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Rethinking urbanism in Doha : The Qatar National Museum transit-oriented development
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Henry Stewart Publications LLP
, 2021 , Article)
The urban environment of Doha has witnessed a remarkable transformation during the past few decades, which has been triggered by economic growth due to oil and gas revenues. Doha has attracted foreign investment to participate ...
Virtual reconstruction of the historic city of Al-Zubarah in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The ruins of al-Zubarah hold within them valuable information for historians and anthropologists to know the society that once lived in it. Thanks to contemporary modelling methods, and a wealth of recent scholarship and ...
Trends of construction industry in Malaysia and its emerging challenges
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: The transition of Malaysia from a developing country to a developed country was considered in vision 2020, whereby an average construction contribution of 6.0% in growth domestic product (GDP) per annum was required. ...
Towards expediting the implementation of sustainable and successful lean paradigm for construction projects: a hybrid of DEMATEL and SNA approach
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: Proper identification of the key motivating factors (or key drivers) is needed to ensure successful adaption and implementation of the lean concept for construction projects. However, there lacks a study investigating ...
Passive cooling and natural ventilation by the windcatcher (Badgir): An experimental and simulation study of indoor air quality, thermal comfort and passive cooling power
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The upper wing wall can be integrated into the windcatcher to prevent direct solar and rain penetration. The impact of this combination was not considered in previous studies. Moreover, analyzing adaptive thermal comfort ...
A comprehensive optimization study of personal cooling radiant desks integrated to HVAC system for energy efficiency and thermal comfort in office buildings
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Personal comfort systems (PCS) maintain the occupant's preferred thermal environment and expand his thermal comfort experience under varying environmental conditions. Among PCSs, radiant-based systems are popular due to ...
Life cycle assessment of desiccant – Dew point evaporative cooling systems with water reclamation for poultry houses in hot and humid climate
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Desiccant – dew point evaporative based cooling systems is known to be an effective system for the ventilation and cooling of poultry houses in hot and humid climates. However, they suffer from high water consumption that ...
A sustainable localised air distribution system for enhancing thermal environment and indoor air quality of poultry house for semiarid region
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Academic Press
, 2021 , Article)
This work compares the performance of three passive cooling systems in meeting thermal and indoor air quality requirements in a poultry house located in semi-arid climate. The first two systems are a direct evaporative ...
Comparative analysis of sustainable desiccant – Evaporative based ventilation systems for a typical Qatari poultry house
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Direct evaporative cooling is the typically adopted ventilation system in poultry houses in hot climates. This type of cooling is inefficient during period of relatively high humidity resulting in degraded thermal comfort ...
Technical review of green roofs in hot arid region: Case of Qatar
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2021 , Article)
Greening the city and its buildings is not a new notion, in fact it is an old-traditional system that is re-discovered to improve damaged impact on the urban environment in a smart-sustainable way. Greening has its roots ...