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Marwa Alsuwaidi, Noura Almahri, Latifa Alazeezi, Taif Alkhzaimi, Lindita Bande, Anwar Ahmad, Omar Al Khatib, Fayez Fikry and Young Ki Kim
Building construction in the UAE is a growing industry. While Abu Dhabi and Dubai have a majority of mid-rise and high-rise buildings, AL Ain has mostly low-rise and mid-rise buildings. Additionally, the construction industry in Al Ain has seen an increa...
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Amanda Barros, Eva Barreira, Lino Maia and Maria Lurdes Lopes
Innovation in construction plays a fundamental role in helping us face current challenges, namely the reduction in energy consumption, the mitigation of the effects of climate change, the depletion of resources, and the generation of waste. Regarding the...
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Qiankun Wang, Ke Zhu, Peiwen Guo, Jiaji Zhang and Zhihua Xiong
Faced with the challenges of global climate change, zero-carbon buildings (ZCB) serve as a crucial means to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, particularly in the development of tropical island regions. This study aims to establish a ZCB te...
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Nuria Castilla, Vicente Blanca-Giménez, Carlos Pérez-Carramiñana and Carmen Llinares
Sustainable development and energy savings are crucial to the significant worldwide trend in smart city-related research and projects. In this regard, public lighting systems have great energy-saving potential. Nevertheless, while citizen engagement is a...
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Bing Su and Jiwu Liang
With the innovation of wireless communication technology and the surge of data in mobile networks, traditional routing strategies need to be improved. Given the shortcomings of existing opportunistic routing strategies in transmission performance and sec...
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Anestis Kousis and Christos Tjortjis
In recent years, the emergence of the smart city concept has garnered attention as a promising innovation aimed at addressing the multifactorial challenges arising from the concurrent trends of urban population growth and the climate crisis. In this stud...
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Charalampos S. Kouzinopoulos, Eleftheria Maria Pechlivani, Nikolaos Giakoumoglou, Alexios Papaioannou, Sotirios Pemas, Panagiotis Christakakis, Dimosthenis Ioannidis and Dimitrios Tzovaras
Citizen science reinforces the development of emergent tools for the surveillance, monitoring, and early detection of biological invasions, enhancing biosecurity resilience. The contribution of farmers and farm citizens is vital, as volunteers can streng...
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Ji Hye Kim, Dae Uk Shin and Heegang Kim
Data centers are energy-intensive facilities, with over 95% of their total cooling load attributed to the heat generated by information technology equipment (ITE). Various energy-saving techniques have been employed to enhance data center efficiency and ...
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Senchang Hu, Heng Zhao and Wenzhe Tang
Hydropower, a renewable energy resource, underpins China?s economic and social advancement, gaining prominence amidst the country?s energy structure metamorphosis. Enhancing the performance of hydropower development projects is imperative, with the mecha...
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Oana Marin, Tudor Cioara and Ionut Anghel
Buildings can become a significant contributor to an energy system?s resilience if they are operated in a coordinated manner to exploit their flexibility in multi-carrier energy networks. However, research and innovation activities are focused on single-...
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