Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 9 Issue 4

Analysis of landslide area of Tulung subdistrict, Ponorogo, Indonesia in 2017 using resistivity method

Adi Susilo, Fina Fitriah, Sunaryo, Eng Turniningtyas Ayu Rachmawati, Eko Andi Suryo

Research has been conducted to analyze the landslide in Banaran area, Ponorogo Regency. The landslides occurred on April 1, 2017. This study was conducted to know the subsurface…

Thermal comfort prediction by applying supervised machine learning in green sidewalks of Tehran

Nasim Eslamirad, Soheil Malekpour Kolbadinejad, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Mohammad Mehranrad

This research aims to introduce a new methodology for integration between urban design strategies and supervised machine learning (SML) method – by applying both energy…

A framework to dynamic identification of project risks

Farzaneh Moshtaghian, Mahmood Golabchi, Esmatullah Noorzai

Merging and updating project information and recording changes can give dynamic risk identification at all stages of the project. The main purpose of this research is to create an…

The effect of housing type on householders' self-reported participation in recycling

Jacques du Toit, Claire Wagner

The purpose of this article is to examine the effect of housing type, relative to demographics, on householders' self-reported recycling across low-, medium- and high-density…

Designing a decision support system to evaluate the environmental and extra-economic performances of a nearly zero-energy building

Federico Dell'Anna, Marta Bottero, Cristina Becchio, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Giulio Mondini

The cost-optimal analysis is not able to address the multi-dimensionality of the decision according to the new European objectives and International sustainable development goals…

Practitioners' experiences with the drivers and practices for implementing sustainable construction in Nigeria: a qualitative assessment

Patience Tunji-Olayeni, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu, Ewaoluwa Osunrayi

The purpose of this study is to assess the drivers, practices and policies for implementing sustainable construction in Nigeria. This is with a view towards increasing the rate of…

Deep neural networks for Arabic information extraction

Abdelhalim Saadi, Hacene Belhadef

The purpose of this paper is to present a system based on deep neural networks to extract particular entities from natural language text, knowing that a massive amount of textual…

A user preference modelling method for the assessment of visual complexity in building façade

Dheyaa Hussein

This study aims to provide a method to assess the perceptual impact of the visual complexity of building façades.

Analysis of barriers to the application of life cycle costing in building projects in developing countries: A case of Nigeria

Akintayo Opawole, Solomon Olusola Babatunde, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu, Oluwatumininu A. Ateji

Life cycle costing (LCC) has become increasingly important in construction projects over the last decades. However, limited empirical studies have been carried out on the factors…

Environmental sustainability of construction practices in informal settlements

Musawenkosi Gcinumuzi Ndlangamandla, Carin Combrinck

Construction practices used in the development of self-help housing and upgrade of informal settlements are believed to have negative effects on the natural environment. The…

Mediation analysis of the relationship between environmental concern and intention to adopt green concepts

Jasmine Leby Lau, Ahmad Hariza Hashim

The purpose of this paper is to extend the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) by incorporating environmental concern (EC) and its dimensions to explain developer’s intention to…

Impact of urban regeneration on commercial property values in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Benjamin Gbolahan Ekemode

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of urban regeneration and renewal activities initiated by the Osun State Government in Nigeria on the rental values of commercial…

Vernacular architecture of Iran’s hot regions; elements and strategies for a comfortable living environment

Sadra Sahebzadeh, Zahra Dalvand, Milad Sadeghfar, Ali Heidari

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss 11 strategies and 11 sets of tools to provide a knowledge background on how native people of Iran have come up with…

Factors driving the adoption of green certification of buildings in Ghana

Kofi Agyekum, Emmanuel Adinyira, Godslove Ampratwum

Sustainability has become a topical issue in many countries, with emphasis on green buildings. Though Ghana has recently adopted green buildings, there is lack of its speedy…

The relation of energy efficiency upgrades and cost of living, investigated in two cases of multi-residential buildings in the Netherlands

Thaleia Konstantinou, Tim de Jonge, Leo Oorschot, Sabira El Messlaki, Clarine van Oel, Thijs Asselbergs

Decarbonising the housing stock is one of the largest challenges in the built environment today, which is getting the attention not only from policymakers but also from social…

Towards a circular built environment: An integral design tool for circular building components

Anne van Stijn, Vincent Gruis

The transition to a circular economy in the built environment is key to achieving a resource-effective society. The built environment can be made more circular by applying…

Field measurements of comfort, seasonal performance and cold stress in cross-laminated timber (CLT) school buildings

Timothy Oluseun Adekunle

The purpose of this paper is to examine the seasonal performance, occupants’ comfort and cold stress in cross-laminated timber school buildings located in the USA (Northeast…

A novel simulation-annealing enabled ranking and scaling statistical simulation constrained optimization algorithm for Internet-of-things (IoTs)

Adarsh Kumar, Saurabh Jain, Divakar Yadav

Simulation-based optimization is a decision-making tool for identifying an optimal design of a system. Here, optimal design means a smart system with sensing, computing and…

Use of blockchain in designing smart city

Surbhi Dewan, Latika Singh

A blockchain is a shared distributed ledger technology that stores the information of every transaction in the network. The blockchain has emerged with a huge diversity of…

Quantitative analysis of the development of smart cities in India

Tanu Aggarwal, Priya Solomon

Smart cities are an attempt to recognize the pioneering projects designed to make the cities livable, sustainable, functional and viable. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate…

Smart ways of hospital wastewater management, regulatory standards and conventional treatment techniques: A short review

Nadeem Ahmad Khan, Saif Ullah Khan, Sirajuddin Ahmed, Izharul Haq Farooqi, Arshad Hussain, Sergij Vambol, Viola Vambol

The purpose of this paper is to cover some aspects about the disposal and regulatory standard around the world toward hospital effluent discharge, its managements and treatment…

A robust method to authenticate car license plates using segmentation and ROI based approach

Akarsh Aggarwal, Anuj Rani, Manoj Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges faced by the automatic recognition systems over the conventional systems by implementing a novel approach for detecting and…