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Independent Sustainable City
(2015-02-01)
Nowadays, cities are mostly relying on non-renewable sources of energy such as fossil fuels.
The International Energy Agency estimates that in 2011, 81.2% of the world’s primary sources of energy came from fossil fuels.
Framework for a Decision Matrix in Green Project Management Processes
(2015-01)
The purpose of this study is to develop a decision matrix for green project management processes (GPMPs) in commercial construction projects. A decision matrix for GPMPs can assist in decoding all the information required ...
Benchmarking Energy Management Systems in Metro Stations
(2015-05)
Energy and environmental sustainability have become central objectives in mobility system design and mass transit schemes. In addition to environmental prudence, a new world economic order calls for more efficient use of ...
A Framework for Benchmarking the Total Energy Efficiency of Net Zero Energy Buildings
(2015-01)
The need for net zero energy buildings (NZEB) is a result of global depletion of natural fuel resources and the effects of the usage of these fuel resources on climate. For Instance, the building sector in the US alone ...
Glass Selection for High-Rise Buildings in the United Arab Emirates Considering Orientation and Window-to-Wall Ratio
(Elsevier, 2015)
This paper is the continuation of a previous paper published by the authors. Both papers are for a study that considers the relationship among the glass thermal characteristics, its cost, and the price of electricity. This ...
Comparison of Energy Efficiency Strategies for Mosques in the United Arab Emirates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)
As public buildings that are typically financed by charities, mosques are commonly designed, built, and operated using very limited resources. Hence, failure to design energy efficient mosques either affects occupants' ...
Hydrogen Supplement Co-combustion with Diesel in 2 Compression Ignition Engine
(Elsevier, 2015-10)
The present work investigates experimentally the behavior of compression ignition engine while boosting the combustion by enriching air-intake manifold with hydrogen supplement at the atmospheric condition. The study reports ...
Microbial Desalination Cells Technology: A Review and a Case Study
(Elsevier, 2015-03)
The microbial desalination cell (MDC) is a newly-developed technology which integrates the microbial fuel cell (MFC) process and electrodialysis for wastewater treatment, water desalination and production of renewable ...