Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

A Ahmed, T Ge, J Peng, WC Yan, BT Tee, S You - Energy and buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Decarbonizing the building sector is extremely important to mitigating climate change as the
sector contributes 40% of the overall energy consumption and 36% of the total greenhouse …

Climate change impacts on critical urban infrastructure and urban resiliency strategies for the Middle East

M Salimi, SG Al-Ghamdi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
A number of published studies have demonstrated that the human habitability of the primary
urban areas in the Middle East, especially a number of areas in Gulf Cooperation Council …

Empowering sustainability in the built environment: A technological Lens on industry 4.0 Enablers

V Pachouri, R Singh, A Gehlot, S Pandey, SV Akram… - Technology in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD),
the built environment contributes around 10% of global GDP but is also a major source of …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impacts of polypropylene (PP) production and prospects of its recycling in the GCC region

A Alsabri, F Tahir, SG Al-Ghamdi - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Undoubtedly, plastic products are widely used by nearly everyone, either in plastic bags,
bottles, household items, and many others. Hence, plastic products are replacing almost all …

[PDF][PDF] Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development

J Birkmann, E Liwenga, R Pandey, E Boyd, R Djalante… - 2022 - orbi.uliege.be
Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

[HTML][HTML] Urban transportation networks resilience: indicators, disturbances, and assessment methods

MZ Serdar, M Koç, SG Al-Ghamdi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to a surge in the frequency and intensity of disruptive events, such as natural disasters,
the Covid-19 pandemic, and intentional attacks, the concept of resilience has attracted …

Collaboration as an enabler for circular economy: A case study of a develo** country

JL Mishra, KD Chiwenga, K Ali - Management Decision, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to advance the knowledge of Circular
Business Models (BMs) over linear models by focusing on new dynamics which are unique …

Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases

WM Sweileh - Globalization and health, 2020 - Springer
Background Assessing research activity is important for planning future protective and
adaptive policies. The objective of the current study was to assess research activity on …

Knowledge spillovers and technical efficiency for cleaner production: An economic analysis from agriculture innovation

L Aldieri, M Brahmi, X Chen, CP Vinci - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of the analysis is to investigate the production efficiency in the USA and
Europe through the channel of knowledge spillovers from technological innovation in the …

Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: Artificial neural network vs. linear …

MK Kim, YS Kim, J Srebric - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
This study compares building electric energy prediction approaches that use a traditional
statistical method (linear regression) and artificial neural network (ANN) algorithms. We …