Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 5 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Wafaa Nadim, Jack Steven Goulding

Integrating alternative technologies to improve built environment sustainability in Africa: Nexus of energy and water

Ali GhaffarianHoseini, John Tookey, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Nicola Naismith, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi

The purpose of this paper is to review extant literature and to provide perspectives on approaches to enhancing built environment sustainability in Africa. There is a mismatch…

Sustainable human capacity development in the African built environment: How far is the journey to a knowledge society?

Gloria Unoma Ene, Jack Steven Goulding, Godfaurd Adjaie John

A growing recognition that human capital is a more critical factor than physical capital in wealth creation has led to the drive for individuals, organisations, industries and…

Extent of incorporation of green features in office properties in Lagos, Nigeria

Markson Opeyemi Komolafe, Matthew Oluwole Oyewole, John Temitope Kolawole

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which green building features are evident in office properties in Lagos, Nigeria; and consequently determine the degree…

Strategic project management as an innovative approach for sustainable green campus buildings in Africa: The need for a paradigm shift

Pantaleo Mutajwaa Daniel Rwelamila, Neha Purushottam

Across the African continent many colleges and universities are facing hurdles in sustaining green building initiatives. Often the barriers to green building are not purely…

Morocco in the era of eco-urbanism: Building a critical and operational research on an emerging practice in Africa

Pierre-Arnaud Barthel

Environmental urbanism is reflected for the last years in the design of urban megaprojects. This trend is spreading in Morocco to the point that it is considered as the leading…

Live-work and adaptable housing in Egypt: A zero commuting concept, lessons learnt from informal developments

Wafaa Nadim

Since the 1950s, Egypt has been challenged by rapid unplanned and uncontrolled informal developments. These may be regarded as people’s interventions to fulfil their basic needs…