Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 13 Issue 6

Building information modeling (BIM) for lifecycle carbon emission: scientometric and scoping literature reviews

Hanane Bouhmoud, Dalila Loudyi, Salman Azhar

Considering the world population, an additional 415.1 billion m² of built floor will be needed by 2050, which could worsen the environmental impact of the construction industry…

Activity recognition from trunk muscle activations for wearable and non-wearable robot conditions

Nihar Gonsalves, Omobolanle Ruth Ogunseiju, Abiola Abosede Akanmu

Recognizing construction workers' activities is critical for on-site performance and safety management. Thus, this study presents the potential of automatically recognizing…

Evaluation of smart village strategies and challenges

Suresh Renukappa, Subashini Suresh, Wala Abdalla, Nisha Shetty, Nagaraju Yabbati, Rahul Hiremath

Rural communities around the world are searching for solutions to upkeep, restore and improve local services that are deteriorating. They are exploring the potential of a digital…

A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of offsite construction in Nigeria

Godoyon Ebenezer Wusu, Hafiz Alaka, Wasiu Yusuf, Iofis Mporas, Luqman Toriola-Coker, Raphael Oseghale

Several factors influence OSC adoption, but extant literature did not articulate the dominant barriers or drivers influencing adoption. Therefore, this research has not only…

State-of-the-art analysis of the integration of augmented reality with construction technologies to improve construction safety

Hesam Khorrami Shad, Kenneth Tak Wing Yiu, Ruggiero Lovreglio, Zhenan Feng

This paper aims to explore augmented reality (AR) applications in construction safety academic literature and propose possible improvements for future scholarly works. The paper…

Passive variable acoustic technology for classroom reverberation time: a case study

Megan Burfoot, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini, Nicola Naismith

To maximise acoustic comfort in a classroom, the acoustic conditions of the space should be variable. So, the optimal acoustic state also changes when the classroom changes from a…

Automated detection of learning stages and interaction difficulty from eye-tracking data within a mixed reality learning environment

Omobolanle Ruth Ogunseiju, Nihar Gonsalves, Abiola Abosede Akanmu, Yewande Abraham, Chukwuma Nnaji

Construction companies are increasingly adopting sensing technologies like laser scanners, making it necessary to upskill the future workforce in this area. However, limited…

BIM-enabled virtual reality (VR)-based pedagogical framework in architectural design studios

Aso Hajirasouli, Saeed Banihashemi, Paul Sanders, Farzad Rahimian

Over the past decade, architecture, construction and engineering (ACE) industries have been evolving from traditional practices into more current, interdisciplinary and technology…

Critical review of urban community resilience indicators

Robert Osei-Kyei, Vivian Tam, Ursa Komac, Godslove Ampratwum

Urban communities can be faced with many destructive events that can disrupt the daily functioning of activities and livelihood of people living in the communities. In this…

Explaining resilience model of historical bazaars using artificial neural network

Mina Heydari Torkamani, Yaser Shahbazi, Azita Belali Oskoyi

Historical bazaars, a huge treasure of Iranian culture, art and economy, are places for social capital development. Un-supervised management in past decades has led to the…