Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 11 Issue 4

Evaluation of occupant's adaptive thermal comfort behaviour in naturally ventilated courtyard houses

Peiman Pilechiha, Alireza Norouziasas, Hoorieh Ghorbani Naeini, Kasmir Jolma

In vernacular buildings, many climatic and passive solutions have been used to create indoor thermal comfort. Seasonal occupant movement is an example of a traditional response to…

Recognition of workers’ actions from time-series signal images using deep convolutional neural network

Omobolanle Ruth Ogunseiju, Johnson Olayiwola, Abiola Abosede Akanmu, Chukwuma Nnaji

Construction action recognition is essential to efficiently manage productivity, health and safety risks. These can be achieved by tracking and monitoring construction work. This…

Contractors' adaptation to environmentally sustainable construction: a micro-level implementation framework

Sarfo Mensah, Gabriel Nani, Joshua Ayarkwa

There is low adoption rate of existing environmentally sustainable construction frameworks. Contractors have dwindled capability to adapt to environmentally sustainable…

Dimensions of cost misperceptions obstructing the adoption of sustainable buildings

Samuel Ekung, Isaac Odesola, Michael Oladokun

Across the globe, the dearth of certainty about the cost of sustainable buildings (SBs) remains a critical disincentive to their adoption. This study explored the factually…

Smarter real estate marketing using virtual reality to influence potential homebuyers' emotions and purchase intention

Athira Azmi, Rahinah Ibrahim, Maszura Abdul Ghafar, Ali Rashidi

This paper aims to investigate the potentials of virtual reality (VR) for residential real estate marketing to influence house purchase intention.

DEMATEL method of analysing the factors influencing the decision to adopt virtual reality technology by real estate firms in Lagos property market

Ayodele Samuel Adegoke, Timothy Tunde Oladokun, Timothy Oluwafemi Ayodele, Samson Efuwape Agbato, Ahmed Ademola Jinadu

The study analysed the factors influencing real estate firms' (REFs) decision to adopt virtual reality (VR) technology using the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory…

Environmental performance indicators for assessing sustainability of projects in the Ghanaian construction industry

Kofi Agyekum, Seth Yeboah Botchway, Emmanuel Adinyira, Alex Opoku

Recent reports based on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have revealed that no country is in line with achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable…

Factors influencing households' intention to adopt solar energy solutions in Zambia: insights from the theory of planned behaviour

Sambo Zulu, Ephraim Zulu, Mwansa Chabala

This study examined the factors that influence households’ intention to adopt solar energy solutions in Zambia. This, in view of low adoption rates of solar energy solutions even…

Construction project planning and scheduling as a dynamic system: a content analysis of the current status, technologies and forward action

Okechukwu Bruno-Kizito Nwadigo, Nicola Naismith, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, John Tookey

Dynamic planning and scheduling forms a widely adopted smart strategy for solving real-world problems in diverse business systems. This paper uses deductive content analysis to…

Assessing the “clerk of works” role in delivering quality affordable housing: a UK case study

Bradley Hughes, David J. Edwards, Igor Martek, Nicholas Chileshe, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala

A mixed philosophies epistemological design with inductive reasoning was adopted to develop new theoretical insights into the phenomena under investigation. First, interpretivism…

A feedforward neural network for drone accident prediction from physiological signals

Md Nazmus Sakib, Theodora Chaspari, Amir H. Behzadan

As drones are rapidly transforming tasks such as mapping and surveying, safety inspection and progress monitoring, human operators continue to play a critical role in ensuring…

Indoor PM2.5 concentrations of pre-schools; determining the effective factors and model for prediction

Yasser Baharfar, Mahmoud Mohammadyan, Faramarz Moattar, Parvin Nassiri, Mohammad Hassan Behzadi

This paper aims to present the most influential factors on classroom indoor PM_2.5 (Particulate Matter < 2.5 µ), determining the level of PM_2.5 concentration in five pre-schools…

A systematic mapping of BIM and digital technologies for architectural heritage

Lukman E. Mansuri, D.A. Patel, Chika Udeaja, Busisiwe Chikomborero Ncube Makore, Claudia Trillo, Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah, Kumar Neeraj Jha

Across the architecture, engineering and construction industry, the application of building information modelling (BIM) as a digital technology for architectural heritage is…

An analysis of the application areas of augmented reality technology in the construction industry

Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, Victor Adetunji Arowoiya

The paper aims to analyze the application areas of augmented reality (AR) in the construction industry to enhance its usage level. The objectives are to assess the level of…

The COVID-19 pandemic: the woes of small construction firms in Ghana

Christopher Amoah, Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei, Fredrick Simpeh

COVID-19 came as a surprise to the global economy and devastated many sectors worldwide, including the construction sector. Small construction firms are believed to be an engine…

What improves smart meters' implementation? A statistical meta-analysis on smart meters' acceptance

Jonathan Gumz, Diego Castro Fettermann

This article aims to compare smart meters' acceptance studies worldwide to consolidate trends and highlight factors that are not a consensus.

Digital transformation as a strategy to reach sustainability

Ana Maria Gomez-Trujillo, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

This paper aims to summarize previous research findings on the mutual relation between digital transformation and sustainability at a firm-level. Up to date, there is a gap in the…

A generative design approach for modular construction in congested urban areas

Yuxi Wei, Hyungjoo Choi, Zhen Lei

Modular construction is widely adopted and used in the construction industry to improve construction performance with respect to both efficiency and productivity. The evaluation…

Thermal performance of retrofitted secondary glazed windows in residential buildings – two cases from Australia

Mehmet Börühan Bulut, Sara Wilkinson, Aila Khan, Xiao-Hua Jin, Chyi Lin Lee

This study presents the results of empirical measurements of the thermal performance of retrofitted secondary glazed windows, involving installation of an additional windowpane…