Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 13 Issue 5

Editorial: The role of sustainable development in addressing climate change

Mina Najafi, Farzad Rahimian

An evaluation of stakeholders' participation process in developing smart sustainable cities in Saudi Arabia

Abood Khaled Alamoudi, Rotimi Boluwatife Abidoye, Terence Y.M. Lam

The smart sustainable cities (SSC) concept has a wide acknowledgement amongst governments and societies that deal with emerging technology and help in developing better urban…

BIM-IoT-FM integration: strategy for implementation of sustainable water management in buildings

Luciana Teixeira Batista, José Ricardo Queiroz Franco, Ricardo Hall Fakury, Marcelo Franco Porto, Lucas Vinicius Ribeiro Alves, Gabriel Santos Kohlmann

The objective of this research is to develop an solution to water management at the scale of buildings, through the technological resources. Automating analysis using 3D models…

Including local actors' perspective in neighborhood sustainability assessment: evidence from Dubai's sustainable city

Nermin Dessouky, Stephen Wheeler, Ashraf M. Salama

Existing Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) tools such as “Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design - Neighborhood Development” (LEED-ND) and “Building Research…

Drivers for design for deconstruction (DfD) implementation among design professionals

Hayford Pittri, Kofi Agyekum, Edward Ayebeng Botchway, João Alencastro, Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin, Annabel Morkporkpor Ami Dompey

The design for deconstruction (DfD) technique, a contemporaneous solution to demolition by optimizing disassembly activities to enable reuse, has recently emerged with several…

Measuring agricultural loss and the impact of differing dwelling types: a case study in Melbourne

Jean-Pierre El Wazan, Ruwini Edirisinghe

Agricultural land loss is a severe issue that Australia faces, along with many other countries. Myriad research studies have discussed the reasons for such land loss, including…

Ground-level documentation of heat stress exposure and response strategies in informal settlements in Tshwane, South Africa

Jan Marais Hugo, Paul Walter Sonnendecker

The adverse impacts of climate change coupled with rapid informal urbanization in the Southern African region are increasing the vulnerability of already sensitive population…

From awareness to action: a study of the effectiveness of environmental economic practices for sustainable construction in Nigeria

Ayodeji E. Oke, John Aliu, Erastus M. Mwanaumo, Onoriode Austin Odia, Charles Kahanji, Callistus Tengan

The purpose of this article is to assess the extent to which environmental economic practices are recognized and implemented in developing countries, with a specific emphasis on…

Urban building energy modelling-based framework to analyze the effectiveness of the community-wide implementation of national energy conservation codes

Omprakash Ramalingam Rethnam, Albert Thomas

The building sector contributes one-third of the energy-related carbon dioxide globally. Therefore, framing appropriate energy-related policies for the next decades becomes…

The green office environment: New Zealand workers' perception of IEQ

Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi

Achieving an appropriate indoor environment quality (IEQ) is crucial to a green office environment. Whilst much research has been carried out across the globe on the ideal IEQ for…

Simplified rating tool to evaluate sustainable practices of small-scale infrastructure projects in Australia – a comparative review

Malindu Sasanka Sandanayake, Zora Vrcelj, Yanni Bouras, Hing-Wah Chau, Patrick Hastings

The present study aims to inform the requirements for developing a sustainable rating tool for small-scale infrastructure projects (SSIPs) through research findings.

An innovative methodology for the assessment of the social discount rate: an application to the European states for ensuring the goals of equitable growth

Francesco Tajani, Debora Anelli, Felicia Di Liddo, Pierluigi Morano

The European Commission has established the reference value of the social discount rate (SDR) to be used in the cost-benefit analysis according to the subdivision of the states…

A comparison of low-cost housing units for varying climatic regions in South Africa: a knowledge management approach

Francine van Tonder, P.D. Rwelamila

One of the greatest challenges faced by the 1994 post-apartheid government in South Africa is the housing problem that has persisted for almost 30 years into democracy. Innovation…

Effectiveness of equipping bus stop shelters with cooling and filtering systems in a city with tropical climate

Erik Velasco, Elvagris Segovia

Waiting for a bus may represent a period of intense exposure to traffic particles in hot and noisy conditions in the street. To lessen the particle load and tackle heat in bus…