urgently,...
by Bastian Wibranek
ABSTRACT: Industrial prefabrication brings benefits such as higher productivity and reduced waste production. However, waste, cut-offs, and failures cannot be prevented even in a prefabrication setting....
by Narjis Mohammad Al Omush, Shaher Moh'd Rababeh, Safa A. Al Husban
ABSTRACT: Decentralization has become one of the most significant issues in urban planning. In Jordan, the decentralization law was established in 2015 and implemented in 2017. However, various reports...
by Carol Bassal, Mostafa Rabea, Mary Felix
ABSTRACT: As a result of the many efforts made in recent decades to implement bioclimatic criteria and passive house models in Mediterranean areas, traditional architectural typologies can play a role in...
by Aya Hassoun, Chirine Traboulsi, Mostafa Rabea, Mary Felix
ABSTRACT: One of the more optimistic strategies to generate energy savings in buildings and help mitigate the effect of the urban heat island is to “green” the building envelopes. In general, a vertical...
by Eman A. Saleh, Bassel Essam
ABSTRACT: Artificial intelligence (AI) has enabled urban planners to forecast microclimate conditions, allowing them to think smartly and optimise urban design. Coupled outdoor-indoor simulations were used...
by David Mihigo, John Mpemba Lukenangula
ABSTRACT: Walking, accessibility, and parking spaces are the major pressing challenges today in rapidly growing cities in the global south. Despite the fact that automobiles in these cities increase daily,...
by David Mihigo, John Mpemba Lukenangula
ABSTRACT: The tourism sector is among the fastest-growing sectors in the global economy. Despite the significance of this sector in the global economy, the tourism industry is facing several climate change...
by Toufik Nebbad, Abderrahmane Diafat, Saïd Madani
ABSTRACT: The contribution questions the prospective role of the recently rehabilitated garden of the railway workers' housing district, a.k.a. "Cité des Cheminots", in Sétif, Algeria, through its immediate...