Hygrothermal behavior of post-retrofit housing: A review of the impacts of the energy efficiency upgrade strategies

C Recart, CS Dossick - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving energy efficiency of existing buildings is currently among the most diverse and
extensive mitigation opportunities to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions …

Building maintainability—Review of state of the art

MYL Chew, SS Tan, KH Kang - Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2004 - ascelibrary.org
This paper reviews the issue related to maintainability of building and discusses works of
researchers worldwide. The paper offers two approaches that could be integrated with the …

Defect analysis in wet areas of buildings

MYL Chew - Construction and Building Materials, 2005 - Elsevier
The sources of defects and the impact of significant factors including 'design','material','
construction'and 'maintenance'on the occurrence of defects in wet areas of 56 non …

[HTML][HTML] Application of natural language processing in residential building defects analysis: Australian stakeholders' perceptions, causes and types

S Shooshtarian, AT Gurmu, AM Sadick - Engineering Applications of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The issue of defects in residential buildings has been reported to impact the performance of
the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Defects can increase the …

[PDF][PDF] Cracks in the compact city: Tackling defects in multi-unit strata housing

L Crommelin, S Thompson, H Easthope, M Loosemore… - 2021 - cityfutures.ada.unsw.edu.au
This research was designed to address the serious and persistent strata industry concerns
about building defects in the trillion-dollar multi-unit strata-titled (MUST) apartment buildings …

[LIVRE][B] Maintainability of Facilities: Green FM for Building Professionals Second Edition

YL Chew - 2016 - books.google.com
This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and green facility
management right from the design stage. The text introduces the concept of green …

[LIVRE][B] Maintainability of facilities: for building professionals

MCY Lin - 2010 - books.google.com
This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability, starting right from the
design stage. To enable such integration, improving the knowledge of maintainability and …

Estimation of impact location on concrete column

J Zhu, SCM Ho, Q Kong, D Patil, YL Mo… - Smart Materials and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, an innovative method for real-time estimating impact location on concrete
structures utilizing lead zirconate titanate (PZT) sensors is proposed. P-waves are a kind of …

Develo** a Waterproofing Decision-Making Model for High-Rise Building Projects in the Tropics

HNY Senarathne, AS Asmone, MYL Chew - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most severe problem in high-rise structures is a failure to achieve watertightness. Since
the presence of water in a structure can have a detrimental impact, adequate consideration …

Factors influencing defects in residential buildings

P Mésároš, V Chellappa, M Spišáková, P Kaleja… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Springer
Building defects can lead to several issues, including financial burden, personal safety, and
illness. This study investigated the factors influencing defects in residential buildings …