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Alon Urlainis, Monica Paciuk and Igal M. Shohet
This study investigates the life expectancy (LE) and life cycle costs (LCC) of three alternatives of interior partitions in residential units: gypsum board, autoclaved concrete block, and hollow concrete block partitions. The aim is to examine the sustai...
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Ferhat Karaca, Aidana Tleuken, Rocío Pineda-Martos, Sara Ros Cardoso, Daniil Orel, Rand Askar, Akmaral Agibayeva, Elena Goicolea Güemez, Adriana Salles, Huseyin Atakan Varol and Luis Braganca
Due to its intricate production processes, complex supply chains, and industry-specific characteristics, the construction industry faces unique challenges in adopting circular economy (CE) principles that promote resource equity. To address this issue, t...
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Vivek Sharma, Carlos H. Caldas, Dhaval Gajjar and Prajakta Bapat
Healthcare facilities (HCFs) are complex building structures that are becoming more challenging with ever-changing codes and regulations. Previously completed projects become a basis for future guidance regarding costs and scope. A robust normalization f...
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Abdulaziz AlJaber, Esam Alasmari, Pedro Martinez-Vazquez and Charalampos Baniotopoulos
The building industry is one of the largest consumers of materials resources and significant contributors to global waste. Applying core principles of circular economy (CE) could significantly help the environment by reducing waste and decreasing the lif...
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Osama A. I. Hussain, Robert C. Moehler, Stuart D. C. Walsh and Dominic D. Ahiaga-Dagbui
Mega projects delivering rail infrastructure are constantly seeking cost-effective and efficient technologies to sustain the growing population. Building information modeling (BIM) and BIM for cost management (5D-BIM) have shown great potential in the bu...
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Evangelos Bellos, Panagiotis Lykas, Dimitrios Tsimpoukis, Dimitrios N. Korres, Angeliki Kitsopoulou, Michail Gr. Vrachopoulos and Christos Tzivanidis
The goal of this investigation is the thorough analysis and optimization of a solar-assisted heat pump heating unit for covering the space heating demand for a building in Athens, Greece. The novelty of the studied system is the use of a high-temperature...
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Sobhi Mejjaouli
Because of their significant energy consumption and its economic and environmental impacts, existing buildings offer decision makers opportunities and challenges at the same time. In fact, there is a worldwide effort to improve the energy performance of ...
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Farshid Shadram and Jani Mukkavaara
Building developers are continuously seeking solutions to increase saleable/rentable floor area and thus the profitability of investments, especially in large/dense cities where the real estate/rental values are high and shortage of available land result...
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Naglaa A. Megahed and Asmaa M. Hassan
The architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) industry is evolving rapidly. In particular, technological advancements and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic are shaping the industry?s future. Various artificial intelligence (A...
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Hyojin Lim, Sungho Tae and Seungjun Roh
This study aimed to analyze the major building materials in terms of environmental impact evaluation of school buildings in South Korea. Three existing school buildings were selected as the analysis targets, and building materials were analyzed in terms ...
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