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The design and applications of an innovative irrigation system for biofacades in hot arid climates
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2022 , Article)
Assessment of water requirements through physical sustainable means is essential to ensuring water security, which is at high risk in desert climates such as Doha, Qatar. The water requirements of biofacade systems are met ...
Structural topology optimization considering complexity
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
As topology optimization is a free-form approach to optimizing structural layout, it has a tendency to design structures that are topologically complex. In large-scale structures, this complexity drives construction costs ...
The (IM)-possible mosque: Spatial mutation and identity needs in northern Ireland
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Emerald Publishing
, 2012 , Article)
Over more than thirty years of violent conflict, Northern Ireland had an intense sectarian violence due to the political-religious opposition between its Catholic and Protestant communities. The history of the Muslim ...
Doha, Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Car ownership and driving aresupported through substantial oil revenues in Qatar. Parking is mostly free,and supply is allocated based on minimums rather than maximums. Whilemuch space is dedicated to parking, especially ...
Methods for adaptive behaviors satisfaction assessment with energy efficient building design
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article Review)
Efficient and accurate methods and models are ever-demanding to determining the user satisfaction in energy efficient buildings. Thus, several techniques are developed based on sustainable building assessment tools and ...
Hierarchy based information requirements for sustainable operations of buildings in Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Information flows in construction projects are generally focused on the needs of the design and construction phases. This creates disruption of workflows across the project stages and in particular with the information ...
An optimal two-bout strategy with phase change material cooling vests to improve comfort in hot environment
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Cooling vests incorporating phase change material (PCM) packets are used to improve comfort of workers in hot environments. This work aims to investigate by modeling and experimentation the effect of dividing the working ...
The Urban Regeneration of West-Bay, Business District of Doha (State of Qatar): A Transit Oriented Development Enhancing Livability
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has faced enormous economic growth and rapid urban
transformation over the last few decades. More recently, this has been accentuated by the construction
of major urban public ...