Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 11 Issue 1

Managers' risk perception and the adoption of sustainable consumption strategies in the hospitality sector: the moderating role of stakeholder salience attributes

Rasha ElShafei

This study investigates the relationship between managers' risk perception and the adoption of sustainable water consumption strategies and analyzes the moderating effect of…

Indicators to measure the performance of sustainable urban entrepreneurship: an empirical case study applied to Portuguese cities and towns

Mário Franco, Margarida Rodrigues

Urban sustainability is an inseparable dimension of today's cities; thus, the role played by creativity, and consequently sustainable urban entrepreneurship and the networks it…

A systematic review of circular economy research in the construction industry

Oluyomi A. Osobajo, Adekunle Oke, Temitope Omotayo, Lovelin Ifeoma Obi

While circular economy (CE) is fast becoming a political and economic agenda for global urban development, there are still substantial knowledge gaps in possible strategies to…

A structural equation modeling analysis of factors driving customer purchase intention towards solar water heater

Vikas Kumar, Amanjot Singh Syan, Komalpreet Kaur

The underlying research is an attempt to discover the factors responsible for influencing customer purchase intention towards solar water heaters.

Studying the institutional framework for the public transport system in Jaipur, India

Mohit Dev, Arindam Biswas

The objective of this study is to understand the institutional dynamics of the public transport system in Jaipur. The institutional dynamics of the public transport system…

Development of a sustainability rating tool for heritage buildings: future implications

Abobakr Al-Sakkaf, Tarek Zayed, Ashutosh Bagchi, Sherif Mahmoud, David Pickup

Heritage buildings are significant for their historical and architectural value. Due to the lack of rating systems designed specifically for heritage buildings, it is essential to…

An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects: a case of Nigeria

Solomon Olusola Babatunde, Damilola Ekundayo, Chika Udeaja, Uthman Olawande Abubakar

In the global construction industry, the concept of sustainability is not new, particularly within building projects. Against this backdrop, several studies have been conducted…

Underlying indicators for measuring smartness of buildings in the construction industry

Frank Ato Ghansah, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Joshua Ayarkwa, Amos Darko, David J. Edwards

This study investigates the underlying indicators for measuring the smartness of buildings in the construction industry; where the Smart Building Technology (SBT) concept (which…

Developing a building performance score model for assessing the sustainability of buildings

Thanu HP, Rajasekaran C, Deepak MD

Construction industry is one of the leading causes of pollution generation in today's context. But the fact that the development of construction industry leads to the country's…

Modelling the yield of 8.64 kW PV panels installed on a rooftop of a building in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Naser Waheeb Alnaser, Waheeb Essa Alnaser

This paper allows more accurate estimation of the economy in investing in PV electrification for buildings, especially for Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCCC) where they…