Safety and sustainability nexus: A review and appraisal

W Nawaz, P Linke, M Koҫ - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
The significance of sustainable development has been globally recognized as it offers a
roadmap to counter the existential threats which humanity face in the modern world. While …

Application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in multi-criteria analysis of the selection of intelligent building systems

JKW Wong, H Li - Building and Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
The availability of innumerable intelligent building (IB) products, and the current dearth of
inclusive building component selection methods suggest that decision makers might be …

[BUKU][B] A handbook on low-energy buildings and district-energy systems: fundamentals, techniques and examples

LDD Harvey - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Winner of Choice Magazine-Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 Buildings account for
over one third of global energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions worldwide …

Evaluating the system intelligence of the intelligent building systems: Part 1: Development of key intelligent indicators and conceptual analytical framework

J Wong, H Li, J Lai - Automation in construction, 2008 - Elsevier
The rapid development of microprocessor-based technologies and the increasingly
sophisticated demands for high performance working environments have prompted an …

Development of a conceptual model for the selection of intelligent building systems

J Wong, H Li - Building and Environment, 2006 - Elsevier
With the availability of a myriad of intelligent building components or products in the market,
the decision to choose between them becomes significant and crucial in the configuration of …

Human behaviour under fire situations in high-rise residential building

M Gerges, M Mayouf, P Rumley… - International Journal of …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate human behaviour under a situation of
fire in high-rise residential buildings and identify the factors that motivate people to …

Enhanced solar spectral reflectance of thermal coatings through inorganic additives

A Zhou, Z Yu, CL Chow, D Lau - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Space cooling of buildings is responsible for a substantial portion of energy
consumption and greenhouse gas emission. In order to reduce the building energy …

Numerical model and validation experiments of atrium enclosure fire in a new fire test facility

C Gutiérrez-Montes, E Sanmiguel-Rojas… - Building and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as a tool for buildings, warehouses or
factories design requirements fulfilling about fire safety is becoming more common and …

Determinations of the fire smoke layer height in a naturally ventilated room

C Lai, CJ Chen, MJ Tsai, MH Tsai, TH Lin - Fire safety journal, 2013 - Elsevier
According to the case-based reasoning of natural ventilation designs in recommended
Green Buildings, an investigated model space was proposed in this study. FDS simulations …

Simulation of fire and evacuation in high-rise building

Z **ng, Y Tang - Procedia Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
The development of high-rise building in china is described. The high-rise building fire risk
analysis is introduced, and the high-rise structural fire accident in Shanghai is analyzed …