Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 9 Issue 2

Multi-agent strategy for low voltage DC supply for a smart home

N.S. Suresh, Manish Kumar, S. Arul Daniel

The researchers and policy makers worldwide have proposed many ideas for smart cities and homes in urban areas. The extensive work done for urban smart homes neglects the unique…

The state of corporate social responsibility practice in the construction sector

Ayokunle Olubunmi Olanipekun, Olalekan Shamsideen Oshodi, Amos Darko, Temitope Omotayo

The development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the construction sector is slow, thereby leaving many opportunities for further development. To enable operators in the…

Stakeholders’ relevance in sustainable residential property development

Markson Opeyemi Komolafe, Matthew Oluwole Oyewole, Job Taiwo Gbadegesin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative awareness and influence of stakeholders on sustainable residential property development in Lagos, Nigeria. This is with a view…

Solar splitting day-lighting system “SolsDays”: the first beam splitting day-lighting system

Jehangir Dar

The purpose of this paper is to describe the first and novel beam splitting day-lighting system possessing highest possible solar transmission efficiency to provide illumination…

Cultural resilience and the Smart and Sustainable City: Exploring changing concepts on built heritage and urban redevelopment

Nicholas John Clarke, Marieke Cornelie Kuipers, Job Roos

The purpose of this paper is to explore the conceptualisation of the Smart Sustainable City (SSC) with new concepts of resilience thinking in relation to urgent societal…

Managing risk in green building projects: toward a dedicated framework

Nida Javed, Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem, Beenish Bakhtawar, Abdur Rehman Nasir, Khurram Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Hamza Farooq Gabriel

The formal application of project risk management (PRM) in green building projects is still an emergent part of project management. The purpose of this paper is to provide a…

Challenges of implementing lean construction in the construction industry in Bangladesh

Shakil Ahmed, Md Habibur Rahman Sobuz

Construction management is ameliorated by the lean construction concept in many direct and indirect ways to reduce waste of construction process and improve the value. The purpose…

Thermal analysis of three motorcycle disc brakes

Ricardo Andres García-León, Wilder Quintero-Quintero, Magda Rodriguez-Castilla

The braking system on motorcycles is of vital importance, taking into account that its operation is based on the friction between the surfaces in the contact that are found heat…